Pragiwo, Lanuma Rimbun (2013) IMPROVING THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL THROUGH INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA AT SMPN 2 BERBAH IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The objective of this research is to improve Grade VII students’ reading comprehension ability at SMPN 2 Berbah in the academic year of 2012/2013. The study attempts to be one of the efforts to solve the problems related to the students’ reading comprehension ability through interactive multimedia. The type of this research is action research. The steps of this research are reconnaissance, planning, conducting action and observation, and having reflection. The participants of the research are the researcher, the English teacher, and the students of Grade VIIC of SMPN 2 Berbah. There are two forms of the data in this study. They are qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data are obtained through observing, interviewing the students and the English teacher, and holding the discussion with the English teacher as a collaborator. Meanwhile, the quantitative data are obtained from the pre-test and the post-test. Furthermore, this research applies theoretical and time triangulation to get trustworthiness. In addition, the validity of the data is obtained through democratic validity, outcome validity, catalytic validity, dialog validity and process validity. There are three results shown by this study. First, the use of the interactive multimedia improves students’ reading comprehension ability. The students comprehend the reading text easily. Their improvement can also be seen from their progress on the post-test. In the pre-test, their mean is 60.8 while the mean of the post-test is 68.05. In reference to this, the gain score is 7.25. Second, there are some students’ positive behaviours toward the implementation of the interactive multimedia related to their participation in the class. They are more active than before in every activity, they are willing to participate in making prediction and guessing meaning. Third, most of students’ positive behavioursare shown by the students toward the implementation of the interactive multimedia related to their interest in joining the activities. They are interested in completing the tasks and they are interested in reading the English text.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | improving, reading skill, interactive multimedia, SMP |
| 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: | 31 Aug 2015 04:11 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 03:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/25671 |
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