THE IMPACT OF USING LITERATURE CIRCLE ON THE STUDENT\'S READING COMPREHENSION OF THE FIRST YEAR AT MA SEJAHTERA PARE KEDIRI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019
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MU'IZZATUL FAKHIROHUniversitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
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14.1.01.08.0135Abstract
This research was conducted to know the impact of using Literature Circle on the student’s reading comprehension of the first year at MA Sejahtera Pare Kediri, and the purpose of this study is to know the impact of this research are (1) How is the student’s reading comprehension of MA Sejahtera Pare Kediri before being taught using Literature Circles? (2) How is the student’s reading comprehension of MA Sejahtera Pare Kediri after being taught using Literature Circles?(3) Is there any impact of using Literature Circle to teach student’s reading comprehension at the first year of MA Sejahtera Pare Kediri? This research used quantitative approach and experimental method, with one group pretest-posttest design. The population of this research was the first year students of MA Sejahtera Pare Kediri which is consist of 101 students. The sample of this research was X-IIS class that was 18 students as sample. The researcher used test (pre-posttest) as the technique of collecting data. Meanwhile, the instrument was reading test with multiple choice questions about descriptive text. The result of the research showed that Literature Circle has significant impact to students’ reading ability. T-test was (3.604>2.145) with significant level 5%, it means that t-test higher than t-table. Then, Null Hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and Alternant Hypothesis was (Ha) was accepted. The researcher concluded that using Literature can help the students to improve reading ability. Finally, Literature Circle can stimulate the Students reading comprehension.
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