scholarly journals Reading Assignment: Group Work, Impacts on Students’ Reading Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Sloria Suharti
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Conventional Method ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Reading Assignment ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Work Technique

The objective of the research was to know the differences between the ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Rajeg in reading comprehension used group work technique and those used conventional method. The research was conducted to the ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Rajeg which consist of two classes as sample, IX.G as experiment class and IX.J as control class. The IX.G used group work technique in teaching reading comprehension while IX.J used conventional method. The methodology of the research was quasi experimental design and quantitative method. The data of this research were collected by giving the test (pre-test and post-test) to the sample. The collected data were analyzed by using t-test formula. It was used to test hypothesis to know whether there is difference in reading comprehension between the students given group work technique and those given conventional method. The result of the data analysis showed that  was 4.78 higher than  1.99 with 5% of significant level. The data  was higher than   (4.78 > 1.99). It was mean that Hı was accepted while Ho was rejected. It also means that there was significance of students’ reading comprehension between students in experiment class who were taught by group work technique and the students in control class who were taught by using conventional method at SMPN 1 Rajeg. Keyword: Group Work Technique, Reading Comprehension

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

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 SCAFFOLDED READING EXPERIENCE (SRE) IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-74
Author(s):  
Herawati Unmura
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Reading Experience ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The scaffolded reading experience framework consists of a set of prereading, during-reading, and post-reading activities to use with any genre of text, including fiction and nonfiction. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of scaffolded reading experience in teaching reading comprehension to the students of Musi Rawas University? The method used in this research was quasi-experimental method. The population of this study was all of the students of Musi Rawas University. The sample of this study was students of accounting study progrom in first semester taken through convenience non random sampling. The data were collected through a written test. It was pre-test and post test. The data analyzed through t-test formula. From this study it was found that the students’ pre-test average score in the experimental group was 55 and in the control group was 53.91. Meanwhile the students’ post-test average score in the experimental group was 80 and the students’ average score in the control group was 75. In addition of t-obtained were 2.049 where the value of t-table was 1.684 at df 74 in significance level of 0.05 and with one-tailed testing. Since the value of t-obtained was higher than the critical value of the t-table (2.049>1.684), it can be concluded that, teaching reading comprehension by using scaffolded reading experience (SRE) to the students of Musi Rawas University was effective.

scholarly journals TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH TASK BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Kamba Janna Mufabar ◽  
Hilaluddin Hanafi ◽  
Aderlaepe Aderlaepe
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Reading Motivation ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

This study attempted to find out: (1) Whether the Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) affects students’ reading comprehension or not, (2) The application of task based language teaching towards students’ reading motivation. This study employed quasi experimental design to scrutinize the applicability of TBLT which involving 2nd grade students of Junior High School 7 Kendari registered in academic year 2019/2020. To this end, 62 participants (including an experimental group and a control class ones) were selected through purposive sampling from among 180 students. Task Based Language Teaching was applied in teaching reading comprehension in experimental group while in control group ones was applied conventional. Both groups were taught the same topic. The test was administered before treatment (pre-test) to examine the students’ previous reading comprehension and it was then compared with their post-test to examine their reading comprehension after being taught using TBLT. Reading test and questionnaire as the instruments of this study. The data from reading test was used to figure out the students’ reading comprehension by using t-test while the data from questionnaire was to figure out the students’ reading motivation. All collected data were computed and analysed by using SPSS 24. The results of reading comprehension test revealed that TBLT significantly effects students’ reading comprehension. Moreover, the result of questionnaire displayed that the students became more motivated to read through Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT).   Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Task Based Language Teaching.

scholarly journals Collaborative Learning as A Strategy to Improve the English Reading Comprehension of Indonesian Learners in The Agribusiness Department at Muhammadiyah University of Parepare

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Ammang Latifa
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Test Result

This research sheds some light on collaborative learning to increase the agribusiness students' reading ability at the Muhammadiyah University of Parepare. It tries to find answers to two questions. First, to what extent does the collaborative learning strategy improve the students reading comprehension in the ESP course at UMPAR? Second, what are the students' perceptions of collaborative learning strategies in teaching reading comprehension at UMPAR? To answer these questions, the researcher adopted a Quasi-Experimental design by using the experimental and control group. The data were collected through a reading test and a questionnaire. The research findings indicated that using a collaborative learning strategy improved the students' reading comprehension at agribusiness students at UMPAR. The t-test result of the Pre-test was -1.25 and 2.50 in the Post-test. The Post-test result was more significant than the t-table (2.50>2.023). It indicated that H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted. The results of the study also revealed that a collaborative learning strategy improves the students' ability in teaching Reading Comprehension.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVNESS TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION USING GROUP WORK DISCUSSION METHOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 599
Author(s):  
Astriliani Dadara ◽  
Sudiyono Sudiyono
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Skill Test ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

This study aims at knowing how the effective teaching reading comprehension by using group work discussion method of the tenth grade students at SMKNPlered.The research design which is used in qualitative descriptive with one group.  The subjects of this research were students from Industrial Automation Engineering 2 (TOI 2) of vocational high school Plered. The instruments used were interview, pre-test and post-test with the material recount text. From the reading skill test, the students’ pre-test mean score was 61.55 increasing to 81,89 in the post-test. So, it can be concluded that teaching reading by using group work discussion method an effective improve the students’ reading skill.

scholarly journals TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Aleti Monarisa ◽  
Bambang Suwarno ◽  
Mulyadi .
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Interactive Technique ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of this research was to find out whether the Interactive technique could improve students’ reading comprehension. This was a quasi-experimental research. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SLTP Negeri 1 Kota Bengkulu which consisted of 193 students. The sample of this research was the class VIII.2 (34 students) as the experimental group and the VIII.3 (40 students) as the control group. The instrument was a reading comprehension test, which consisted of 40 items. Before the pre-test was given, it was tried out to the students of the same level. The result was t-count in the pre-test was smaller than t-table (1.26 < 2.042). This indicated that the groups were of equal ability. For the post-test, in contrast, the t-count was greater than t- table (2.7 > 2.042). This indicated that the interactive technique could improve students’ reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Metacognitive as One of the Strategy in Teaching Reading Comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Roghibatul Luthfiyyah ◽  
Laena Kusuma Perdani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Effective Technique ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims at investigating further about the effectiveness ofMetacognitive Strategy implementation for students' reading comprehension at the second grade of SMA Negeri 1 cilimus and finding the students' responses vividly after learning reading comprehension through Metacognitive Strategy at the second grade of SMA Negeri 1 cilimus.The method that used in this study was Quasi Experimental Research with pre-test post-test non-equivalent group design. The population of this study was the second grade students of  SMAN 1 Cilimus in the academic year 2014/2015; itconsists of eight classes. Two classes were as samplewhich were taken by purposive sampling, they were XI MIA 3 as experimental class and XI MIA 1 as control class.The use of Metacognitive Strategy was proven as an effective technique for teaching reading comprehension.It showed that there were the significantvalue of the implementation of KWL chart as a metacognitive strategy in teaching reading comprehension. In addition, the implementation of KWL chart had strong responses from the students. It could be seen from the result ofquestionnaire that described the strong responses of students toward the implementation of KWL chart as the metacognitive strategy. It could be concluded that the use of KWL chart as metacognitive strategy was effective in teaching reading comprehension. Thus, teachers probably use this technique as one of the variation for teaching reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Comprehending Personal Experience: Implementing Buzz Group in Teaching Reading

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Dian Hapsari ◽  
M Sayid Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Academic Year

The students’ reading comprehension of SMA Negeri 2 Tumijajar is still low especially in reading personal recount text. To solve the problem, the researcher applied Buzz Group. The objective of this research is to know whether there is a significant influence of using buzz group towards students’ reading comprehension on personal recount text at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 2 Tumijajar in the academic 2018/2019. The research methodology was quasi experimental design. In this research, the population was the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 2 Tumijajar. The sample of this research was two classes consisting of 33 students for experimental class and 33 students for control class. In the experimental class, the researcher used buzz group and in the control class the teacher used think pair share. The treatments were held in 3 meetings in which 2 x 45 minutes for each class. In collecting data, the researcher used instrument in the form of multiple choice questions which had been tried out prior to the treatments. The instrument was given in pre-test and post-test. The researcher analyzed the data using SPSS to compute independent sample t-test. From the data analysis computed by SPSS, it was obtained that Sig. = 0.002 and α = 0.05. It means Ha is accepted because Sig. < α = 0.002 < 0.05. Therefore, there is a significant influence of using buzz group towards students’ reading comprehension on personal recount text at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 2 Tumijajar in the academic year 2018/2019.

scholarly journals The Use of Picture-Kwl Technique in Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension: A Cooperative Learning Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-541
Author(s):  
Mutakhirani Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Learning Progress ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of this research was to find out whether the use of Picture-KWL technique in improving students’ reading comprehension: a cooperative learning approach could improve the reading comprehension and the interest of the students in reading. The design of this research is quasi experimental which the experimental group would be employed treatment Picture-KWL in cooperative learning approach while the control group would be employed treatment using conventional techniques by the researcher. The findings indicated that the experimental class scored higher on the reading comprehension in post-test than their peers did in the control class. The researcher concluded that the technique was successful in improving the reading comprehension performance and recommended that the technique should be integrated into the English Syllabus specially in teaching reading comprehension. Moreover, based on the students’ respond on questionnaire, it shows that the students’ interest was categorized as interested. And also observation showed that the students’ progress were excellent in the classroom during learning progress.

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