scholarly journals The Influence of Mind Mapping in Teaching Reading Comprehension to the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Rawa Bening

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Andriani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The objectives of this study is: “to find out whether or not there Is the influence between the students who are taught by using mind mapping technique and who are not taught  by using mind mapping technique ”. The 60 samples out of 120 students from the eighth grade students were chosen by means  purposive sampling technique. It used quasi-experimental method, nonrandomized pretest and posttest design. The data was analyzed using independent  t-test for SPSS. The result showed that t-obtained was 6.20, while t-table was 2.04. it means that there was the influence between the students who were taught by using mind mapping technique and who were not taught  by using mind mapping technique.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING ON SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE THROUGH AUCTION GRAMMAR GAME AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP KATOLIK BELIBIS MAKASSAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriani Jihad
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Present Tense

This research aimed to find out the Auction Grammar Game in improving students’ understanding on simple present tense. This research used pre-experimental method. The population of this research was the whole eighth grade students of SMP Katolik Belibis Makassar which consists of 29 students. By using total sampling technique, this class was taken as a sample which consists of 29 students. Sample of this research was the same with the population because there was only one class for the eighth-grade students of SMP Katolik Belibis Makassar. The data were analyzed by using SPSS Program. The result of this research found that students’ understanding on simple present tense was improved significantly. It can be seen in the result of the students’ mean score in post-test that was higher than pre-test (78.79>35.52). in addition, t-test value was higher than t-table (20.657>2.048). It can be concluded that the Auction grammar game improves students’ understanding on simple present tense.

scholarly journals The Use Of SQ3r Technique in Improving Students` Reading Comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Biringkanae
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group

Reading is one of the basic English skills which should be mastered by the students. This study was intended to explore the use of SQ3R technique to improve students` reading comprehension and to find out the students` perception toward the use of SQ3R technique. The method in this study is mixed method with Quan-qual model. The quantitative method used quasi-experimental design with control and experimental group. The population in this research used purposive sampling technique with the number of sample are 24 students as respondent; 12 students in control group and 12 students in experimental group. This study was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Saluputti from the eighth grade students in academic year 2016/2017. The instrument that the writer used are reading test and questionnaire and the data were analyzed through SPSS 20. The research findings shows that the implementation of SQ3R technique could improve the students’ reading comprehension ability especially the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Saluputti and the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Saluputti have good perception towards the use of SQ3R technique. This research shows the improvement in students` reading comprehension, for that reason, it is recommended that the English teacher apply certain effective technique in teaching reading to enhance student`s comprehension.

scholarly journals The Cooperative Integrated Reading And Composition (CIRC) Strategy In Teaching Reading Comprehension Teaching Comprehension

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Asrifan ◽  
Like Raskova Octaberlina
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this research was : to find out whether or not a cooperative integrated reading composition strayegy can improve the reading comprehension of Eighth grade of students at SMP Negeri 2 Baranti.This research apply pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was four classes at SMP Negeri 2 Baranti in academic year 2019/2020 with the total population were 120 students. The sample of this research were VIII.A (30 students). This sample was taken by cluster sampling technique. This research applied reading test to know the students reading comprehension through cooperative integrated reading and composition strategy. The researcher found that by using cooperative integrated reading and composition in teaching reading comprehension, it could improved the reading comprehend of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Baranti. It was proved by p-value of post-test was lower than the α (0,000<0,05). So, the researcher stated that H 0 was rejected and H 1 was accepted. Based on the data analysis, the researcher concluded that: Cooperative integrated reading and composition strategy could improved students reading comprehension.

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Task Based Learning Method on Student’s Achievement in Reading Comprehension of Descriptive Text.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Muhamad Ihsan Deliansyah Yuliawati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Statistical Hypothesis ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Descriptive Text is a kind of text with a purpose to give information. The context of this kind of text is the description of a particular thing, animal, person, or others, for instance: our pets or a person we know well. Unfortunately, the students feel hard to find out because no strategy or method to read descriptive text so makes the students boring. The objective of this research is to find out whether task-based learning teaching students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text to XI grade students of MA Darul Ihsan Cibungbulang Bogor. The research used a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design by applying pre-test and post-test design. In this research, the writer only uses one class as the sample by using the purposive sampling technique. In collecting the data, the writer use tests as an instrument. The data was analyzed by using a t-test. The result of this research showed that using task-based learning method effective in teaching reading comprehension of descriptive text. It can be seen from the significance t-test from students’ pre-test and post-test scores that is 2.450>2.056. Based on the statistical calculation, using task-based learning method reached t calculation of 2.450 which was higher than t table of 2.056 at a significance level of 5%. It also stated a significant increase in mean score between students’ pre-test score (51.8) and post-test score (80). The statistical hypothesis revealed that there were differences between both tests. Therefore, using the task-based learning method can be effective for students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text.

TEACHING READING BY UTILIZING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Abdullah Farih
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control

The objective of this study is to measure whether there is or not significant effect of teaching reading by utilizing Hot Potatoes software toward students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. The variables used were the teaching treatment of Hot Potatoes Software as the independent variable and the students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text as dependent variable. Then, the research designed was Quasi-experimental design and the presentation of data used was quantitative. The data were obtained from the eleventh grade, of which 28 students were taken as sample. The students are divided into two groups; experiment group consisted of 12 students and control group consists of 16 students. To get the data, the pre-test and post-test were applied and then analyzed using t-test formula. The researcher had concluded that there is Significant effect of Hot Potatoes Software toward the students’ reading comprehension achievement. The result showed that mean of students’ post-test was increased. It is proved by the t-test (8.54) which is higher than t-table (2.05) at level of significance 5%. It means that the alternative hypothesis was accepted and it proved that Hot Potatoes Software had significant effect toward students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text

THE USE OF LITERATURE-BASED INSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Ressy Novasyari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Eighth Graders ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
And Control

Abstract: This research aimed to investigate whether or not there were significant differences in reading comprehension and writing achievement between the eighth grade students of SMP Islam Az-Zahra 2 Palembang who were taught by using Literature-Based instruction and those who were not. This study used one of the quasi experimental designs: pretest-posttest design. The sample was selected purposively from the whole population based on their reading comprehension scores. Forty six eighth graders were selected as the sample and equally divided into experimental and control groups. Pretest and posttest were given to both groups.  Using paired sample statistics,  the results of the experimental group showed that the students’ reading comprehension and writing achievement ? significantly improved. Furthermore, the result of the independent t-test showed that with mean difference of reading comprehension was 8.609, t value 11.111(p<0.05). Moreover, the mean difference of writing achievement was 6.8043, t value 10.478 (p<0.05).   Keywords:   Literature-based instruction, reading                     comprehension and writing achievement.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Note-Taking Pairs Technique in Teaching Reading Comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Aisyah Aisyah ◽  
Ani Wahyu Anisa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control

The aims of this research are to find out whether the implementation of NoteTaking Pairs technique effective in teaching reading comprehension at junior high school. The method used in the research is quantitative method and the design is quasi experimental design. The sampling technique used in this research was random sampling. Two classes were taken as the subject namely experimental and control class. The data of test got from both experimental and control class was analyzed by T test formula. The result of calculation showed that t was 6.58, and t  with df  75 in account table the significant degree of 5% is 1.992. It means that t  is higher than t (6.58 > account table 1.992). The average of post-test in the experimental class was 81, while the KKM of English subject is 75. It can be concluded that Note-Taking Pairs Technique is effective in teaching reading comprehension at junior high school.

scholarly journals Buzz Group Technique to Promote Students Reading Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Afifah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Paired T Test ◽  
Group Technique

This present study was quasi experiment research. This study aimed to find out whether or not there is any the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension by using buzz group technique. The population of the study was all the eighth grade students of SMP SENTOSA BAKTI BATURAJA in Academic Year 2019/ 2020. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. The sample is divided by two experimental class and control group. The try-out was done at VIII. C with 22 respondents. The data was collected by using test. The reliability of the data was taken through Alpha Cronbach. The data were analyzed by using paired T-test of control class and paired t-test of experimental class and independent t-test too. The result showed that from the mean score was 71 improved to be 84, 6 and based on independent T-test the value of T obtained was 8,122 as significant level of 0.05 for 2 tailed testing and degree of freedom (df) was 48 the critical value of T table 3, 425. The value was higher than T table (8,122>3,425) and the value sig, (2 tailed)= 0.000 less than the value of significant level (0.05).  It mean that there was significant improvement the students who was taught by using buzz group technique and those who was not at SMP SENTOSA BAKTI Baturaja. It concluded that Buzz group technique was effective to promote students’ reading comprehension at the Eighth Grade students of SMP SENTOSA BAKTI BATURAJA.

scholarly journals The Use of Schematic-activation Strategy in Teaching Young EFL Learners Reading Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Etika Ariyani ◽  
Etika Ariyani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Schema Activation ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Reading is one of the important skills that the students have to master. However, many students have difficulties in comprehending the reading text. To solve this condition, the researcher used schema activation strategy to help students understand reading comprehension. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether the use of schema activation strategy is effective or not in teaching reading comprehension at the second-grade students of MTs Tarbiyatul Mustafid in academic year 2017/2018. This study was quasi-experimental design using two classes were VIII B class was taken as an experimental class, and VII-A was taken as control class. The population of this research involved 60 students from the second grade in MTs Tarbiyatul Mustafid Batu Simpang. By using purposive sampling, the researcher took the students as a sample. In collecting the data, this study used pre-test, treatment, and post-test as the data collection procedure then followed by analyzing the data by using the t-test formula. Then the result of statistical analysis of t-test in this research was 2.85. It was higher than critical values for t- table in the degree of freedom (df) of 58 is 2.021(0.05%) and 2.704(0.01%). The researcher concludes that mean score before and after teaching by using schema activation strategy has a difference. It means the alternative hypothesis (ha) was accepted. The use of schema activation strategy in teaching reading comprehension at the second-grade students of MTs Tarbiyatul Mustafid Batu Rimpang is effective.

scholarly journals TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CONCEPT ORIENTED READING INSTRUCTION (CORI) STRATEGYTO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 13 LUBUKLINGGAU

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-104
Author(s):  
Ardayati Ardayati ◽  
Herlina Herlin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Test Calculation ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Paired T Test

The problem of this research was to find out whether or not it is significantly effective to improve reading comprehension through Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Strategy to the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 13 Lubuklinggau in the academic year 2016/2017. The strategy applied was pre experimental method with one group pretest-posttest design.. The sample was taken through cluster random sampling. The result was VIII.2 class with the total number of 28 students. The data were collected through test consisted of 25 items of multiple choices. The data were analyzed through four techniques: 1) Students’ Individual Score, 2) Minimum Mastery Criteria, 3) Normality and 4) Paired t-test calculation. The result of this study: (1) The mean students’ score in the pre-test was 64.00, (2) The mean score of post-test was 76.00 and (3) the result of paired t-test was 11.43, which was higher than 1.703 value of the t-table of 27 (28-1) with 95% significant level for one tailed-test. In this research the researcher formulated two hypotheses. They were null hypothesis (Ho) and alternative hypothesis (Ha). Based on the result of the paired t-test calculation showed that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It meant that it was significantly effective to Teach Reading Comprehension through Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Strategy to the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 13 Lubuklinggau in the academic year of 2016/2017

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