THE EFFECT OF STORY MAPPING TO STUDETS' READING COMPREHENSION TO THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 5 KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Author (Penulis)
OKKY SEKAR NURINDAH SARI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
12.1.01.08.0073
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study is to find out how far the effect of using story mapping to students’ reading
comprehension to ninth grade students. Reading is a receptive skill when people gaining knowledge
from the written text when people receive input through their background and experience then apply it
to the socialization activity. But many students find reading as the difficult skill to master since they
couldn’t able to analyze the important aspect of the text and understood of the content itself. One of
the strategies can be applied to solve those problems is by using story mapping technique. Story
mapping is a visual graphic map which is provided the elements of story to help the readers associate
the whole content, thus they can easily manage their ideas as they read the story.The research
question is: How far is the effectiveness of using story mapping to reading comprehension of ninth
grade students in SMPN 5 Kediri Academic Year 2016/2017? The researcher used experimental
design and quantitative approach. The research was conducted at SMPN 5 Kediri. The subject of the
research was the ninth grade students which consisted of 34 students. They were given pre-test, posttest and two meetings of treatment to know the effectiveness of story mapping in reading
comprehension. The data got from pre-test and post-test score were analyzed using SPSS version 21.
KEY WORDS :
Reading Comprehension, Story Mapping