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ABSTRACT
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING
COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN LEFT-BRAIN AND RIGHT-BRAIN DOMINATED STUDENTS AT THE SECOND YEAR
OF SMAN 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG
Devina Adinda
A lot of factors could affect the difference of students’ reading comprehension achievement. Among those factors, cognitive style of the students had a big deal in different of students’ reading comprehension achievement. The research focused on left-brain and right-brain dominance toward reading comprehension achievement as a cognitive style aspect of the students. Many teachers did not pay attention to this cognitive style aspect.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamiin, praise is for Allah SWT, The Almighty God, for blessing the writer with health and determination to finish this script. Then, sholawat is for our Prophet Muhammad SAW, with his family, followers, and all Moslems. This script, entitled “A Comparative Study of Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement between Left-Brain and Right-Brain Dominated Students at the Second Year of SMAN 2 Bandar Lampung”, is presented to the Language and Arts of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Lampung University as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for S-1 degree.
It is important to be known that this script would never have come into existence without any supports, encouragement, and assistance by several gorgeous people. Here are the writer would like to address her gratitude and respect to:
1. H.M. U. Suparman, M.A., Ph.D. as the writer’s first advisor, for his willingness to give assistance, ideas, encouragement, and scientific knowledge within his time during the script writing process.
2. Drs. Deddy Supriadi, M.Pd., as the writer’s second advisor, for his kindness in guiding the writer finishing this script.
3. Budi Kadaryanto, S.Pd., M.A. as the writer’s examiner, for his encouragement and contribution during the seminar until this script is finished.
4. Hery Yufrizal, M.A. Ph.D. as her academic advisor along the writer’s college time.
5. Prof. Dr. Cucu Sutarsyah, M.A. The Head of English Education Study Program.
6. Dr. H. Imam Rejana, M.Si. The Chairperson of Language and Art Education Department.
7. Dr. H. Bujang Rahman, M.Si. The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty.
8. Drs. Sobirin, M.Pd. as the headmaster of SMAN 2 Bandar Lampung, Ato Suharto, S.Pd. as the vice headmaster of SMAN 2 Bandar Lampung and Suranto, M.Pd. as the English teacher of second year of SMAN 2 Bandar Lampung for their kindness to carry out the research.
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10. The teachers and the students of SMPN 1 Pardasuka, thank you for sharing experiences during teacher practice program.
11. My parents, H. Nopian, S.E. and Sulhana Ekawati, thank you for your love, support, and pray all of this time. May Allah give you His never ending blessing.
12. My two sisters, Adelia Amanda, S.E. and Jessi Trianka, thank you for your support and love.
13. The writer’s big family who always give support to finish her study.
14. All of my friends in Edight English 08, thank you for sharing amazing moments together.
15. My brothers and sisters in IKAMUDA and FKAR, thank you for your pray and support for the writer.
16. All of my teachers, lecturers and murabbi for sharing knowledge and experience all of this time.
17. My little sisters in ROHIS SMAN 2, SMP 2, SMP 23, SMP 25, and all of my students, thank you for your support and pray. May Allah bless all of you.
18. Anyone who can’t be mentioned directly who has contributed in completing this script.
Last but not least, the writer truly realizes that this research report has not been perfect yet; thus, constructive input is accordingly expected to make the paper in the future. Hopefully, this script would give a positive contribution to the educational development or to those who want to carry out further research.
Bandar Lampung, August 2012
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ADMITTED BY
1. Examination Committee
Chairperson : H.M. U. Suparman, M.A., Ph.D.
Examiner : Budi Kadaryanto, S.Pd., M.A.
Secretary : Drs. Deddy Supriadi, M.Pd.
2. The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty
Dr. H. Bujang Rahman, M.Si. NIP 19600315 198503 1 003
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Research Tittle : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN LEFT-BRAIN AND RIGHT-BRAIN DOMINATED STUDENTS AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMAN 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG
Student’s Name : DEVINA ADINDA
Student’s Number : 0813042026
Department : Language and Art Education
Study Program : English Education
Faculty : Teacher Training and Education
APPROVED BY
Advisor Committee
Advisor I Co-Advisor
H.M. U. Suparman, M.A., Ph.D. Drs. Deddy Supriadi, M.Pd. NIP 19570608 198603 1 001 NIP 19580505 198502 1 001
The Chairperson of
Language and Art Education Department
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING
COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN LEFT-BRAIN AND RIGHT-BRAIN DOMINATED STUDENTS AT THE SECOND YEAR
OF SMAN 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG
By Devina Adinda
A Script
Submitted in a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for S-1 Degree
in
The Language and Art Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty
ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM LANGUAGE AND ART EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING
COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN LEFT-BRAIN AND RIGHT-BRAIN DOMINATED STUDENTS AT THE SECOND YEAR
OF SMAN 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG (A Script)
By Devina Adinda
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY LAMPUNG UNIVERSITY
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CURRICULUM VITAE
The writer’s name is Devina Adinda. She was born in Bandar Lampung, November 8th, 1989. She is the second child of H. Nopian, S.E. and Sulhana Ekawati. She has two sisters, Adelia Amanda, S.E. and Jessi Trianka.
She entered TK Xaverius I Bandar Lampung in 1994 and then continued her study in SD Xaverius I Bandar Lampung in 1996. Having graduated from the elementary school in 2002, she entered SMP Xaverius I Bandar Lampung and graduated in 2005. After that, she finished her high school at SMA Negeri 2 Bandar Lampung in 2008.
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DEDICATION
I thank God, Allah SWT, for all His tremendous blessing.
This script is fully dedicated to:
My beloved parents, thank you for your great love, support, and pray
My beloved sisters, thank you for being great partners
All of my friends in Edight English 08, who give me support and suggestion
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
1. Research Schedule ………. 53
2. Try Out Test ... 54
3. Distribution of Students’ Try Out Test ... 68
4. Difficulty Level and Discrimination Power of Try Out Test ... 70
5. The Reliability of Try Out Test ... 71
6. The Computation of Reliability of Try Out Test Item ... 72
7. Reading Comprehension Test ... 73
8. Questionnaire of Left-Brain and Right-Brain Dominance ... 84
9. Data of Questionnaire ... 87
10. Reliability of Questionnaire ... 89
11. Validity of Questionnaire ... 92
12. Table of Reading Comprehension Score ... 96
13. Table of Frequencies of Left-Brain Dominated Group ... 97
14. Table of Frequencies of Right-Brain Dominated Group ... 98
15. Normality of the Test ... 99
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LIST OF TABLES AND CHART
Table Page
1. Representation of Questionnaire ……….. ... 23
2. Specification of Questionnaire ………. ... 24
3. Normality Test ………. ... 31
4. Reading Comprehension Test of Left-brain Dominated Group ….. ... 38
5. Reading Comprehension Test of Right-brain Dominated Group … ... 39
6. The Analysis of the Students’ Reading Comprehension Score …... ... 41
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MOTTO
“… And He is with you wherever you may be. And Allah is seeing your works.” (Q.S. Al Hadid:4)
“While I can run, I’ll run. While I can walk, I’ll walk. When I can only crawl, I’ll crawl.
