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THE READING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS
OF SMP N 5 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
TAUGHT BY USING PQ4R STRATEGY
By:
EVI KRISTIANAWATI
NIM. 200932194
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
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THE READING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 5 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
TAUGHT BY USING PQ4R 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
Evi Kristianawati
NIM 200932194
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
Allah is my place for begging everything. (QS Al Ikhlas:2)
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. (Emily Dickinson)
This final project is dedicated to:
Allah SWT, my great power.
My beloved father and mother (Kumaidi and Nani
Suwarni), thank you for your love.
My dearest brother (Sendi Rizal)
My “inspiring”
comrade (M. Syaifuddin) Lucky I have you,
thanks for everything.
My best friend “The Blueberry”
Herlina and Puput thanks for
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillahirrobbil’alamin. There will never be another greatest thank
except to Allah SWT, the Almighty for the remarkable blessing and mercy to me, so that this skripsi entitled “The Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy” is able to accomplished.
This skripsi is not merely her own work because of having been greatly improved by some great people around her who suggested and guided her by giving comments and advises to make it better. One point is this skripsi is arranged to fulfill the one or requirements for completing the sarjana program. Therefore I would like to express her great gratitude to the:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department and the second advisor who is willing to spend a lot of time to guide some advises to make this skripsi.
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4. Turaekan, S.Pd, as head master and Eka Ida Indriani, S.Pd, M.Pd, as a teacher of SMP N 5 Kudus who has given permission and opportunity to herby doing the research.
5. All of the English lecturers of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
6. Her beloved father and mother (Mr. Khumaidi and Mrs. Nani Suwarni) thank you for the way you have been caring her with your love and affection. 7. Her beloved brother (Sendi Rizal).
8. All the English Education Department 2009 friends as her companions in arm.
9. Her civitas, Muria Kudus University which have been the institute of her study.
There is no greatest obstacle in writing this skripsi than avoiding then temptation of being perfect. Therefore, suggestion from the readers will be fully appreciated and always waited. He do expects that this research will be useful for those, especially who are in the field of education.
Last but not least, thanks for everyone who involved finishing making this skripsi better.
Kudus, September 2014
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Kristianawati, Evi. 2014. The Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (i) Drs. H. Suprihadi, M.Pd. (ii) Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd
Key words: reading ability, PQ4R strategy.
Reading is one of the most important academic tasks faced by students. The students of the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 Kudus have less reading ability. Difficulties in reading are usually attributable to one or more factors. The first factor is the lack of students’ interest. Most of them do not like reading assigments, because by reading is long and boring. The second is the lack of the
students’ concentration. They have difficulties to find out the topic or main idea and even information of text. Students can become easily frustrated when they do not understand what they are reading. The last factor is inappropriate strategy used in teaching reading. Considering that reasons, I want to apply PQ4R as
strategy to improve students’ reading ability.
The objective of the research is to find out whether there is any significant difference of the reading ability of the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014 before and after being taught by using PQ4R Strategy. The writer uses cluster random sampling technique in taking the sample of the research. The writer gets VIII B as the sample of the research. There are 34 students. The design of this research was experimental research. The writer uses one group pre-test and post-test.
After conducting the treatment of reading ability of the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014 taught by using PQ4R Strategy, The result of the experiment can be seen that the calculation of t-test, with the level of significance 0.05, the Degree of Freedom (Df) is 33, and t-table (tt) 2.04, the t- obtained (to) 4.33. In the other words, obtained is higher than
t-table. The reading ability of the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 Kudus after being taught by using PQ4R Strategy is “good”. It is showed by the mean is 79.3 and the standard deviation is 8.4. It is higher than the mean of the reading ability of the eighth grade students of SMP N 5 Kudus before being taught by using PQ4R Strategy in academic year 2013/2014 which the mean 68.9 and standard deviation is 10. It is categorized as “sufficient”. It means that the Null Hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is confirmed.
Based on the result of the research above, I suggest that the teacher
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Kristianawati, Evi. 2014. Kemampuan Membaca Siswa Kelas VIII di SMP N 5 Kudus Tahun Akademik 2013/2014 diajarkan Menggunakan Strategy PQ4R. Skripsi. Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Drs. H. Suprihadi, M.Pd, (ii) Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd
Kata Kunci: Kemampuan membaca, Strategy PQ4R.
Membaca merupakan salah satu tugas penting akademik yang dihadapi siswa. Siswa kelas VIII di SMP N 5 Kudus mempunyai kemampuan membaca yang lemah. Kesulitan-kesulitan dalam membaca biasanya diakibatkan oleh lebih dari satu faktor. Faktor pertama adalah kurangnya minat siswa. Sebagian besar dari mereka tidak suka tugas membaca. Hal itu mungkin disebabkan karena membaca pasti lama dan membosankan. Faktor kedua adalah kurangnya konsentrasi siswa. Mereka mengalami kesulitan dalam mencari topik atau ide pokok bahkan informasi dari bacaan. Siswa dengan mudah menjadi frustasi ketika mereka tidak paham apa yang mereka baca. Faktor terakhir adalah penggunaan strategi yang tidak cocok dalam mengajar membaca. Menanggapi alasan-alasan tersebut, saya ingin mengaplikasikan PQ4R sebagai strategi untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui adakah perbedaan yang signifikan kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII di SMP N 5 Kudus tahun akademik 2013/2014 antara sebelum dan sesudah diajar menggunakan strategi PQ4R. Penulis menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampel secara acak dan kelompok. Penulis mendapatkan kelas VIII B sebagai sampel penelitian. Terdapat 34 siswa dalam kelas tersebut. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan penelitian eksperimen sebagai rancangan penelitian. Penulis menggunakan satu kelompok untuk kelompok pre-test dan post-test.
Hasil dari eksperimen tersebut menunjukkan bahwa perhitungan t-test pada tingkat signifikan 0.05, Degree of Freedom (Df) adalah 33, dan t-table (tt)
2.04, t-obtained (t0) 4.33. Dengan kata lain, obtained lebih tinggi dari pada
t-table. Pemahaman membaca siswa kelas delapan SMP N 5 Kudus setelah diajarkan menggunakan PQ4R Strategy tahun pelajaran 2013/2014 adalah
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Dengan nilai tersebut dapat dikategorikan “cukup”. Itu berarti bahwa Null Hypothesis (H0) adalah tidak diterima dan Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) adalah
diterima.
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1.6 Operational Definition ... 8
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPHOTHESIS 2.1 Teaching English in SMP N 5 Kudus ... 9
2.1.1The curriculum of English Teaching in SMP N 5 Kudus ... 10
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2.3.1 Teaching Reading by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 20
2.4 Review to Previous Research ... 22
2.5 Theoretical Framework ... 23
2.6 Hypothesis ... 24
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Design of the Research ... 25
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 Finding of The Research ... 35
xiv Before and After being Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 49
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LIST OF TABLE
Table Page
3.1 The Population of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus
in the Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 28 4.1 The Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5
Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 before being Taught by Using
PQ4R Strategy ... 36 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Ability of the Eighth
Grade Students of SMP 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014
before being Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 37
4.3 The Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 after being Taught by Using
PQ4R Strategy ... 39
4.4 The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
4.1 The Bar Diagram of the Frequency Distribution in Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 before being Taught by Using PQ4R
Strategy ... 38 4.2 The Bar Diagram of the Frequency Distribution in Reading
Abilityof the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 After being Taught by Using PQ4R
Strategy ... 41 4.3 Sampling Distribution Showing t-obtained Versus t-critical α
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix Page
1. The Syllabus of Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus in
Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 55
2. Lesson Plan of Teaching by PQ4R Strategy ... 57
3. Pre-test and Post-test sheet ... 70
4. The Tabulation of Try Out test... 77
5. Reliability of Try Out ... 78
6. The Reading Ability Score of before Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 79
7. The calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of The Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus After Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 80
8. The Reading Ability Score after Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 82
9. The calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of The Reading Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 5 Kudus After Taught by Using PQ4R Strategy ... 83
10.The Calculation of t-test (t0) ... 85
