scholarly journals Using A Constructivist Approach to Improve Students’ Comprehension in Reading Descriptive Text at The Seventh Grade of SMP Negeri 24 Pekanbaru

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Reka Santika ◽  
Herdi Herdi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The problem of this research is the students’ low comprehension in reading descriptive text in term of generic structure, purpose, language features and vocabulary. This research aimed to enhance student understanding by using a constructivist approach in reading descriptive text. The design of this research was a classroom action research (CAR). The samples of this research were 40 students. Based on the result of the test, it was found that students’ average score was 77. The resulting score improved from the based score that was 69.5. Furthermore from the result of observation, field note and interview, it was found the factors influencing the improvement of students’ comprehension in reading descriptive text by using a constructivist approach, they were teacher’s strategy and teacher’s media. Finally, the researcher concludes that this constructivist approach can improve the students’ reading comprehension.

scholarly journals USING FRIENDLINESS, LANGUAGE, INTEREST, AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE (FLIP) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT

ELT-Lectura ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fadhly Abbas ◽  
Desi Memberti
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Test Result

This research was based on the students’ problem in reading comprehension of narrative text, especially in generic structure, purpose, language features and vocabulary. The purpose of this research was to improve reading comprehension in narrative text. The design of this research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). This research consisted of five meetings in one cycle. This research conducted on March 2018. Based on the test result, it was found that the average score of cycle was 80, 09. Furthermore, the data about factors that influence the students’ improvement in reading comprehension in narrative text were obtained by interview, observation checklist, and field note. The factors were interested of media, students’ enjoy and fun during learning process and this strategy was easily to comprehend. In conclusion, the use of FLIP strategy can improve students reading comprehension in narrative text.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ON RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH QUESTION ANSWER RELATIONSHIP STRATEGY (QAR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Puteri Utami ◽  
Regina Regina ◽  
Eni Rosnija
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Field Note ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research aims to improve students reading comprehension on recounttext by using Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy. This researchis a classroom action research which was conducted in three cycles. Theparticipants of this research consist of the teacher and the students in classX IIS 3 of SMAN 1 Sungai Raya. The researcher collected the data ofstudents improvement in reading comprehension by observing the datathrough reading test, observation checklist, field note and self-assessmentforms. The result showed that students problems in comprehending recounttext had been solved by using QAR strategy. Right There and Think andSearch question improved students understanding of generic structure andlanguage features of recount text. The mean score of students readingcomprehension enhanced in each cycle. In the first cycle, the students meanscore was 57.2, it increased to 68.8 in the second cycle, and 82 in the thirdcycle. In other words, Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategyimproved students reading comprehension of recount text.

scholarly journals SOLVING THE STUDENTS’ PROBLEM IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH ATTRIBUTE CHARTS STRATEGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
M. Fadhly Farhy Abbas ◽  
Shelvira Elsa Dwita
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research was based on the students’ problems in writing descriptive text, especially in terms of organizing the generic structure, determining adjective to describe people or things, and mastering vocabulary. The purposes of this research were to improve the students’ writing skill in descriptive text and to find out the factors influencing the students’ improvement through Attribute Chart strategy at grade 7.2 of SMPIT Al Birru Pekanbaru. The design of this research was Classroom Action Research. The instruments used were the writing test, observation checklist, field note, and interview. The participants involved  in this research were the students at grade 7.2 which was consisted of 16 students. The result showed that the students base score was 51.8,  and the score in cycle 1 was 70.4. It means the students’ score was improved in cycle 1. Furthermore this improvement was influenced by 4 factors. These factors were obtained based on the result of field note. Moreover, the results of field note were: students’ motivation, students’ interest, students’ exciting with the new topic, and the students’ activeness in the learning process. In conclusion, the use of Attribute Chart strategy in writing descriptive text can improve students’ writing skill at 7.2 grade of SMPIT Al Birru Pekanbaru.

scholarly journals THINK PAIR SHARE (TPS) TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION OF NARATIVE TEXT IN THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 KLARI KARAWANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 830
Author(s):  
Anisa Yulianti ◽  
Hesti Arum Lestari ◽  
Yana Yana
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Reading Score ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

This research used Classroom Action Research. Think Pair Share can be trusted to help students comprehend reading skill. The population of the research were the students of SMPN 3 Klari Karawang in Academic years 2017-2018. The total population of the students in this academic year are 280 students. The number of sample were 30 students. The data was gathered from the test and observation. After being implementated of Think Pair Share activities in every cycle, the students’ reading score were getting better. We can see from the result of students’ average score Cycle I 63.47 and Cycle II 79.67. In conclusion, the Technique of Think Pair Share can improve learners’ reading comprehension.

scholarly journals THE USE OF QUESTIONING THE AUTHOR (QtA) STRATEGY IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP ISLAM PLUS JANNATUL FIRDAUS PEKANBARU

ELT-Lectura ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahyu Presetyo ◽  
M. Fadhly Farhy Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Better Than

Students at SMP Islam Plus Jannatul Firdaus Pekanbaru had problems in understanding the text when reading process, those were because: the students ought to construct of generic structure of descriptive text namely identification and description. The students ought to comprehend the contents of identification. The students ought to comprehend the contents of description. Then, the researcher tested based-score of reading descriptive text, the researcher found that the students’ mean score was just 68. This research aimed to improve the students’ ability in reading descriptive text by using Questioning the Author (QtA) Strategy. Thus, this research conducted Classroom Action Research (CAR) consisting of one cycles. There were 15 students at Grade VII of SMP Islam Plus Jannatul Firdaus Pekanbaru as the participants of the research. To gain the data, the researcher used four instruments namely: test, observation, field note, and interview. The result of the reading test in cycle 1 (78.33) was better than the based-score. The factors influeced the changing of students’ ability in reading descriptive text were the vocabulary mastery, the condition of the class, and absolutely the strategy used by the teacher in teaching reading. In conclusion, Questioning the Author (QtA) strategy can improve the students’ ability in reading descriptive text.

scholarly journals Improving the Students’ Reading Comprehension by Using Think Talk Write (TTW)

LETS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-43
Author(s):  
Yuliana Rosita ◽  
Karman
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Mastery Criterion ◽  
Student Test ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research was designed to improve the students` reading comprehension through Think Talk Write at the first-grade students of SMKN 1 Lasusua. The research problem was “The reading comprehension of the first- grade students of SMKN 1 Lasusua is low”. The design of this research was collaborative Classroom Action Research (CAR).In this research, there were two cycles. The first cycle was not success because the result of the students’ test did not fulfill the KKM, so there was the next cycle. The second cycle was success because the result of the student test achieved the KKM mandatory by the school. In addition, this research must get score of 70 to fulfill the Minimum Mastery Criterion – Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM). It could be seen in the average score, it was 68.6 in the first cycle, and there were only 17 students from 35 students got greater score than or equal 70. This score increased to be 74.77 in the second cycle, there were 26 from 35 students got score greater than or equal 70. It means that this research was successful. Based on the findings, the conclusion is Think Talk Write strategy could improve the students` comprehension in reading at the first-grade students of SMKN 1 Lasusua.

scholarly journals IMPROVING BUSINESS ENGLISH AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
Fariska Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Business English ◽  
Progress Test ◽  
Field Note ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Management Students ◽  
Academic Year

<p>This research was purposed to find out how the use of structural analysis improve the reading comprehension of E class second semester students of Business English and Management Major Tonggak Equator Polytechnic in the academic year 2017-2018 and how significant does the use of structural analysis improve the reading comprehension of E class second semester students of Business English and Management Major Tonggak Equator Polytechnic in academic year 2017-2018. This research was classroom action research which was set out in two cycles, they are the first and second cycle. The subject of this research was E class second semester students of Business English and Management Concentration of Tonggak Equator Polytechnic in the academic year 2017-2018. Field note and test were used in collecting the data. The test consists of pre-test and progress-test. The data of the students' pre-test and progress-test score were analyzed by using the mean score and the data of the observation by using field note was analyzed descriptively. The finding of the research was structural analysis positively improved the reading comprehension of E class second semester students of Business English and Management Major Tonggak Equator Polytechnic in academic year 2017-2018 within two cycles, and the significance of the use of structural analysis in improving the reading comprehension of E class second semester students of Business English and Management Major Tonggak Equator Polytechnic in academic year 2017-2018 could be seen based on the test given they were 64 for the pre-test, 71.6 for the first progress-test and 83.4 for the second progress-test, and from the field note, that the students looked tired, sleepy, looked for answer from student beside them and could not finish the test by the time given by the researcher in the first cycle but have significant progress in the second cycle that the students looked more relax in doing the test and could finish the test by the time given by the researcher.<br />Keywords: reading comprehension, structural analysis, classroom action research.</p>

scholarly journals PENERAPAN TEKNIK THINK PAIR SHARE UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA PADA MATA KULIAH READING COMPREHENSION

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Titik Hardewi Yani ◽  
Sesmiyanti Sesmiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
English Department ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
English Program ◽  
Academic Year

This research problem comes from low of students’ score of reading comprehension at English program academic year 2012/2013. It could be seen from some students failed in reading comprehension I. In order to researcher would do classroom action research by applying Think Pair Share technique to improve students reading comprehension on reading II. Purpose of this research were to describe applying Think Pair Share technique on reading comprehension of English program and knowing how can Think Pair Share improve students’ reading comprehension. In collecting data, researcher used qualitative data that consist of observation sheet, field note, and interview. In quantitative data, she used tasks and tests. In making note about what happened in this research, she helped by collaborator who teach reading comprehension too in English Department. This classroom action research consisted of two cycles; each of cycles consisted of four meeting. Three meeting did treatments, and one meeting for test. Related to finding of this research, Think Pair Share technique could improve reading comprehension. In addition, the factor that influence students’ learning by applying this technique were interesting technique, interesting topic of learning material then lecturer guiding on students in understanding learning material. The improvement of students’ learning could be proved on students’ score in each cycles. Mean score students’ reading comprehension for the first cycle was 63.8, then second cycle was 73.3. This research can be concluded that classroom action research by applying Think Pair Share technique could improve students’ reading comprehension on Reading II course at English program STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat.

scholarly journals Improving the Eight Graders’ Reading Comprehension Comprehension through Jigsaw Technique at SMP 1 PSKD

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Adelina Fransiska
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Eighth Graders ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Jigsaw Technique

AbstractThe main objective of this research is to improve the eighth graders’ reading comprehension through Jigsaw technique at SMP 1 PSKD. This research is a classroom action research in two cycles. The research was done on April 12th, 2016 until May 24th, 2016. The subject of the research was the students of VIII class at SMP 1 PSKD. There were 27 students (13 males and 14 females). The instruments of the test are pre-test and post-test. The non instruments test are observation sheets, interview, and researcher’s diary notes. The improvement of the eighth graders’ reading comprehension scores can be seen from the result of the pre-test and post-test. The average score of the students in the pre-test was 49.03 points and in cycle 1 the average score of the students was 65.78 points. So the increase between the two tests was 16.75 or 34.16%. In the cycle 2, the average of students’ score was 75.85 points. The result of the posttest 1 was 65.78 points, so the increase from post-test 1 in cycle 1 to post-test 2 in cycle 2 was 10.07 points or 15.75%. The improvement from pre-test to post-test 2 was 54.70%. In addition to the score increase, jigsaw technique can improve the students’ enthusiasm in learning reading comprehension. It can be seen from the result of the interview. The participants were interested in learning reading comprehension through jigsaw technique because jigsaw technique helped them in comprehending the text. This research was also supported by the result of researcher’s diary notes. The researcher’s diary notes shows that there were a positive changed from cycle 1 to cycle 2. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that jigsaw technique could improve the eighth graders’ reading comprehension at SMP 1 PSKD.   Keywords: jigsaw technique, reading comprehension

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MENULIS DONGENG SISWA KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 1 BENGKULU SELATAN DENGAN TEKNIK MODIFIKASI CERITA

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Resmasita Resmasita
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Grade Student ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Phase 3 ◽  
Assessment Sheet ◽  
Modification Technique ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The purpose of the research is to know  the increase of the ability to write a fairy tale for the seventh grade student of SMPN 1 South  Bengkulu by using Story Modification Technique. This research constitutes Classroom Action Research. This research is held some phases. Namely :  a). Planning Phase b). Observation Phase 3). Exercution Phase, and 4. Reflection Phase and so on until improvement or increase can be reached. The Data Collecting Instruments is by using ; a). Observation (Teacher’s observation sheet and Student’s observation sheet) b). Assessment Sheet of  the ability to rewrite story. Technique analysis data; a). Determining students` average score b). Determining classical completeness and c). Determining conclusion. Based on the analysis data, the modification technique story can raise the ability to write a fairy tale. This research is held in two cycles. At the first cycle, the result of student’s learn can be presentation 23% classical completeness and 68 average score. The second cycle is for remedy  by guiding, giving motivation to the students and giving an example of story which had been modified by a teacher. The 81 average score, that showed 82% of classical mastery completeness. From both of cycles, we can see that there are increases taken place in form of the students` result in learning. So, , the research is done. From the classroom action research, it can be seen that the ability to write a fairy tale of the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 South Bengkulu is raised by using the Story Modification Technique.Keywords: The increase of ability to write a fairy tale, story modification.

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