IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING RECIPROCAL TEACHING METHOD

Author(s):  
Ruth Adelina Sianturi ◽  
Sumarsih Sumarsih

This study deals with the improving students’ achievement in reading narrative text by using reciprocal teaching. The research of this study was conducted by using action research. The subject of this study was the tenth grade students SMA Negeri 6 Medan. One class was taken as the subject, namely the students from X-5. There were 49 students, consisting of 22 male and 27 female. This research was done in two cycles; there was three meetings in cycle I and three meetings in cycle II. The instruments for collecting data were reading narrative text (25 items of multiple choice tests) teacher make test as quantitative data and interview sheet, observation sheet and diary notes as qualitative data. In analyzing the data, the mean of the students’ score for the treatment I was 61.79, for the treatment II was 72.24 and treatment III was 81.71. The data showed that the students’ score was rising in every treatment. The conclusion is that the use of reciprocal teaching method can improve students’ reading comprehension in narrative text. It suggested to English teacher to apply reciprocal teaching method in teaching reading comprehension. Key words: reading, narrative text, reciprocal teaching.

Author(s):  
Ruth Adelina Sianturi And Sumarsih

This study deals with the improving students’ achievement in reading narrative text by using reciprocal teaching. The research of this study was conducted by using action research. The subject of this study was the tenth grade students SMA Negeri 6 Medan. One class was taken as the subject, namely the students from X-5. There were 49 students, consisting of 22 male and 27 female. This research was done in two cycles; there was three meetings in cycle I and three meetings in cycle II. The instruments for collecting data were reading narrative text (25 items of multiple choice tests) teacher make test as quantitative data and interview sheet, observation sheet and diary notes as qualitative data. In analyzing the data, the mean of the students’ score for the treatment I was 61.79, for the treatment II was 72.24 and treatment III was 81.71. The data showed that the students’ score was rising in every treatment. The conclusion is that the use of reciprocal teaching method can improve students’ reading comprehension in narrative text. It suggested to English teacher to apply reciprocal teaching method in teaching reading comprehension. Key words: reading, narrative text, reciprocal teaching.


Author(s):  
Emi Br Bukit ◽  
Berlin Sibarani ◽  
Rika Rika

This study aims at describing how the teachers teach reading comprehension of narrative text to the tenth grade students in Sibolangit and revealing the underlying reasons of why do they do that way. This study was conducted by using qualitative research design. The subject of this study were two english teachers who taught at tenth grade students of two SMA in Sibolangit they are : SMA Negeri  1 Sibolangit  and SMA RK Deli Murni Bandar Baru in academic year 2016/ 2017. The data were analyzed by using Miles and Huberman data analysis technique. The  technique of collecting the data was recorded from the classroom process in teaching reading comprehension of narrative text. The findings of the study show that most of teachers’ ways are not yet focusing on teaching reading comprehension but rather focusing teaching the knowledge of genre. The underlying reason of the teachers’ ways in teaching reading comprehension did not facilitate reading comprehension. It was due to the misperception of the concept of teaching reading comprehension.  Keywords : Teaching,Reading Comprehension,Narrative Text.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Santi Nurdianti ◽  
Resti Rosita ◽  
Odo Fadloeli

This study is a CAR. The objective of this study is improve reading comprehension through reciprocal teaching strategy for the ninth grade student. The researcher answered 2 problem questions of research 1) can the use of reciprocal teaching strategy improve the students’ reading comprehension in the 9th grade of MTs At-Taqwa Cihampelas? 2) How far does the use of reciprocal teaching strategy improve the 9th of MTs AT-Taqwa? Design of the research was CAR. It was conducted in 2 cycles. The teacher analyzed the students’ reading comprehension in each cycle. The results showed that (1) the use of reciprocal teaching strategy can enhance students reading comprehension step by step from cycle 1 and 2. It is proved with the students score, the mean score pretest in cycle I 52.57 and the mean of the posttest in cycle I 63.14.The mean of the post-test in cycle II 71.71.the last cycle means score was categorized as good. The improvements in students understanding indicates that reciprocal teaching strategy is effective and applicable when deals with the students’ problem in reading narrative text.Keywords: Reciprocal teaching, reading comprehension, narrative text.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Theofilus Usu ◽  
Adi Adi

The present study aims at exams the effectiveness of small group discusssion in teaching reading comprehension of narrative text of the tenth -grade students of SMA NEGERI 1 WOLOWAE. Teaching reading comprehension is recommended in Senior High School because reading comprehension is very important. In competence based on curriculum, students are understanding to comprehending the conten of the text. The research is carried out through quantitative research with an experimental method because the researcher gives treatment in teaching writing. In conducting the research, the researcher uses one group pre-test-post-test design. The researcher gave pre-test before treatment and post-test after treatment to get the data. In this research, the researcher took twenty students as a sample. The result of the study shows that the score of pre-test was 61 while the mean score of post-test was 81.5 and the mean score of differentiate was 20.5. On the other side, it was found that the result of t-score is bigger than t-table (9,71 > 2,11) at the significant level of 0,05. Therefore, based on the hypothesis testing, we can conclude that the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted while the Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. Based on the result, it can be concluded that the using small group discussion as a method is effective to increase students reading comprehension of the students’ of Senior High School, especially for the tenth grade of SMA NEGERI 1 WOLOWAE. Based on this findings, it is suggested, that the teacher should try to apply an interesting method.


Author(s):  
Yohana Siburian And Tjut Ernidawati

This study deals with the effect of Reciprocal Teaching Method on Students’ Achievement on Reading Comprehension on narrative text. The population of the study was the 2015/2016 academic year second semester grade XI students of SMA Negri 1 Paranginan Humbang Hasundutan. The samples were two classes, namely XI IPA 1 and XI IPA 2, with the total was 60 students selected by applying random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups. Experimental group (XI IPA 1) was taught by applying Reciprocal Teaching Method while the control group (XI IPA 2) was taught without applyingReciprocal Teaching Method. The data of this research were taken from the students’ score of reading narrative text test. The calculation showed that the coefficient of the test was 0.64, it showed that the test was reliable and the reliability was substantial. There were two data used in this research. They were pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula to show the effect of applying Reciprocal Teaching Method on students’ achievement in reading narrative text. After analyzing the data, the finding indicates that t-observed was higher than t-table (4,00 > 2.00) at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. It means that applying Reciprocal Teaching Method has significantly affected on the students’ achievement in reading narrative text. It implies that Reciprocal Teaching Method is a significant technique for teaching reading narrative text.


Author(s):  
Septiwi Hadi Lubis And Elia Masa Gintings

This study deals with improving students’ reading comprehension by using Index Card Match strategy. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIIa MTs.Lab. IKIP Al- Washliyah Medan which consisted of 36 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consists of four meetings and two meetings. The instruments for collecting data were multiple choice tests as the quantitative data and observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and diary notes as the qualitative data. Based on multiple choice test score, students’ score kept improving in every test. In test I, the mean score was 63.05, in test II, the mean score was 67.63, and in test III the mean score was 72.77. The finding of the study indicated that the implementation of Index card Match strategy was successful since the criteria of success were achieved. The result of observation sheet and questionnaire sheet showed that students were active involved in the classroom. Based on the finding before, it’s concluded that Index Card Match strategy could improve students’ reading comprehension.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (`1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Hariyati Hariyati ◽  
Lely Setyawati

The aim of research is to know the effectiveness of Number Head Together (NHT) in Teaching Reading Comprehension at tenth grade students of MAN 4 Kediri. Quantitative post-test only control group design used the approach to design this research. The subject of the research is tenth grade student of MAN 4 Kediri. The subject were X MIA 1 class as experimental class which consist of 36 students and X MIA 2 class as control class which consist of 36 students. To get data, the researcher use test. The data analyzed by using t- test can be found with SPSS 16.0. The mean score of students’ reading comprehension in experimental class belongs to very good category. Its score 83.19. Meanwhile, the mean score in control class belongs to good category with mean score 77.22. The result of statistical computation value of the independent sample t-test is 3.050 with t table within degree of freedom (df) 70 at 5% significant level is 2.647. It can be seen that t-statistic value is higher than t-table. Because there is significant increase in student’s reading comprehension after doing treatment, it can be said that number head together in reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of MAN 4 Kediri in academic year 2018/2019 is effective. So the alternative hypothesis was accepted.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Priska Dinda Situmorang ◽  
Kammer Tuahman Sipayung ◽  
Usman Sidabutar

The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of NISP strategy on students� achievement in reading comprehension. The population was all of the tenth grade students of SMA GKPI Medan. The sample was the students of X-IPS 2 (experimental) and X-IPS 1 (control). This study used experimental design. The mean score of pre-test in experimental class was 64 and the post-test was 81,53. The mean score of pre-test in control group was 51,26 and the post-test was73,53. Moreover, the analysis of t-test showed that tscore > ttable or 3,01 > 1,672 at the level of significance 0,05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. It is clear that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that NISP strategy is effective media in teaching reading narrative text.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Witri Yuniarti ◽  
Yulianti Yulianti ◽  
Isry Laila Syathroh

Reading is something important and necessary for students because the achievement of their study depends on the greater part of their ability to read. The aims of the researchers is to investigate the application of Think Pair Share (TPS) technique to improve students reading comprehension. The population were 140 students of class VIII in SMPN 03 Cimahi. The researchers used quantitative method. The instrument that the researchers used are observation, field note, pretest and posttest. The result of this study proved that the Think Pair Share (TPS) technique is effective to be used in learning reading narrative text. The result showed that statistic calculation the mean scores of pretest is 63.43 and the mean scores of posttest is 83.57. So it can be concluded that after students learned reading narrative text using Think Pair Share (TPS) technique, their reading abilities are improved.                                                      


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Sherly Marliasari

The objective of this research was to find out whether or not it was effective to teach skimming and scanning techniques in reading a narrative text by the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Gelumbang. The method used experimental. The population of this study was all tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Gelumbang. The sample of this study was 60 students. It indicated that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It could be concluded that it was effective to teach reading comprehension by using skimming and scanning techniques to the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Gelumbang.


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