Anticipation Guide Strategy toward Students? Reading Comprehension of Descriptive Text at Seventh Grade Students of MTsN Sipirok

This study was aimed at finding out the effect of Anticipation Guide Strategy toward students reading comprehension of descriptive text at seventh grade students of MTsN Sipirok. The design of the research was quasi experimental with factorial design 2x2. The samples were chosen by using cluster random sampling. The samples were VII-2 as experimental class (36 students) and VII-4 as control class (36 students). The instruments were applied using reading comprehension test of descriptive text test. The data were analyzed by using Lilieford Test for Normality testing, variance test for homogeneity testing, t-test and ANOVA for hypothesis testing. The result of this study show that the students who were taught by using Anticipation Guide Strategy had better reading comprehension of descriptive text than those who were taught by using Small Group Discussion Strategy,