IMPROVING STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN READING CLASS THROUGH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
(A Classroom Action Research at the Second Grade Students of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang in Academic Year 2010/2011)
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree
By:
Erni Rochmawati 0701050051
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
MOTTO
I will never say give up doing the best in my life
Believe to your heart !!!!
There are two choices in your live:
Accept the condition just the way it is
Or
Accept the responsibility to change it
DEDICATION
From the deepest and purest of my heart, I would like to present this little creation to:
Allah SWT, for his love, merciful and kindness. Thanks God for all the
patience.
My beloved parents, thanks for everythings that you give to me. I love you with the full of my heart, thanks for love, prayer, support and wise
advise...^_^...
My beloved sisters, mb eRna and mb Ida, thanks for prayer and support.
My beloved grandmother (simbah Dullah Muslim) and all of my family in Jogja, thanks for
prayer and support...^_^...
My family in Dukuh Waluh, who always give me support, motivation and pray.
Thank you very much Om, Bulik, mbah ti & mbah kung, budhe, pakdhe, mba anti,
bangkit...^_^....
My beloved friends ina, pepy, asty, iin, Lina, and all of friends in class A2 thanks for your
support..
Nduk anna, julay, justin, arie, icha, didi didonk, pus,....
To Be Your Friend is Very Enjoyable ..^_^..
PREFACE
Assalamua’laikum Wr. Wb.
First of all, the writer would like to express great thankfulness to Allah SWT, who has
given guidance, lessing, and strenght, physically and spiritually, so that she can complete finish
writing the thesis as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the S. Pd. Degree of Teacher
Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. The writer would
like to express her deepest thank to:
1. Drs. Joko Purwanto, M. Si, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of
Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto who gave the writer permission to conduct the
research.
2. Endang Kusrini, S. Pd, M.Hum, as the Head of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto, who has given agreement to conduct this research.
3. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum, as the first supervisor who has given much attention to me, so the writer could finish the thesis.
4. Endang Kusrini, S. Pd, M. Hum as the second supervisor who has guided the writer patiently.
5. Sugeng, S. Pd, the headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang, who has given permission to the writer to conduct this research.
6. Eka Rosdiana Novianti, S. Pd, the English Teacher of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang, who has given permission to conduct this research in her class.
7. The students of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang for their cooperation during the research. 8. The writer’s entire friends in English Department who always help the writer in finishing
The writer thinks that this thesis is still far from being perfect. Therefore the writer would appreciate constructive criticism and suggestion, which would encourage her to further study.
Purwokerto, 27 July 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
B. Reason for Choosing the Topic……… 3
C. Interactive Activities in Teaching Reading...……….. 13
F. Technique for Analyzing Data.……… 27
G. Criteria of the Successful Action.……… 30
ABSTRACT
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN READING CLASS THROUGH
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
(A Classroom Action Research at the Second Grade Students of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang, in Academic Year of 2010/2011)
By:
Erni Rochmawati 0701050051
This research was aimed to improve students’ involvement in reading class through interactive activities technique. It used classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted at VIII A Grade of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang in academic year 2010/ 2011 as the subject of the research. The number of the students was 38 students comprised of 22 males and 16 females. This study was done from February until July 2011.
The writer worked collaboratively with the English teacher in the class. The Classroom Action Research was carried out based on the Kemmis and Taggart design. The writer took two cycles with two actions in each cycle. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In collecting the data, the writer used observation, questionnaire, reading test, interview, and documentation.
The result of the data observation showed that the average of students’ involvement in cycle 1 was 29.9%, and the average of students involvement in cycle 2 was 71.30%, so the improvement from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 42.1%. It has reached the criterion of the indicator success which was 40 %. It was supported by the improvement of test result and questionnaire result. The average of the test result from cylce 1 was 63.28, and cycle 2 was 68.85. So the improvement from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 5.57. The questionnaire result showed that the students gave the positive response toward the teaching reading and learning process using interactive activities technique. It showed that from 10 available questions, there was more than 70% of
students’ answer interested using interactive activities in reading class. Then, from the interview
result, there was almost all students who gave positive response and showed that the students felt happy, enthusiatic and motivated in teaching learning process. Based on the data above
interactive activities technique was able to improve students’ involvement in reading class.
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 : Table of the Schedule of Research ... 20
Table 2 : Table of Students Observation Sheet... 24
Table 3 : Table of Observation Sheet of Teacher’s Activities ... 24
Table 4 : Table of Queationnaire Students’ Response ... 26
Table 5 : Table of Observation Result of Students Activities in cycle 1 ... 37
Table 6 : Table of Observation Result of Teacher’s Activities in cycle 1 ... 38
Table 7 : Table of Observation Result of Students Activities in cycle 2 ... 46
Table 8 : Table of Observation Teacher’s Activities in cycle 2 ... 47
Table 9 : Table of the Result of CAR in cycle 1 and cycle 2 ... 49
Table 10 : Table of the Improvement of Students’Observation in cycle 1 and cycle 2 ... 51
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 : The Action Research Spiral ... 22
ABSTRACT
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN READING CLASS
THROUGH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
(A Classroom Action Research at the Second Grade Students of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang, in Academic Year of 2010/2011)
By:
Erni Rochmawati 0701050051
This research was aimed to improve students’ involvement in reading class through interactive activities technique. It used classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted at VIII A Grade of SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang in academic year 2010/ 2011 as the subject of the research. The number of the students was 38 students comprised of 22 males and 16 females. This study was done from February until July 2011.
The writer worked collaboratively with the English teacher in the class. The Classroom Action Research was carried out based on the Kemmis and Taggart design. The writer took two cycles with two actions in each cycle. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In collecting the data, the writer used observation, questionnaire, reading test, interview, and documentation.
The result of the data observation showed that the average of students’ involvement in cycle 1 was 29.9%, and the average of students involvement in cycle 2 was 71.30%, so the improvement from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 42.1%. It has reached the criterion of the indicator success which was 40 %. It was supported by the improvement of test result and questionnaire result. The average of the test result from cylce 1 was 63.28, and cycle 2 was 68.85. So the improvement from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 5.57. The questionnaire result showed that the students gave the positive response toward the teaching reading and learning process using interactive activities technique. It showed that from 10
available questions, there was more than 70% of students’ answer interested using
interactive activities in reading class. Then, from the interview result, there was almost of students who gave positive response and showed that the students felt happy, enthusiatic and motivated in teaching learning process. Based on the data
above interactive activities technique was able to improve students’ involvement
in reading class.
