IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PICTURED-STORIES FOR THE SIXTH GRADE IN SD N DELEGAN 3 PRAMBANAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011

MEIDYAWATI, ELITA (2012) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PICTURED-STORIES FOR THE SIXTH GRADE IN SD N DELEGAN 3 PRAMBANAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011. S1 thesis, FBS UNY.

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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PICTURED-STORIES FOR THE SIXTH GRADE IN SD N DELEGAN 3 PRAMBANAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011 ELITA MEIDYAWATI K.U. 06202244035 Abstract This action research is aimed at improving the students‘ reading comprehension through pictured-stories for the sixth grade in SD N Delegan 3 Prambanan in the academic year of 2010/2011. Pictured-stories are written texts which are accompanied by pictures. The pictures are used to illustrate the stories. The pictured-stories were combined with two accompanying actions; using classroom English and giving rewards. The steps were reconnaissance, planning, actions and observation, and reflection. The collected data were mostly qualitative although there were some quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions, interviewing students, and holding discussions with the English teacher. The qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assessing the students‘ reading comprehension through the reading tests. The result shows that the use of pictured-stories has successfully made the students able to comprehend the English texts. It can be seen from the pre-test and post-test result. The pre-test average score was 59 and for the post-test was 87.6. Moreover, pictured-stories also could: (1) attract the students‘ attention to get involved in the class activities, (2) help the students to guess the meaning of new vocabulary items in Indonesian by themselves, (3) arouse students‘ interest in reading, (4) ease the students to learn new vocabulary items without detailed explanation, (5) make the teaching of English more alive because they could help the students in understanding the stories, (6) make the students love to learn English, (7) make the students easy to comprehend the English texts without imagining the things in the texts, (8) give additional information about the stories such as the situation, background and even characteristics of actors in the pictured-stories. In addition, using classroom English can familiarize the students with English. Giving rewards is also effective to improve students‘ self confidence and motivation.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
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: 28 Nov 2016 04:49
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2019 11:57
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/43991

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