Author (Penulis)

MAHARANI SIKLESIA LESTARI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0116

Abstract

ABSTRACT MAHARANI SIKLESIA LESTARI. The effect of problem based learning on the students’ reading comprehension at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Besuki Tulungagung in academic year 2015 – 2016. English Education Department. The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Nusantara PGRI Kediri University. Key word : Reading, Problem Based Learning Reading is a receptive language process in which the readers are able to receive new ideas presented by the writer and the process of receiving ideas needs linguistic knowledge which involves the interaction between language and thought. Therefore, it is clear that reading definitely cannot be sparated from reading comprehension. The suitable tecnique will help the students to comprehend the text easily. Here the writer chose Problem Based Learning to teach reading. Problem Based Learning is a student-centred teaching approach that enables students to become active participants in solving problems, answering questions, cooperating in learning, working in teams on problems or projects, and taking on more of the responsibility for learning. It made the students more active in teaching learning process and their reading comprehension. The aim of this Research is to mensure the effect of Problem Based Learning on students’ reading comprehension at eighth grade of SMPN 1 Besuki Tulungagung. This research was called eksperimental research. The Population of the Research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Besuki that taken only one class consist of 24 students as the sample. The technique of analyzing data was T-test formula the instrumen used to get the data was pre-test and post-test. It is found that the students’ reading comprehension increased. It can be seen from the average of pre-test that was 66,25 and the average of post-test was 77,70. From this result the writer found that the t-score (7,58) > t-table 5% (1,714) or 1% (2,500). It means that there was significant, so the Null Hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. Based on the t-test result which obtain that Problem Based Learning has significant effect to the students’ reading comprehension. Finally, it can be concluded that Problem Based Learning was suitable technique to teach reading. And the suggestion is delivered to the teacher that should apply Problem Based Learning in teaching reading to increase the students’ comprehension.

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PUBLISHED

2016-02-09

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

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