IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 1 KARANG NONGKO BY USING STRUCTURE STRATEGY IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2015/2016

Duwy Yanti, Eva (2016) IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 1 KARANG NONGKO BY USING STRUCTURE STRATEGY IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2015/2016. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to improve the grade VIII students’ reading comprehension at SMP N 1 Karang Nongko by using Structure Strategy. It was conducted in class VIII B that consisted of 27 students in the academic year of 2015/2016. This research was categorized into action research. The research was done in two cycles with three meetings in each cycle. Each cycle included some steps that were reconnaissance, planning, actions and observation and reflection. The participants of the research were the researcher, the English teacher, and students in Class VIII B of SMP N 1 Karang Nongko. There were two types of data in this research, qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained from the observation during the teaching and learning process, the interview with the English teacher and the students. The data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. The quantitative data were obtained from the reading comprehension pre-test and post-test scores. The validity of the data was obtained by applying democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. The result showed that the students’ reading comprehension significantly improved through Structure Strategy. Structure Strategy facilitated the students in understanding the whole meaning of the text by being aware of the important parts of the text. Moreover, the structure-strategy diagram made the students actively engaged during the teaching and learning process. The actions made significant improvements of the students’ reading comprehension in the aspects of vocabulary interpretation, generating main idea, identifying the detail information of the text, and also students’ participation during the reading lesson. The findings were supported by the students’ mean scores which increased from 55.76 in the pre-test to 65.00 in the post-test. This achievement proved that using Structure Strategy could improve the students’ reading comprehension ability.

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	reading, comprehension, Structure Strategy, students
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:	12 Aug 2016 02:11
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 10:26
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/39531

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