Improving the Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension by Using Inquiry Technique

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gigin Sappena Ginting ◽  
Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Comprehension Score ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Comprehension Tests ◽  
Orientation Test

This study attemps to imorove the students’ achivement in reading comprehension through inquiry technique. The study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subjects of the research were the 45 students of Grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Bahorok. It was conducted in two Cycles and consisted of six meetings.The instruments for colecting data used Reading Comprehension tests for quantitative data and Diary Notes, Interview Sheet, and Observation Sheet for qualitative data. Based on the Reading Comprehension score, students score in pre test, kept improving in every test. Based on Diary Notes, Observation sheet and Interview Sheet, it was found that the students were actualy involved in reading process. The results of the reasearch showed that Inquiry Technique can improve the students’ achivement in Reading Comprehension. In orientation test the mean of the students’ score was 53, the mean of the students’ score in Cycle I was 62.07, and the mean of the students’ score in Cycle II was 71.6. Based on the Observation Sheet, Diary Notes, and Interview Sheet, it was found that the teaching-learning process run well. The conclusion is that Inquiry Technique improved the students’ reading Coprehension and it is suggested to the English teacher to apply Inquiry Technique in Reading Comprehension. Keywords : Improving, students’ achievement, Inquiry Technique

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenny Friska Sormin ◽  
Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Comprehension Score ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Data Reading ◽  
Orientation Test

ABSTRACT This study deals with improvement students’ achievement in reading comprehension through Think Pair Share Technique (TPS). This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class X-B SMA Parulian 2 Medan which consists of 38 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consists of three meetings. The instrument for collecting data were quantitative data (reading comprehension test) and qualitative data (diary notes, observation sheets, and interview sheet). Based on reading comprehension score, students’ score kept improving in every test. In orientation test the mean score was 62.50, in cycle I the mean of writing score was 70.52, in cycle II the mean of reading comprehension score was 80.13. Based on diary notes, observation sheets and interview sheet, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. Students were active and interested in reading comprehension. The result of the research showed that Think Pair Share Technique (TPS) can improve students’ achievement in reading comprehension. Key Words: Reading Comprehension, Think Pair Share Technique(TPS)

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING REPORT TEXT BY USING THINK-PAIR SHARE STRATEGY

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Faisal Situmorang And Bachtiar
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Comprehension Score ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Orientation Test ◽  
Report Text

This study deals with improvement students’ achievement in reading report text by using Think Pair Share Strategy (TPS). This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class X-2 SMA Negeri 1 Binjai with consists of 40 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consists of three meetings and included orientation. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data (multiple choice test) and qualitative data (diary notes, and observation sheet). Based on reading comprehension score, students score kept improving in every test. In orientation test the mean was 52,75, in cycle I the mean of reading test was 66,75, in cycle II the mean of reading comprehension score was 80,25. Based on diary notes, and observation sheet, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. Students were active and interested in reading report text. The result of the research showed that Think Pair Share Strategy (TPS) can improve students’ achievement in reading report text.

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
DesiYusnanda Sari And Sri MindaMurni
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Scores ◽  
Team Games ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Data Reading

This study attempted to improve the students’ reading comprehension achievement in descriptive text through Team Games Tournament (TGT) method. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class IX SMP PAB 10 Medan Estate which consisted of 25 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and the first cycle consisted of four meetings the second cycle consisted of two meetings. The instruments for collecting the data were quantitative data (reading evaluation) and qualitative data (diary note, observation sheet and interview sheet). Based on reading scores, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the test I the mean was 65,33, in the test II the mean was 71,72 and the test III the mean was 84,54.Based on diary note, observation sheet and interview sheet, it was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in reading. The result of the research showed that Team Games Tournament (TGT) method significantly improved students’ achievement in reading comprehension especially in reading descriptive text.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH METACOGNITION METHOD

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meisalina Lourensia Tarigan And Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Objective Test ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Orientation Test

The study aims at improving students’ achievement in reading comprehension applying Metacognition Method by conducting classroom action research. The population of this research twelfth grade students of SMP Negeri 41 Medan. The number of the students was 33 students. There were two kinds of data collected during the study, qualitative and quantitative data. The instrument for collecting the quantitative data was objective test of reading comprehension, while the instruments for qualitative data were gathered through interview, diary notes, and observation sheet. The qualitative showed that the students were interested in Metacognition Method. Based on the data analysis, the mean of the students score for orientation test was 52, 12 and for test in cycle I was 63, 63 and for test in cycle II was 76, 51. The conclusion is that Metacognition Method can improve the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. Keywords : Reading, Comprehension, Metacognition Method

scholarly journals Writing Descriptive Mapping on students D3 Bahasa Inggris Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
ELFRIDA BR SILALAHI
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Writing Tests ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Orientation Test

ABSTRACT This study concerns with the improve students’ creativity ability in writing descriptive paragraph through mind mapping technique. The objective of this study is to discover whether the use of mind mapping could significantly improve students’ creativity ability in writing descriptive paragraph. With support from the theory by Buzan. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in 4 meetings. The subject of this study was the Administration Public course in 2ed semester of Students Universitas Merdeka Malang which consisted of 20 students. The data will take in quantitative and qualitative data. Where quantitative data collected by giving descriptive writing tests that related to topic in TA( (tugas akhir) and calculating the mean of students’ scores. The quantities data were collected by the students’ score in (80. 55) which was higher than the first cycle (74.95) and orientation test (69.65). The qualitative data were collected observation and questionnaire sheets. The analyzed qualitative data gathered from the observation and questionnaire sheet during cycle I and II. It was found that students also made improvement students creativity in writing descriptive paragraph by using mapping on their TA (tugas akhir) while guidance and teaching learning proses . Despite all students got problems at 1st meeting, they could handle their difficulties and more enjoy their lesson. By the process they become active and creative in writing descriptive paragraph and  qualitative data showed students strongly agreed by mind mapping  had solve students problem in writing TA (tugas akhir) that related to writing descriptive paragraph. The result of the research showed that mind mapping significantly improved students’ ability in writing TA (tugas akhir) that related to descriptive paragraph text.    

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READINGCOMPREHENSION THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasmar Husein Lubis And Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Orientation Test

This study concerrns with Improving Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension Through Reciprocal Teaching Strategy. The objective was to investigate improvement of students’ achievement in reading comprehension through by applying reciprocal teaching strategy. This research was conducted by using action research method. The subject of the study was grade XI students of SMA NEGERI 1 SIABU MADINA totalling to 40 students. They were taught Reading by Reciprocal Teaching Strategy. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data and qualitative data (observation sheet and questionnaire sheet). Based on the test score of quantitative data, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the orientation test the mean was 57, 48, in the cycle I test the mean was 69, 75. In the cycle II test the mean was 81.28. The percentage of orientation test was 7, 50%, cycle I test was 15, 00% and cycle II test was 85, 00%. The finding of the research showed that applying Reciprocal Teaching Strategy significantly improved students’ achievement reading comprehension. The qualitative data show that the students were more interested and motivated on reading comprehension through achievement Reciprocal Teaching Strategy. It is suggested that teachers should apply Reciprocal Teaching Strategy as one of methods to improve students’ achievement in reading comprehension.

IMPROVING GRADE X STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE IN REPORTING A PROCEDURE TEXT BY USING VIDEO

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Aulia Febriyanti And Tina Mariany Arifin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
X State ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Orientation Test ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

This study was carried out to discover students’ speaking competence in reporting a procedure text by using video. It was a Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subject was students of Grade X, State Senior High School (Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri: SMAN) 5 Binjai, which consisted of 42 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments used to collect the data were speaking tests as quantitative data and Observation Sheet, Interview, Questionnaire, and Diary Notes as qualitative data. The results of the speaking tests showed that the students’ score improved in every test. The mean of the students’ score in Orientation test was 51.17, the mean of the students’ score in Cycle I was 69.05, and the mean in Cycle II was 80.31. The mean score in Cycle II was the highest, so it can be said that the students’ speaking competence improved from 51.17 to 80.31. Based on the Observation Sheet, Interview, Questionnaire, and Diary Notes, it was found that the teaching-learning process ran well. The findings of the study indicate that using Video significantly improved the students’ speaking competence. So, English teachers are suggested to use Video in order to improve the students’ speaking competence in reporting a procedure text.

IMPROVING GRADE VIII STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACING

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yovi Tri Asni Alam And Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Competence Test ◽  
Orientation Test

This research attempts to improve students’ achievement in reading descriptive text through reciprocal teaching. The instruments for collecting data were multiple choice test as the quantitative data and diary notes, questionnaire sheet, and observation sheet as the qualitative data. In the orientation test the mean scores was 49.17, in the first competence test the mean score was 63.29, and in the second competence test the mean score was 83.69. The improvement also can be seen from the percentage of students’ reading comprehension; in the orientation test 0% (0 students) got 75 points. In the first competence test 21.62% (eight students) got 75 points. It means there was an improvement about 21.62%. In the second competence test 78.37% (twenty nine students) got 75 points. The improvement was 56.75 %. It can be concluded that Reciprocal Teaching could improve students’ reading descriptive text.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY WATCHING MOVIE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohanna Situmeang And Busmin Gurning
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Narrative Writing ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Orientation Test

This study was attempted to improve students’ achievement in writing narrativetext by watching movies. This study was conducted by using classroom action researchin two cycles. Cycle I consisted of four meetings while Cycle II consisted of twomeetings. The subject of the research was class VIII-A SMP SWASTA IMMANUELMEDAN. The number of the students was 34. To collect the data, the instruments werequantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data was the scores of the studentsand the qualitative data was interview sheets, observation sheets, and diary notes. Basedon the writing score, students’ score were improving in every test. It can be seen inOrientation test, Test I in Cycle I, and Test II in Cycle II. In Orientation test, the meanscore was 37.94 then it was improved to 65.85 in Test I. In the end of cycle II, the meanscore for test II was again improved to 83.41. Based on interview sheets, observationsheets and diary notes, it was found that teaching-learning process ran well. In line withthe data, it showed that the application of watching movies significantly improvedstudent’s achievement in writing narrative text. English teachers were suggested to givemovies to be watched as guidance on students’ narrative writing in the class.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS GENRE APPROACH

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Wuri Handayani And Masitowarni Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Score Test ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Orientation Test ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

This study attempts to Improving Students’ Achievement Through the Process GenreApproach. The objective of the study is to discover whether the use of the ProcessGenre approach could significantly improve students’ writing achievement. This studyconduct by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles inten meetings. The subject of this study of SMA Panca Budi Medan which consisted of39 students of class X – 2 reguler.. Orientation test was done in the first meeting, test IIwas done in the fourth meeting, and test III was done in the last meeting. The mean ofstudents’ score test III (76,242) was higher than the test II (66,878) and test I (57,606).Besides, the qualitative data was taken from observation sheet, interview, questionnaire,and diary notes. It was found that teaching learning process ran well. By applying theProcess Genre Approach in the classroom, the students understood the content ofdescriptive text easily. They also were active and enthusiastic during the teachinglearning process. The result of the research showed that the application of the ProcessGenre approach significantly improved students’ achievement in writing descriptive text

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