Dhaniar, Setiana (2015) IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE USE OF ROUND ROBIN TECHNIQUE FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK FARMASI “INDONESIA” YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The objective of this action research is to improve reading comprehension of Grade XE students of SMK Farmasi “Indonesia” Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2014/2015 through the use of round robin technique. This research was conducted in two cycles with two meetings in each cycle. The steps of this research were planning, conducting action and observation, and having reflection. The participants of the research were the English teacher as the collaborator and the students of class XE. The data of this research were in the form of qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained by doing observation as well as interviewing the students and the English teacher. The results of the qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. There were five validity principles applied in this research: 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. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were obtained from the students’ reading scores of pre-test and post-test. The quantitave data were analyzed by using t-test statistics in SPSS program. The actions implemented in this research were implementing the round robin technique in the reading class, employing the stages of the reading comprehension practice: pre-reading, whilst-reading and post-reading in teaching learning process, and providing input texts which were related to their competencies. The results of the research showed that round robin technique was effective to improve the students’ reading comprehension and students’ participation in reading class. The students’ understanding toward descriptive texts improved. The mean value of the pre-test is 71.61 while the mean value of the post-test is 81.22. The gain score is 9.61. Based on t-test analysis, t value= -9.789; sig. = 0.000, it means that the score difference is significant. In addition, the participations among the students and between the students and the teacher improved. They also became more motivated in learning reading which made them actively engaged in the teaching learning process.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | reading, round robin technique, teaching learning process |
| 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: | 09 Nov 2015 01:17 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 05:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/28021 |
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