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 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 EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOW –WANT-LEARN (KWL) STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Husnaini Husnaini
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Test Form ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The objectives of the research is to find out whether or not the use of KWL strategy is more effective than non KWL strategy in improving students’ interpretive comprehension. The research applied quasi experimental design in which the researcher used two groups namely experimental group with treatment by using KWL strategy and control group non KWL strategy. The subject of this research was the eighth grade students of SMP Neg. 9 Palopo with the number of sample is 60 students, 30 students in experimental group and 30 students in control group. The researcher gave pretest before treatment to both groups and gave treatment to experimental group in six meetings and the last the researcher gave posttest. The data were collected through reading comprehension test in objective test form. The research result indicated that the use of KWL strategy is more effective than non KWL strategy in improving students’ interpretive comprehension. It was proven by the t-test of students’ posttest on this level of comprehension between experimental and control group where Probability value was lower than alpha (.000<0.05). It indicates that null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted because P-value < α.

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 Using Star (Select, Teach, Activate and Revisit) Strategy to Increase Vocabulary Mastery of Eighth Grade Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Supiah Supiah ◽  
Defia Syntha Defi
Keyword(s):  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The objectives of this study were: (1) to describe the implementation of STAR (Select, Teach, Activate and Revisit) strategy of the eighth grade students of MTs N 1 Bangka, and (2) to find out whether there was any significant difference in vocabulary mastery between the students who were taught by using STAR strategy and the students who were taught without STAR strategy. This study was focused on vocabulary mastery. The total number of sample was 64 students. In this study, the researcher used experimental research method with a quasi-experimental design. The result showed that the students’ vocabulary mastery significantly increased. It could be seen from the pre-test and post-test mean score. Furthermore, the result of independent sample t-test of students’ post-test between experimental group and control group showed that the t-obtained was higher than t-table (2.547 > 2.00) and the p-output was lower than computation with level significant 0.05 (0.014 < 0.05). It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. It could be concluded that STAR strategy was effective to increase students’ vocabulary mastery.

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 Effect of Using Pattern Guide Strategy on the Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Syahreza Andika Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The students in the eighth grade of MTs Imam Ibnu Katsir Pekanbaru had some phenomena in reading. First, the students got difficult in understanding the social function. The second, the students got difficult in understanding the grammar in narrative text. Concerning the syllabus of MTs Imam Ibnu Katsir Pekanbaru, the students’ comprehension of social function, generic structure, and language features in narrative writing. This research aims to identify the effect of pattern guide strategy on the students' reading comprehension in narrative text. This research was conducted at the eighth-grade students of MTs Imam Ibnu Katsir Pekanbaru in January 2018. The research design used quasi-experimental research. The samples of this research were the students of class VIIIa consisting of 25 students and class VIIIb composed of 22 students. The data were collected by pre-test and post-test. Then, it was analyzed statistically by using SPSS verse 16.0. Then, the data were calculated by using N-Gain between pre-test and post-test in the experimental class. After conducting this research, the result of this research was that the post-test score of the experimental class was getting higher than the pre-test score. It can be seen from the average post-test score of the experimental class was 71.40, which improved from the pre-test score 56.80. The average post-test on the control class was 66.36 was lower than the experimental class. In conclusion, it can be stated that the students who are taught using pattern guide strategy achieve better than those who are not taught using pattern guide strategy.

scholarly journals Here, Hidden, in My Head (3H) Strategy: an Interactive Solution to Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Mike Amelia ◽  
Yosi Delfitra
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

<p style="text-align: justify;">The eighth-grade students of SMPN 2 Danau Kembar of West Sumatra, Indonesia, had a problem with their reading skills since they unexpectedly did not understand the texts well. The implementation of an inappropriate learning strategy was criticized as one of the factors contributing to the problem. This study aimed to determine the impact of the 3H strategy on increasing the student's ability to understand the descriptive text. It was quasi-experimental research in which two classes were assigned to experimental and control classes. Each class consisted of 24 pupils (VIII-A) as an experimental class, and 24 pupils (VIII B) as a control class were selected as a sample through an objective inspection. The mean score of understudy reading perception in the test class is 75.71 higher than the mean score of student reading comprehension in the control class is 69.54. The researcher was given 2,91 for the data T calculated and 1,68 for the Ttable. Overall, H0 was rejected, and Ha was received. In view of the findings of the research, teaching reading through the use of the 3H strategy has a positive effect on students reading understanding.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh siswa kelas delapan SMPN 2 Danau Kembar di Sumatera Barat</em><em>, Indonesia</em><em> dalam kemampuan mereka </em><em>dalam memahami teks</em><em> merupakan landasan dasar permasalahan dari penelitian ini. Diantaranya</em><em> ditemukan </em><em>fakta </em><em>bahwa </em><em>kemampuan siswa memahami teks berada dibawah standar yang diharapkan. Ha ini dikarenakan beberapa faktor salah satunya adalah lemahnya strateg</em><em>i</em><em> yang digunakan </em><em>pada saat </em><em>proses pembelajaran. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk megetahui efek dari strategi </em>3H (Here, Hidden, and in my Head)<em> dalam memahami teks deskriptif. Metode riset ini adalah </em>quasy experiment.<em> Siswa kelas delapan SMP N 2 Danau Kembar merupakan populasi penelitian ini.  </em><em>K</em><em>elas VIIIA (24 orang) sebagai kelas experimen dan kelas VIII B (24 orang) sebagai kelas kontrol merupakan kelas sampel </em><em>yang dipilih </em><em>dengan menggunakan teknik </em>purposive sampling<em>.  Pada kelas experimen diperoleh </em><em>rerata</em><em> 75,71</em><em>, sementara itu rerata </em><em>kelas kontrol </em><em>adalah </em><em>69,54. Peneliti juga mendapatkan </em>Tcalculated sebesar <em>2,91 dan Ttable</em><em> sebesar</em><em> 1,68. </em><em>Dari data yang didapatkan jelaslah bahwa</em><em> H</em><em>0</em><em> ditolak dan Ha diterima. D</em><em>engan demikian d</em><em>apat </em><em>d</em><em>isimpulkan </em><em>bahwa</em><em> penggunaan strategi 3H memberikan efek positif dan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan </em><em>pemahaman </em><em>membaca siswa pada teks deskrptif.</em></p>

scholarly journals The Effect of Scavenger Hunt Game on Students’ Reading Comprehension of Descriptive Text

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-457
Author(s):  
Mike Amelia ◽  
Nostalgianti Citra Prystiananta
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Processing Activity ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
And Control ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Better Than

This research  had purpose to find out whether there was a positive effect of scavenger hunt technique on students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. Scavenger Hunt is a fact-finding and information-processing activity, where the students work in group to search for hidden items and perform task by using some clues.The method used in this research was quasi-experimental research. This research was conducted at the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Kota Solok. The samples of this research were two homogeneous classes that chosen by using purposive sampling technique. The experimental class was taught by using scavenger hunt technique, meanwhile the control class was taught by using three phase technique. The technique of gathering the data of this research was by using reading test. The result of this research showed that there was a positive effect of implementation scavenger hunt technique, where the mean score at experimental class was 77,14 and control class was 72,94. Thus, the experimental students outcomes were higher than the control class.It means that students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text taught by using Scavenger Hunt game technique was better than taught by using three phase technique.  Keywords: Scavenger Hunt, Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Text

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF WORD BOX GAME ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesti Wulandari ◽  
Arjulayana Arjulayana ◽  
Sumiyani Sumiyani
Keyword(s):  
Language Skills ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Written Form ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Good Sequence ◽  
And Control

Vocabulary is first thing to do and one micro skill that must be raise to help the students mastering four language skills. If the students have a lack of vocabulary, they will find some difficulties in expressing ideas in oral or written. In addition, if the students have less vocabulary, they also cannot access the information or knowledge. Moreover, without the words the students cannot really understand facts or ideas that the students have met. Therefore, the students should have to obtain vocabulary mastery to communicate effectively or express his ideas in both oral and written form and also used as basic foundation to construct a word into a good sequence of sentence. Due to the statement, this study is aimed to find out the effect of word box game on the eighth grade students’ vocabulary mastery at Mts Mathla’ul Anwar. The research method is using quasi experimental design and analyze the data by using statitistical hypothesis. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the data was normally distributed and homogeneous. Then, the researchers used t-test formula to analyze the hypotheses. From hypothesis test using t-test, obtained tcount was smaller than ttable or 1.54 < 1.67 on pre-test and on post-test that tcount was higher than ttable or 8.92 > 1.67 with the degree of significant α = 0.05 and df = 35 + 35 - 2 = 68. Thus, it can be concluded that there is difference of students’ vocabulary mastery between using word box game and without word box game in experiment and control class.  

scholarly journals EFL LEARNERS` READING HABIT AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ENHANCEMENT THROUGH PARTNER READING

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-306
Author(s):  
Yentri Anggeraini ◽  
Nurhasanah ◽  
Tania Madenta
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Partner Reading ◽  
And Control

Abstract Various kinds of collaborative learning can be applied in teaching English. One of them is a partner reading strategy which allows the students to read in pairs. This research aimed at exploring the significant enhancement of partner reading strategy on the eighth-grade students` reading habit and their reading comprehension. The quasi-experimental design was used in order to gather the data and the two classes were selected through cluster random sampling as the experimental and control group. The independent sample t-test result indicated that the comparison of students` reading habit and reading comprehension in the experimental and control group with sig. (2-tailed) or p-value (0.00) was less than the alpha value (0.05). It can be concluded that the use of partner reading strategy significantly enhanced the eighth-grade students` reading habit and their reading comprehension. The partner reading strategy made the teaching and learning process more joyful and meaningful so that it can be applied as one of the activities to promote reading habit and reading comprehension.

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