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TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS

OF SMAN 1 NALUMSARI JEPARA IN 2014/ 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR BY USING RAP (READ-ASK-PUT) STRATEGY

By Sri Handayani NIM. 201132054

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

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TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS

OF SMAN 1 NALUMSARI JEPARA IN 2014/ 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR BY USING RAP (READ-ASK-PUT) STRATEGY

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in the Department of English Education

By Sri Handayani NIM. 201132054

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:

 Pray and try

 If you don’t want to try, you can be poor. If you want to try, you will luck or

poor. Keep in there!

 “Don’t wait until tomorrow what you can do today, because tomorrow may be too late”

This skripsi is dedicated to:

 My beloved Mother and Father.  My beloved sister.

 My beloved grandmother and

grandfather.

 My beloved uncle and aunt.

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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the skripsi of Sri Handayani (NIM 201132054) has been approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the Examining Committee.

Kudus, June 2015 Advisor I

Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd

NIP.19570616-198403-1-015

Advisor II

Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd NIS.0610701000001146

Acknowledged by

English Education Department Head of Department,

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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Skripsi of Sri Handayani (201132054) has been approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree of English Education.

Kudus, 4th July 2015

Skripsi Examining Committee:

Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd ,Chairperson

NIP.19570616-198403-1-015

Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd ,Member

NIS. 0610701000001190

Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd ,Member

NIS. 0610701000001207

Farid Noor Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd ,Member NIS. 0610701000001227

Acknowledgment by

The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Dean,

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, I wish to thank Allah the Almighty for the blessing, health, inspiration and ease blessed to me during the writing this skrips without there is any significance of the problem.

During this struggle to finish this research proposal, the researcher realize that many assistance and guidance from many people have contributed to the writing this research proposal. The writer would like to express my greatest gratitude and appreciation to:

1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd as the dean of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty, for all his supports.

2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the head of English Education Department, for all her supports.

3. Drs. Suprihadi M.Pd as advisor I for all his invaluable time and patience in guiding the researcher during the process of skripsi.

4. Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd as advisor II for all his invaluable time and patience in guiding the researcher during the process of skripsi.

5. Drs. Noor Kholiq as the principal of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara for his permission and helps.

6. Izzatun Nisa’, S.Pd. as the English teacher for the tenth grade for her advice and helps.

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8. The researcher beloved family, my mother, father, sister, grandmother, uncle, and nephew who always give spirit and love.

9. My best friends (Martina, Zuhad, Khoiriyah, Ama, Yuyun, Farida, Nila, Zahro, Nunung), thank for the joy and our friendship.

10.My PPL teams of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara. 11.My KKN teams of Kauman Jepara.

12.All people involved during the writing of this research skripsi.

Finally, thanks are also due to those whose names could not be mentioned here, their contributions have enabled her completing this final project. The writer admits that this research proposal is still imperfect yet. Therefore, some constructive critics and suggest from reader will be appreciated. The writer has a great expectation that her study will be beneficial and useful for everybody who interest in reading this research.

Kudus, June 2015 The researcher,

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ix ABSTRACT

Handayani, Sri. 2015. Teaching Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year by

Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. Skripsi, English Education

Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (i) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd, (ii) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd Key words: Teaching Reading Comprehension, The Tenth Grade Students, RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy, Narrative Text

Reading comprehension is one of important skills in teaching and learning especially at the level of education. In fact, the English teacher stated that most of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara still get difficulties to build and develop their comprehension, pronunciation and spelling of the text especially genre. It was found that the students get difficulties in understanding the meaning of the English text. It is caused by their lack of vocabulary so that they have a difficulty in understanding meaning word by word. Most of the students also stated that reading is long and boring activity. The strategy that the teacher used that is modeling strategy is also less satisfied in teaching learning process. Because of that reason, the researcher wants to use the interesting strategy in teaching reading comprehension. That strategy is RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. The purpose of this strategy is to improve skill in reading comprehension within all students.

The objective of the research is to find out if there is a significant difference of the reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 academic year academic year before and after being taught by using RAP (Read-Ask-Put)Strategy.

The research design used in this research is quasi experimental research. The researcher used cluster random sampling. The sample is the students of class X1 with consist of 39 students. This research uses a test of multiple choices as the instrument of the research.

The result of this research shows that there is a significant difference of the reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 academic year before and after being taught by using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy in the level of significance 0.05 (5 %) and degree of freedom (df) = N-1 = 38.

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Handayani, Sri. 2015. Pengajaran Pemahaman Membaca untuk Siswa Kelas Sepuluh SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara pada Tahun Pelajaran 2014/ 2015

Menggunakan RAP (Baca -Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi. Skripsi,

Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing : (i) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd, (ii) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd

Kata Kunci: Pengajaran Pemahaman Membaca, Siswa Kelas Sepuluh, RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi, Text Narrative

Pemahaman Membaca adalah salah satu keterampilan penting dalam belajar mengajar khususnya ditingkat pendidikan. Bahkan, guru bahasa Inggris menyatakan bahwa sebagian besar siswa kelas sepuluh SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara masih mendapatkan kesulitan dalam memahami bacaan. Ditemukan bahwa siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam memahami makna teks bahasa Inggris. Hal ini disebabkan oleh kurangnya kosa kata sehingga mereka memiliki kesulitas dalam memahami arti kata demi kata. Sebagian besar siswa juga menyatakan bahwa membaca adalah kegiatan yang panjang dan membosankan. Strategi yang digunakan guru adalah strategi pemodelan yang dirasakan kurang memuaskan dalam proses belajar mengajar. Karena alas an itu, peneliti ingin menggunakan strategi yang menarik dalam pengajaran pemahaman membaca. Strategi itu adalah RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi. Tujuan dari strategi ini adalah untuk meningkatkan keterampilan pemahaman membaca disemua siswa.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan dari pemahaman membaca bagi siswa kelas X SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara pada tahun akademik 2014/2015 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan melalui RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi.

Desain penelitian yang digunakan di penelitian ini adalah quasi experimental research. Subjek d penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X1 yang terdiri dari 39 siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan tes pilihan ganda sebagai instrumen penelitian.

Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara pemahaman membaca untuk kelas X di SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara pada tahun akademik 2014/ 2015 sebelum dan setelah menggunakan strategi RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) pada level siknifikan 0.05 (5%) dan degree of freedom (df) = N-1 = 38.

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REFERENCES ... 71

APPENDICES ... 73

STATEMENT ... 145

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

2.1 The Reading Materials for the Tenth Grade Students in

SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in the Even Semester ... 13 2.2 The Range of Story and Factual Genre... 20 3.1 Total Population for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1

Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year. ... 39 3.2 The Classification Sex for Class X1 of SMAN 1 Nalumsari

Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year ... 40 3.3 Criteria of the Score of the Ability of Reading Comprehension ... 41 4.1 The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for the

Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year before being Taught By Using RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 52 4.2 The Distribution Frequency of Reading Comprehension for the

Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year before being Taught By Using RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 52 4.3 The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for the

Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy... 54 4.4 The Distribution Frequency of Reading Comprehension for the

Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy... 54 4.5 The Summary of T-test Result of Reading Comprehension for

the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 before and after beingTaught By Using RAP

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LIST OF FIGURES

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2.1 The Figure of Cue Card for RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 32

3.1 Design Using Pre-test and Post-test ... 38

3.2 The Formula of Reliability of the Test ... 43

3.3 The Formula of Mean ... 46

3.4 The Formula of Standard of Deviation of Pre-test and Post-test Score ... 46

3.5 The Formula of t (obtained) ... 47

3.6 The formula of t (obtained)... 49

4.1 The Bar Chart of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic Year before being Taught by Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 53

4.2 The Bar Chart of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic Year after being Taught by Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. ... 56

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1. Syllabus ... 74

2. Lesson plan ... 79

3. Try-Out, Pre-Test and Post-Test Sheet ... 99

4. Keys Answer for Try-Out, Pre-Test and Post-Test Sheet ... 108

5. Students Worksheet for Treatment 1-4 ... 109

6. Keys Answer of Students Worksheet for Treatment 1-4 ... 121

7. The Table of Specification of the Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year... 122

8. The Score of Try-Out Test For X2 of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year... 124

9. The Table of Reliability of Try-Out for X2 of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year... 125

10. The Calculation of Try-Out Test for X2 of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year... 131

11. The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year before being Taught By Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 132

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13. The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year after being Taught By

Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 136 14. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of

Pre-Test Scores of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 137 15. The Calculation of T-test for Means of Pre-test and

Post-test Score of the Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP

(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ... 140 16. The Distribution of T-table for Any Number Degree of

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TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS

By Sri Handayani NIM. 201132054

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd ,Chairperson

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER ... i

REFERENCES ... 71

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LIST OF FIGURES

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LIST OF APPENDICES

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