Copyright © 2015, IJEE, P-ISSN: 2356-1777, E-ISSN: 2443-0390 Available online at IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education) Website: http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/ijee IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 2 (1), 2015, 17-27 THE EFFECT OF COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING ON GRADE SIX STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT Carolin Diana Sari Siti Tamah Received: 09 th April 2015; Revised: 05 th May 2015; Accepted: 25 th May 2015 ABSTRACT One of the language skills to master by Indonesian EFL learners is reading. In order to assist learners comprehend reading texts, teachers are challenged to apply various teaching strategies. As this paper focuses on teaching reading, two teaching strategies dealing with reading instruction are compared. To be specific, in this paper the writers conduct a study to find the difference between Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) and teacher-centered teaching strategy (by applying skimming and scanning). This study was a quasi experimental, which was conducted upon the sixth graders of an elementary school. The finding showed that reading achievements of the students who are taught using CSR and teacher-centered teaching strategy are not significantly different. Nevertheless, this study using Cohen‟s d formula finds that CSR gave a small effect on students‟ reading achievement. Key words: collaborative strategic reading; reading achievement ABSTRAK Salah satu kemampuan bahasa yang harus dikuasai oleh pembelajar Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing di Indonesia adalah membaca. Untuk membantu pembelajar memahami bacaan, guru-guru ditantang untuk menerapkan berbagai strategi mengajar. Karena artikel ini berfokus pada mengajar membaca, dua strategi mengajar membaca dibandingkan. Secara lebih spesifik, penulis melakukan penelitian untuk melihat perbedaan antara Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) dan teacher-centered teaching strategy (dengan menerapkan skimming dan scanning). Penelitian ini termasuk jenis kuasi eksperimen yang dilaksanakan kepada siswa-siswi kelas enam Sekolah Dasar. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa hasil membaca dari siswa-siswi yang diajar dengan menggunakan CSR dan teacher-centered teaching strategy tidak berbeda. Meskipun demikian, analisis Cohen’s d menunjukkan adanya efek yang kecil dari CSR terhadap kemampuan membaca. Kata kunci: collaborative strategic reading, hasil belajar membaca How to Cite: Sari, C., D. & Tamah, S. (2015). The Effect of Collaborative Strategic Reading on Grade Six Students‟ Reading Achievement. IJEE (Indonesian Journal Of English Education), 2(1), 17-26. doi:10.15408/ijee.v2i1.1501 Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v2i1.1501