The Effectiveness of Using “Firing Line” Strategy To Increase The Students’ Achievement In Reading
Abstract
Many teachers have some difficulties to make students be able to understand the meaning of a
text. To help students with a better understanding, it is necessary to apply particular method that
will help them overcome the difficulties. The objective of this study is to find out the effectiveness
of
using
firing
line
strategy
to
increase
the
students’
achievement in reading since it is also
an interactive process that goes on between the reader and the text, resulting in comprehension.
The population of this research is the third semester of English Department students of Nahdlatul
Ulama Sidoarjo University. The researcher used the experimental research method and then the
sample was divided into experimental and control classes. The finding of the research showed that
there is a significant effect of applying firing line strategy to increase the students’ achievement in
reading and it was proved by the result of post-test.