THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE TO THE STUDENTSREADING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MA HM TRIBAKTI KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015
Author (Penulis)
HENI LAILATULMUAZIZAH
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
11.1.01.08.0087
Abstract
Roundtable Technique is in teams, students each write a response on their own piece of paper. Students then pass their papers clockwise so each teammate can add to the prior responses. This is used to help in increasing creativity, memory and specifically the recall of information. The purpose of this study are to identify students’ reading comprehension especially for narrative text before and after being taught using Roundtable technique, and to know there are any significant effects of using Roundtable Technique to students’ reading comprehension in Narrative text. This research used quantitative research. The participants of the study were eleventh grade students of MA HM Tribakti Kediri. It consisted of 26 students. From the data obtained, the students’ reading comprehension post test mean score (89,92) of students was higher than the pre test mean score (58,07). Therefore, Roundtable Technique can be considered to be an alternative technique in teaching reading comprehension.