@phdthesis{UNY22513,
            year = {2013},
           month = {May},
          author = {Rina Desitarahmi},
           title = {USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION OF GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS OF SMP 15 YOGYAKARTA},
          school = {Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta},
        abstract = {This research was aimed at improving the reading comprehension of the grade eight students of SMP 15 Yogyakarta through the use of authentic materials.
This research is action research conducted in SMP 15 Yogyakarta. The subjects of the study were 34 students of VIII D of SMP 15 Yogyakarta in the 2011/2012 academic year. The data of this research were qualitative in nature and quantitative as the supporting data. The qualitative data were collected by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the action, interviewing the students and the English teacher, holding discussions with the English teacher, and taking pictures of the teaching and learning process. The instruments used in this research were interview guidelines, observation sheet, and camera.
The results in this research show that the use of authentic materials is effective to improve the students? reading comprehension. The use of these materials is effective when they were used together with authentic tasks which provide communicative activities. After the actions were implemented, the students showed some improvements. They could focus on the lesson and actively participated in the teaching and learning process. They got familiar with some reading strategies and could apply them. They were able to scan the detail information of the texts, deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words and understand information when not explicitly stated. They had more interest and motivation in reading. All the various activities made the class atmosphere enjoyable.},
             url = {http://eprints.uny.ac.id/22513/},
        keywords = {authentic materials, reading comprehension, SMP}
}