USING THE TEAM GAME TOURNAMENT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITIES AT GRADE VIII SMP N 1 WONOSARI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/ 2014

Wijaya, Cintiya Mradipta Rosanti (2014) USING THE TEAM GAME TOURNAMENT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITIES AT GRADE VIII SMP N 1 WONOSARI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/ 2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The objective of the study was to improve students’ reading abilities through the use of Team Game Tournament (TGT) technique at grade VIII SMP N 1 Wonosari in the academic year of 2013/ 2014. The research was catagorized into action research. This research was conducted collaborativelly among the research team, namely the researcher, the English teacher, and the students. There were two cycles in this research. In each cycle, the researcher did the planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting of the actions. The data of this research were qualitative and were supported by quantitative data. The data were collected through observation, interview, and test. The qualitative data were organized by summarizing. Then the data was displayed. The quantitave data were analyzed in form of number to compare the students’ score. To assure the validity of the data, there were five criteria of validity used. They were democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. Besides, the researcher also used the time triangulation and subject triangulation to assure the truthworthiness of the data. The research result showed that the students’ reading abilities improved through the use of TGT. The improvement was shown by the ability of the students to use some reading skills such as scanning and skimming. The improvement also shown by the increasing of the mean score, 67.3 on the pre test and 84.6 on the post test. . Finally, it can be concluded that the implementation of TGT could improve students’ reading abilities.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Team Game Tournament, reading abilities
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: 21 Apr 2015 06:43
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 21:30
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/17234

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