scholarly journals THE USE OF CIRC METHOD TOWARD READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT GRADE NINTH OF SMP NEGERI 1 GAUNG

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
SY.Khania Khulqi ◽  
Samsul Amri ◽  
Maizarah Maizarah
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Current Investigation ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Positive Effects

Reading comprehension is the process of making meaning from the texts. In this study, the students’ problems related to the students’ difficulties in gaining information from the reading texts. CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading Composition) method was selected to solve those problems. Thus the main purpose of this current investigation is to test whether or not CIRC brings positive effects toward the students reading comprehension of descriptive texts. This is an experimental study, which was conducted at grade ninth students of SMP Negeri 1 Gaung. The samples consisted of 48 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used a test that is formed in the multiple-choice test. After conducting the research, it found the tobserved was 7.14, which was higher than the ttable score in the degree of significance 1 % and 5% (2.687<7.12>2.410). It means that the alternative hypothesis (H1) of the research is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. In other words, the use of CIRC method toward students reading comprehension of descriptive text at grade ninth of SMP Negeri 1 Gaung is effective.

The Effect of Applying POSSE (Predict- Organize-Search-Summarize-Evaluate) on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eka Rejeki Maha ◽  
Berlin Sibarani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was aimed at finding out The Effect of Applying POSSE (Predict-Organize-Search-Summarize-Evaluate) Strategy on the Students’ Reading Comprehension. This study used the experimental design. The population of this study was the students of SMA Negeri 2 Medan. There were sixty students taken as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by applying POSSE strategy while control group was taught without applying POSSE strategy. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice test which consists of 40 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-21). The calculation shows the reliability was 0.81(high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation shows that t-observed (4.76) is higher than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that there was a significant effect of applying POSSE strategy on the students’ reading comprehension. Keywords: POSSE Strategy, Reading Comprehension.

The Effect of Applying Learning Together Method on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haryato Siregar ◽  
Elia Masa Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Learning Together

This study was aimed at finding out the effect of applying Learning Together Method on the students’ reading comprehension. This study used the experimental design. The population of this study was the students of SMP Negeri 1 Muara. There were sixty students of eighth class as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by applying Learning Together Method while control group was taught without applying Learning Together Method. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice test which consists of 20 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-21) formula. The calculation shows the reliability was 0.82(high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation shows that t-observed (4.9) is higher than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that teaching reading comprehension by applying Learning Together Method significantly affect reading comprehension. Keywords: Learning Together Method, Reading Comprehension

scholarly journals The Incidental Acquisition of English Prepositions by Arabic-Speaking EFL Learners: Evidence From Al Ain University of Science and Technology

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401986149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh ◽  
Mona Kamal Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Al Ain ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Arabic Speaking

This study examined the incidental acquisition of English prepositions by Arabic-speaking English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Employing reading comprehension exercises as a treatment, we adopted the experimental design of a pre- and post-test to determine the effectiveness of the treatment on the participants’ incidental acquisition of English prepositions. For the purpose of the study, we divided the participants into a treatment group, who engaged in reading comprehension exercises for one academic term, and a control group, who did not. We used a multiple-choice test and a fill-in-the-blank test to measure the participants’ receptive and productive knowledge of English prepositions, respectively. We also conducted an introspective session with the treatment group following the administration of the post-tests to determine the areas of difficulty. The results of the study mainly indicated that reading accompanied by exercises resulted in better incidental gains in the acquisition of English prepositions, especially on the multiple-choice test. The study concludes with recommendations for further research.

scholarly journals Effect of Ideational Prominence on Children's Reading Comprehension of Expository Prose

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Expository Prose ◽  
Children's Reading ◽  
Children’S Reading

The efficacy of the levels hypothesis (the prediction that ideas residing at superordinate positions in a text hierarchy are most memorable) was evaluated as a suitable descriptor of children's reading comprehension of expository prose. Third-and sixth-grade students read expository passages taken from extant curricular materials and responded to either a paper and pencil comprehension test (an open ended or multiple choice test) or produced an oral free recall. Results revealed that in only one instance (third-graders responding to the multiple choice test) did the children respond in the predicted manner: greater comprehension of main idea, gist information. The findings were interpreted as indicating little support for the levels hypothesis as a singular, accurate predictor of the information children will remember after reading expository prose. Other text-based and reader-based factors were discussed as possible explanations for the results. Implications for future research and educational practice were also discussed.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF USING CONTEXTUAL REDEFINITION STRATEGY ON STUDENTS� READING NARRATIVE TEXT OF ELEVENTH GRADE AT SMA N 8 MEDAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Yohana M Simanjuntak ◽  
Sahlan Tampubolon ◽  
Harpen Silitonga ◽  
Kammer Tuahman Sipayung
Keyword(s):  
Conventional Method ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aimed to see the result of students�s achievement in reading narrative text with applyaing Contextual Redefinition Strategy. The population of the study was the elevent grade students of SMA N 8 Medan on 2019/2020 with the total number is 180 students. Two classes were taken as the sample they were IX IPA 4 and IX IPA 5. The experimental group was taught by using Contextual Redefinition while the control group (IX IPA 5) was taught by using conventional method. The instrument of collecting data was multiple choice test. The data were analyzed by using t-test. Based on the data, it was found that the students� score improved from pre-test and post-test in experimental class. The result shoe that t-observed is higher that t-table value (2.9> 1.671) at the level significance 0,05 and the degree of freedom is 58. Therefore, it can be concluded that the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) ia accepted. Based on the research result, there is a significant effect of using Contextual redefinition strategy in eading Narrative test of Eleventh Grade Students� at SMA N 8 Medan.

Effects of Lexical Simplification and Elaboration on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Learning and Retention of Phrasal Verbs

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melika Ghorbanian ◽  
Shadab Jabbarpoor
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Phrasal Verbs ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Different Order

This study aimed at investigating the effect of lexical simplification and elaboration on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ learning and retention of phrasal verbs. In order to achieve this goal, a PET test was run into 130 learners. When target participants were chosen, they were assigned into three groups including two treatment groups and one control group. Through a multiple choice test, 40 out of 60 phrasal verbs were selected as target phrasal verbs. Through 8 sessions of treatment, each group received a reading comprehension text that contained 5 phrasal verbs. But the way the phrasal verbs in two experimental groups were modified was different. One of them received elaborated input and the other group received simplified input; meanwhile, the control group received unmodified input. After eight sessions of treatment, an immediate multiple choice test was administered to find out which techniques had stronger effect on participant’s learning and retention of phrasal verbs. After one month, the same test, with a different order of items, was administered as delayed posttest to check the participants’ level of retention.  According to the results of the study simplified input group significantly outperformed the control and elaborated group on both learning and retention of phrasal verbs.

THE EFFECT OF USING MONITORING, QUESTIONING, AND REPREDICTING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dormauli Samosir And Berlin Sibarani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was aimed at finding out the effect of using Monitoring, Questioning, and Repredicting strategy on students reading comprehension. This study used the experimental design. The population of this study was the eighth grade students of SMP Trisakti 2 Medan. There were sixty students as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using Monitoring, Questioning and Repredicting Strategy while control group was taught without using Monitoring, Questioning, and Repredicting Strategy. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice test which consists of 20 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-20) formula. The calculation shows that reliability was 0.70 (high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation shows that t-observed (5.12) is higher than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that teaching reading comprehension by using Monitoring, Questioning, and Repredicting strategy significantly affect reading comprehension.

scholarly journals POSSE (Predict, Organize, Search, Summarize, and Evaluate) Strategy Towards Reading Comprehension Achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Agung Setiadi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Experimental Group

This research aimed at finding out whether or not Predict, Organize, Search, Summarize, and Evaluate (POSSE) Strategy influence the students’ reading comprehension achievement of the eighth-grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Karang Tengah. The population consists of 99 students. The sample was 69 students taken through purposive sampling. In this research, the researcher used multiple-choice as an instrument for collecting the data. The data obtained from Independent t-test analysis, between the result of the posttest in the experimental group and the control group. Based on the calculation by using an Independent t-test, the researcher found that t-Obt. was higher than the t-table (4,115 > 2,000) and less than at the significant level α = 0.05(0.000 < 0.05) in a two-tailed test. So, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It can be concluded that the POSSE Strategy influence to teach reading comprehension achievement.

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