THE IMPLEMENTATION SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT MAN 1 NGANJUK
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VITA SARI GILANGUniversitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
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14.1.01.08.0030Abstract
Reading is a process interaction two things between the reader and the writer. The reader should comprehend what the writer wrote. And most of the student get difficulty to comprehend the contain of the reading.
The problem of the researcher are (1) How is the students’s reading comprehension before being taught using small group discussion at MAN 1 Nganjuk? (2) How is the students’s reading comprehension after being taught using small group discussion at MAN 1 Nganjuk? (3) Is there any significant teaching reading comprehension using small group discussion at MAN 1 Nganjuk?
This study uses quantitative research, exactly the experimental research of one group pre-test and post-test design. The subject of the research is the eleventh grade at MAN 1 Nganjuk, especially XI-Bahasa class consist of 25 students. the research was done in two meetings. The data are collected using pre-test, post-test and t-test is applied to analyze the data.
The result of the study shows that t-score is higher than t-table. The score of t-test was 8.279 at the degree of freedom of 24 and t-table is 2.064 at the level of significance 5%. It means that the t-score (8.279) > t-table (2.064)at the level significance 5%. Therefore, the Null Hypothesis (HO) is rejected and the Alternative Hyphotesis (Ha) is accepted.
In conclussion, small group discussion technique has very significant effect in teaching reading comprehension.So, the researcher suggest that the English teachers should use the small group discussion technique in oreder to make the students more easier to comprehen the text. Then the students are expected can increas their skill especially in reading comprehension. Finally, for other researchers are expected to be able to apply this technique using their own creativity.
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