Purwowibowo, Yunus (2015) USING JIGSAW TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE READING COMPREHENSION OF CLASS VII C STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 DEPOK IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The aim of this research was to improve reading comprehension of class VII C students of SMP N 2 Depok in the academic year of 2013/2014 through jigsaw technique. This research was classified as action research. The steps of this research were reconnaissance, planning, conducting action and observation, and having reflection. In conducting the research, the researcher involved the English teacher, the school principal and the students of class VII C. This research was conducted in two cycles with five meetings in Cycle 1 and four meetings in Cycle 2. There were two forms of data in this study. They were qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by doing observation, interviewing the students, and the English teacher, making field notes, and holding the discussion with the English teacher as the collaborator. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were obtained from the students’ reading score of pre-test and post-test which they were analyzed by using t-test statistics in SPSS 20 program. There were five validity principles applied in this research; they were democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. Furthermore, to get the trustworthiness of the data three triangulation principles were implemented: time triangulation, space triangulation, and investigator triangulation. The actions implemented in this research were implementing the jigsaw technique in the reading class, employing the stages of the Genre-Based Approach in teachinglearning process, providing more input texts in the form of handouts, and giving the students an opportunity to be more active through group discussion and group sharing section. The results of the research showed that jigsaw technique was believed to be effective to improve the students’ reading comprehension and students’ participation in reading class. The students’ understanding toward descriptive and procedure texts was improved. The mean value of the pre-test is 71.5 while the mean value of the post-test is 80. The gain score is 8.5. According to t-test analysis, tvalue = -4.073; sig. = 0.000, it means that the score difference is significance because sig. < 0.05. In addition, they became actively engaged in reading class, they were not reluctant to share their ideas and there were no students that became too dominant in the class since they had the equal role in the class.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Jigsaw, Reading Comprehension, SMP N 2 Depok |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2015 06:15 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 20:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/16136 |
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