Author (Penulis)

MARWITA HESTI SANTAFURI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0120

Abstract

ABSTRACT Reading is one of receptive skill where the students should receive information after they read the text. However the students should understand the content of the text. Unfortunately, students are bored and feel difficult easily when they have to work with a comprehension questions relate to the information lies on the text. It is worsened by the teacher who applies conventional teaching method. Therefore the purpose of conducting this research is to investigate the effect of make a match method on students` reading comprehension. This research adopted quantitative and the design of the research was Experimental research design. The population of this research includes 9 classes of the first year students of SMPN 1 Besuki Tulungagung in academic year 2015-2016. By using cluster sampling, the researcher decided to choose class VII G which has 25 students. This research was held in two meetings involved pre-test, first treatment, second treatment, and post-test. The researcher used the form of multiple choice, 20 questions for pre-test and 20 for post-test. To analyze the data, the research used t-test computation and percentage. The statistical data in the research showed that the mean score of pre-test was 64, 8 and the mean of posttest was 72, 8. From this result the researcher found that the t-score (6,526) > t-table 5% (1.710) or 1% (2,492). It can be concluded that the Null Hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis (HA) was accepted. It can be concluded that the students after being taught by using Make A-Match have better reading ability than those before taught by Make A-Match. From the finding above, it can be concluded that Make A-Match has positive effect because it developed significantly the students’ reading comprehension. Therefore, it is suggested that English teacher should apply Make A-Match to teach reading comprehension, especially in descriptive text. Key Words: Reading, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Reading, Make A-Match

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PUBLISHED

2016-02-09

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

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