Ningrum, Titin Suhartini Puspita (2014) IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION BY USING AN ENGLISH TEEN MAGAZINE OF THE VII GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 MLATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The objective of this research is to improve the students‟ reading comprehension through the English Teen Magazine of the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Mlati in the second semester of academic year of 2013/2014. The study was action research. The members of this research consisted of the researcher, the English teacher, and the students of Grade VIIA. The research was done in two cycles. Cycle 1 was conducted in four meetings and Cycle 2 was conducted in two meetings. The subjects of the research were 33 students of class VII A in the second semester. In collecting the data were presented in the form of observations, interviews, and tests. The data of the research were the qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were presented in the form of field notes, interview transcripts, and photos. Meanwhile, the quantitative data in the form of pre-test and post-test scores were analyzed by comparing the mean scores. The steps of the research were reconnaissance, planning, action, observation, and reflection. The validity of the data was obtained by applying democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. The result of this study showed that the use of an English teen magazine is able to improve the students‟ reading comprehension. The students‟ reading problems are reduced through the implementations of actions, like giving the texts from the magazine and implementing the strategy of teaching reading. Besides, the texts from the English Teen Magazine are able to trigger their motivation in reading and to improve their vocabulary mastery. They understand the content of the English text well after being given the texts from the magazine. The mean scores of the test also improve from 62.24 on the pre-test to 83.58 on the post-test.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | reading comprehension, teen magazine, smp n 1 mlati |
| 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: | 11 May 2015 07:30 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/18455 |
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