Students’ Perception of the Use of Readers’ Theater Strategy in Improving Reading Comprehension

Readers Theater strategy was one of the strategies presented in this study which help the learner more active and creative. It increased the interaction between students and teacher. In implementing Readers Theater Strategy, teacher facilitated, demonstrated or modeling their students during learning. The teacher helped students relate between the story into script by explaining how they could visualize the plot in their heads while they read and as they practice bringing stories to life. The qualitative study investigated students’ experiences during their reading class and how the students’ perceptions about the Readers Theater Strategy. Twenty two students were given pre and post questionnaire, it was to analyzed their perception befoe and after the eight times the teacher teaching reading by using Readers’ Theater. The questionnaire result analysis showed that Readers Theater encouraged students of all abilities to read at an appropriate rate, with correct phrasing, smoothness, and expression and volume. The students began to show more self-confidence while reading out loud and getting up in front of the class. Finally, it could sum-up that students’ perceptions of Readers Theater was positive and it brought students a big changes in their reading comprehension.