The Effectiveness of Compensation Strategy in Improving Student’s Reading Skills

Abstract

This study aims to: 1) analyze the application of compensation strategy in teaching reading ; and 2) identify the student’s achievement level in reading using compensation strategy to the second semester  of Islamic Religious Department Students of STAI Ma’arif Magetan. The research method is descriptive qualitative research. The data are the teacher and students’ interaction, and the students’ achievement. The participants consist of 33 students, and the research was conducted in May 2023. The qualitative data were obtained by doing observation and taking field notes. The result from the test evaluation, the students got good marks. It means that the students understood the text. They can answer their test correctly. In the time, the use of compensation strategies can help the students to know the new words, in order to understand the texts when the lecture delivers the test. The research findings indicated that the compensation strategy improved the student’s reading skill ability. However, if it is not addressed, the affective factor can hinder the student’s effective use of compensation strategies.