IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPETENCE USING
“HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE”
(A Classroom Action Research at Seventh Grade Students of SMP N 3
Karanglewas Purwokerto in Academic Year 2014/2015)
A Thesis
Submitted to the English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree
By:
HUSNUL KHOIFAH
0701050131
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
MOTTO
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
My beloved MOM
My mom, you are everything for me, without you I can’t do something anymore. I always pray to you, I hope you more happy in “Alloh world”. I love you very much………
My beloved DADDY and FAMILY
You have given me love, support and prayer until now. I always love and remember you all the time.
My beloved Husband (Awaludin Soleh) and my prince ( KAYYISA MAZEA P.)
You are everything for me. I love you forever. Thank you for giving me the best day of my life…..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all the writer would like to say thanks to Alloh SWT, who always give his guidance, mercy, permission, and never let her go without his relevation, so that the writer could finish her thesis as the partial fulfillment to get S.Pd Degree at the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of University Muhammadiyah of Purwokerto.
The writer wishes to express her great appreciation and special thanks to:
1. Drs. Ahmad, M.Pd, the Dekan of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of University Muhammadiyah of Purwokerto for the encouragement to do this thesis.
2. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum, the Head of the English Department of University Muhammadiyah of Purwokerto for assisting the writer in accomplishing the research.
3. Dra. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd, as the consultant who has given guidance, suggestion, and helpful correction patiently.
5. Fatoni, S.Pd, the English teacher of SMP Negeri 3 Karanglewas who has given helping to conduct the research.
6. All of the Seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Karanglewas who have given good participation in this research.
7. Beloved mother, father, husband, my prince, sisters and friends who were always in my side, from them I got inspiration and motivation to do this thesis.
8. All of my friends who helped and gave aids to finish this thesis.
Last but not least, the writer hopes that this thesis will give some contributions to the English teacher, English Department students and all the readers. The writers believes that there are still many weaknesses in this thesis. Therefore, the writer accepts contructive suggestions and criticism happily to make this thesis perfect.
Purwokerto, February 2015
B. Place and Time of Research ... 22
C. The Subject of the Research ... 22
D. Research Design ... 22
E. The Technique of Collecting Data ... 26
F. The Technique of Analyzing Data ... 32
G. The Criteria of Action Success ... 35
CHAPTER IV.RESULT AND DISCUSSION ... 36
A. Result of the Research ... 37
B. Discussion ... 54
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 59
A. Conclusion... 59
B. Suggestion ... 60
REFERENCES
LIST OF TABLE
Table 1 The Indicator of Teacher‟s Activities ... 25
Table 2 The Indicator of Students‟ Activities ... 26
Table 3 The Indicator of Teacher‟s Observation Sheet... 27
Table 4 The Indicator of Students‟ Activities ... 28
Table 5 The Questionnaire List ... 30
Table 6 The Quality of Students‟ Participation ... 35
Table 7 Observation Result of Students‟ Activity in Cycle 1 ... 41
Table 8 The result of teacher‟s activity ... 42
Table 9 The Improvement of Students‟ Reading Competence in Cycle 1 ... 44
Table 10 Observation Result of Students‟ Activity in Cycle 2 ... 50
Table 11 The result of the teacher‟s activity ... 51
Table 12 The improvement of students‟ reading competence in cycle 2 52 Table 13 Reading test result ... 55
LIST OF FIGURE
ABSTRACT
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPETENCE USING “HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE”
(A Classroom Action Research at Seventh Grade Students of SMP N 3 Karanglewas Purwokerto in Academic Year 2014/2015)
By
HUSNUL KHOIFAH
0701050131
The aim of this research was to improve students‟ reading competence using herringbone technique. This research was a classroom action research. The subject of this research was the students of VII A grade at SMP N 3 Karanglewas, Purwokerto in academic year 2014/2015. There were 32 students in VII A class. This research was done in December 2014.
The writer used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the method of the research. To do this research, the writer worked collaboratively with the English teacher. The writer took two cycles with two actions in each cycle.
The data were collected through reading test (pre test and post test), observation interview, documentation, and questionnaire. The qualitative data were analyzed based on the observation result of students‟ activities in the class and questionnaire, while the quantitative data were analyzed by using reading test (pre test and post test).
