The The Effect of SABELS and GRPQ on The Students’ Reading Comprehension at SMA Swasta RK Bintang Timur Pematangsiantar

The aim of this research is to find out the effect of Scientific Approach-Based on English LearningStrategy (SABELS) and Guided Reading Peer Questioning Strategy (GRPQ) on students’ readingcomprehension at grade X of SMA Swasta RK Bintang Timur Pematang Siantar. The researchersused quantitative method. The mean of GRPQ strategy is 77.50, Standard Deviation is 7.75, andsignificance value is .002 and number of students is 36. The mean in SABELS strategy is 80.00and standard deviation is 9.25, and significance value is 0.38 and number of students is 36. Theclass who got conventional strategy, it has mean 75.00, standard deviation is 7.50, and significancevalue is .000 and number of students is 37. Using t-test in analyzing data, is found that t-value(2,36) is higher that t-table (1,667) at level of significant 5 %. This means using SABELS iseffective to develop students’ ability in reading comprehension. According to the researchfindings, it is concluded that SABELS is more significant than GRPQ Strategy in teaching readingcomprehension at tenth grade students at SMA Swasta RK Bintang Timur Pematangsiantar.