scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THREE MINUTE PAUSE STRATEGY

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Radiah Hamid ◽  
Musriana Musriana ◽  
Bahrun Amin ◽  
Nur Qalby
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Logical Order ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Literal Comprehension

This research aimed to explain the improved of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension dealing with main idea and details and summarizing dealing with content and logical order. A classroom action research which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken at X students of SMA Gunung Sari Makassar with a number of the subject were 20 students. The research findings indicate that the application of Three Minute Pause strategy was significant in improving the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension and summarizing. It was proved by the mean score of the cycle I was 6.88then increased to be 7.87 in cycle II. They were higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 4.77. It means that there was the improved of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension dealing with main idea and details and summarizing dealing with content and logical order.

scholarly journals MOOD UNDERSTAND RECALL DIGEST EXPAND AND REVIEW STRATEGY FOR STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Herlina Daddi ◽  
Dewi Susilawati ◽  
Andi Tenri Ampa ◽  
Amiruddin Amiruddin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
Literal Comprehension

This research aimed to explain the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension dealing with main ideas and sequence details and interpretive comprehension dealing with prediction outcomes and conclusion. To explain the improvement, the researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken at the ninth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 5 Mariso, Makassar with a number of the subject were 36 students. The research findings indicated that the implementation of Mood Understand Recall Digest Expand and Review (MURDER) Strategy was improved the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension and interpretive comprehension. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 64.31. It was classified as fair then improved to be 71.20. It was classified as fairly good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test 52.21 that classified as poor. Therefore there was improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and interpretive comprehension dealing with prediction of outcomes and conclusion.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH EXPLICIT TEACHING STRATEGY

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Nur Qalby
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Explicit Teaching ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research aimed at explaining the improvement  of the  students’ reading comprehension focused on identifying the main idea and getting detail at SMP Negeri 33 Makassar. To explain the improvement, the researcher used a classroom action research  (CAR)  which was  conducted in  two cycles  in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken from the second-grade student of SMP Negeri 33 Makassar with the number of the subject i.e. 30 students which consisted 14 men and 16 women. Based on the text above the research findings indicated that the use of Explicit Teaching Strategy was significant in improving the students’ reading comprehension which focused on identifying the main idea and getting detail. It was proved by the mean score of Diagnostic Test was 4.94 that classified poor. The improvement in Cycle I was 6.11 that classified fair and Cycle II was 7.26 that classified fairly good. While the standard target achievement was 6.5, it means that the standard target achievement had been achieved.Keywords: reading comprehension, main idea, classroom action research

scholarly journals Mix Freeze group based Cooperative Learning Approach for Improving the Students Reading Comprehension at the first grade students of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujariati Sujariati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Main Ideas

This research aimed to explain the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Literal Reading of the text dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and Creative Reading of the text dealing withcharacterization and conclusion. The researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken at the first grade students of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu  with a number of the subject were 35 students. The research findings indicated that the application of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu, This strategy was improving the students’ reading comprehension in terms ofLiteral reading  and Creative reading of the text. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 60.7. It was classified as fair then improved to be 73.36. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 50.7 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Literal Reading of the text dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and Creative Reading of the text dealing withcharacterization and conclusion.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH MIX FREEZE GROUP STRATEGY

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Muhammad Astrianto Setiadi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Main Ideas

This research aimed to explain the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Specific Information of the text dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and Creative Reading of the text dealing with characterization and conclusion. To explain the improvement, the researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken from the second-grade students of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu with a number of the subject were 35 students. The research findings indicated that the application of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu) Strategy was significant in improving the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Specific Information and Creative reading of the text. It was proved by the mean score of the cycle I was 60.69. It was classified as fair then improved to be 73.38. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 50.7 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Specific Information of the text dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and Creative Reading of the text dealing with characterization and conclusion.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH DRAW LABEL CAPTION (DLC) TECHNIQUE

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Ika Sastrawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research aimed at find out the improvement of the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from its content with unity and completeness, language use dealing with tense and preposition through DLC Technique at the eighth grade of MTs.Muhammadiyah Tongko. The technique of this research was a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The instrument of the research was observation sheet and writing test indicated that the students have high score in writing achievement. The location of this research was taken at the eighth grade of MTs.Muhammadiyah Tongko with a number of the subject were 30 students. The research findings indicated that the application of DLC Technique was significant in improving the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from content and language use. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 63.99. It was classified as fair then improved to be 75.50. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 50.99 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from its content with unity and completeness, and language use dealing with tense and preposition.

scholarly journals Scrutinizing Individual C- Trans Plus DRTA Method to Increase Student's Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-545
Author(s):  
Mutakhirani - Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Observation Results

The objective of this research is to explain the development of Individual C-Trans plus DRTA Method in improving students’ reading comprehension among the eighth-grade Students of SMP Negeri 40 Bulukumba. The researcher used A Classroom Action Research (CAR) in this research. The researcher had conducted two cycles, where each cycle consisted of two meetings. It employed a reading test as an instrument. A number of the subject of the researcher were 31 students in XI class. Those consist of 13 men and 18 women. The findings consisted tests, students’ reading comprehension, and observation results. The first cycle of the first meeting was 57,58 and the second meeting was 63,54 and then the researcher tried to do the next cycle and the result in cycle II that was increasing of students score. In cycle II of the first meeting was 77,90 and the second meeting was 81,61. The conclusion of the research using C-Trans plus DRTA is able to improve the students’ reading comprehension (main idea) at the eighth grade. It was proved by the students’ achievement in cycle II was higher than cycle I and D-Test where in cycle I the students’ mean score reading comprehension becomes first meeting was 57,58 and the second meeting was 63,54, cycle II  of the first meeting was  77,90 and the second meeting was 81,61. Based on the research findings, the implementation of Individual C-Trans plus DRTA Method showed success in improving reading comprehension. 

scholarly journals Enriching the Students Vocabulary Mastery in Speaking through Engage, Study, Activate Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Agus Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Research Show

<p>The objectives of this research are to find out the improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery and the student’s activeness in speaking through Engage, Study and Activate Method at the second year students of SMP Negeri 26Makassar. This research used Classroom Action Research that comprises of two cycles. The research population is the second year students of SMP Negeri 26 Makassar, and the sample of this research comprises of 25 students. The researcher obtained the data by using a speaking test and observation sheet.The results of this research show that there is animprovement in students' vocabularybetween the cycle I and Cycle II. The mean scores of students in the diagnostic test are 4.7 became 6.21 in cycle I, and after doing a revision in the cycle II the mean score in cycle II is7.45 then the activeness of students also improve from first meeting 53 % became 92% in the last meeting and achieved the minimal criteria, 65. The research findings indicate that the use of Engage, Study and Activate method can enrich the students’ vocabulary mastery and improve the students’ activeness in speaking.</p>

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH PATTERNED PARTNER READING

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Ardiana Ardiana
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Percentage Improvement ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Partner Reading ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research aimed to find the use of Patterned Partner Reading strategy improve the students reading comprehension at the SMP Muhammadiyah Limbung. The researcher used A Classroom Action Research (CAR). The researcher had conducted two cycles, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. This classroom action research was one at SMP Muhammadiyah Limbung. As subject in this research was the second class with students’ number as about 30 students consist of 7 man and 23 women. The instruments were observation sheet and test sheet. The research findings indicated that the application of patterned partner reading strategy was effective and significant in improving the students’ reading skill especially students’ reading comprehension. It was proved that the mean score of D-Test was 60.8, Cycle I 75.5 and after conducted Cycle II improved to 93 And based of mean score of students’ reading comprehension during two cycle researcher found percentage improvement that is from D-Test to Cycle I is 24.17% and from Cycle I to Cycle II is 23.17 and D-Test to Cycle II 52.96%. It means that there was the improvement of students’ reading comprehension on learning process.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH CASE PRESENTATION METHOD

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Dzur Rif'ah Mahmudah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Presentation Method ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
English Subject

The research aimed at finding out the improvement of students’ speaking ability through Case Presentation at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Libureng Bone. The method of this research was classroom action research that consisted of two cycles. One cycle consisted of four meetings. It means that there were eight meeting in two cycles. This classroom action research was done at SMA Negeri 1 Libureng Bone for English subject. The subject research was 39 students of senior high school in 2012-2013 academic years. Those consist of 26 women and 13 men. Instruments are speaking test and observation sheet. The findings of this research were the improvement of the students’ speaking ability in terms of speaking accuracy and speaking fluency in which the mean score of diagnostic test was 5.30, the mean score of cycle I was 6.27 and the mean score of cycle II was 7.29. The result above indicated that there was significant improvement of the students’ speaking ability in terms of speaking accuracy and speaking fluency in the application of case presentation method at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Libureng Bone.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH ROTATING TRIO EXCHANGE STRATEGY

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Maharida Maharida
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Oral Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Student Ability ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research purposed to find out how the improvement of the students’ speaking accuracy and fluency through Rotating Trio Exchange Strategy at the eighth year of SMPN 1 Pallangga. This research was a classroom action research (C.A.R) which consisted of two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The subject of this research was one of the classes with the total of students is 33 students. The instruments were oral test and observation sheet. The research findings of this research indicated the students’speaking ability in terms of accuracy and fluency through Rotating Trio Exchange Strategy was effective and significant in improving the students’ speaking ability. It was proved that the findings indicate that the mean score of cycle II was greater than the mean score of cycle I (7.55 > 5.84) and the mean score of cycle I also was greater than the mean score of D-test (5.84 > 4.19), it means that Rotating Trio Exchange Strategy improved the students’ speaking ability in English. Besides, it is better to use in teaching speaking ability than the conventional strategies because this was also improved the students' interest to make them active in learning the speaking ability. The conclusion of the research, Rotating Trio Exchange Strategy improved the student improved the student ability in accuracy and fluency.

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