Author (Penulis)

NUR DEVI SINTA
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

13.1.01.08.0098

Abstract

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION USING RUNNING DICTATION TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 2 KEDIRI NUR DEVI SINTA 13.1.01.08.0098 FKIP-English Education Department ndevisinta@gmail.com Lina Mariana S.S., M.Pd.1 and Dr. Diani Nurhajati, M.Pd.2 UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI ABSTRACT Reading comprehension is not just a receptive process, but it implies a complex process in which the readers identify basic information and are able to predict, to infer, to argue and to recognize researcher’s points of view. This problem can be caused by some factors, such as inappropriate teaching technique applied by the teacher, students’ motivation is low, students are lack of vocabulary, the students usually are bored while they are reading, and the students to difficult to understanding the meaning of the text. To help the students to learn reading skill, Running Dictation Technique can be an appropriate tehnique to be used in teaching reading especially in descriptive text. The objective of this research are finding out the students’ reading comprehension in descriptive text before being taught using Running Dictation Technique, finding out the students’ reading comprehension in descriptive text after being taught using Running Dictation Technique, and describing whether or not by using of Running Dictation Technique give significant effect to students’ reading comprehension in descriptive text. This research adopted quantitative approach and the design of the research was one group pre-test and post-test to investigate the effect of using Running Dictation Technique on the students reading comprehension of the eight grade students at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Kediri. The sample of the research was VIII D class consisting of 30 students. This research was held in four meeting involved pre-test, first treatment, second treatment, and post-test, the researcher asked the students to do the task a descriptive text based on the topic given. To analyze the data, the researcher used t-test computation. After doing the research, the researcher found that from t-table as explained, the score of before treatment is 54, while the means of after treatment is 73,66. Thus, t-table was 2,042 at the level significance of 5% and 2,750 at the level of significance of 1%. Thus, it means that t-score (12,230)? t-table of degree significance of 5% and 1%. It means that t-score higher than t-table. There for, the Null Hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It can be conclude that Running Dictation Technique has significant influence to the eight grade students’ reading comprehension at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Kediri 2017/2018. Key word: Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Text, and Running Dictation Technique.

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PUBLISHED

2018-02-14

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

Vol. 02 No. 03 Tahun 2018

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