THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RETELLING TECHNIQUE
ON READING COMPREHENSION
(An Experimental Study at the Eleventh Grade Students of MA Negeri Purwokerto 2 in Academic Year 2012/2013)
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department as a fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree
By: Turyanti 0901050049
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH OF PURWOKERTO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The writer would like to thank to Allah SWT who has given blessing and mercy so that the writer can finish the thesis. This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to get degree from Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. For my dearest parents.
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Mom and Dad, thanks for your biggest love for me. When I mentioned that I wanted to continue my study, you really stood by me and helped me a lot. I‟m really thankful for it and I‟m so sorry because of it, you were reallyhaving a hard time. Thank you for every single smile that you showed to me even you were having a hard time. Thank you for always remember me in your pray every day and every night. Every time, I remembered your face, I wanted to cry. Actually, when I‟m front of you, my brain ordered me to say many things, but my mouth just did not listen it. Even though now I have many things in my heart to tell you in words, my mind went blank so I could write nothing. All I could say just thank you so much for everything which I find just in your heart. Thanks so much for everything that overwhelmed in my life” For my beloved little sister, Rahma Wulandari Nur Azkiya thanks for always refreshing my days. For DEYSTAR‟S MEMBERS: Desi, Evi, Umi, Windi. Thanks for being my sisters, my family, my best and my close friends. Thanks for impression times that you gave for me. Thank you so much for your unchanging devotion and encouraging, thank you so much for cheering me and hugging me when I‟m lost in the middle
of the storm, when I couldn‟t find where to be, when I felt like I‟m alone and
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we try to hold back our tears each other and trying to understand each other. At that time, we can saw how much of a hard time that we were having. Thanks for understanding me more than I do myself. We learnt a lot each other and we built happiness together. I‟m also so sorry; maybe at that time also there were hurtful
actions and uncomfortable words. I did not mean to hurt you. At the end, I just can show my gratitude through this thesis. I‟m so proud to have you all, as usual
I‟m always late at expressing my feeling kkkkk that actually I really love you all
(ahh said like that, made me could not recognize myself phew…) hanboman
jincha jincha sa-rang-hae. For Ijah and Yanti, I‟m so sorry because I left you in
that boarding house though you two never missing me kkkkkkkkkkk. For Ijah i still remember the pounding sound of my heart as I walk to the first day for ESQ with you and also how we spent the days for 3 years. For Yanti thanks for always believe in me so that you always share your stories every time we met. All days that we spent together, I never regret about it and it made me happy. Dears…we‟ll
never be apart, all of you keep stay in my heart till the end of the world and I hope we can repeat our togetherness in the heaven. I‟ll be missing every single day,
every single moment that we spent together. We have a string between our bonds and it‟s impossible to describe in words. The amazement and gratitude are still in my heart. I hope one day I‟ll get “breaking news” from you all that you have
became success person and we can be shine at the same place….
faced together. When I looked back at those memories, I could not hide my tears; they felt as much as I was thankful. Dhian thanks for always accompanied me in that old days, for 3 years more you always gave your kinder heart, you always helped me. Whenever I were in dangerous, I found you stood there became an emergency door for me, so that I could run away from the sad that would hurt me. Thanks for always brought happiness in our meeting. Mendoza, thanks for always being funny, for always fulfilled my pages of memories with joy and laughter. Thanks for never got angry though I was so mean in teasing you gkgkgkgk jeongmal mianhae that‟s really just for fun and I believe we will be missing that
time. I hope when we meet 10 years later, 20 years later from now on, you still
being funny and greeting me with your big smile “neomu saranghae”. Mba Eni,
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the shiniest night, we will remember each other and also remember “uribanjak -banjak bitnaneun SHINee”. Our childish love that made us always out of my mind and gave us lovely stories every day.. Especially, for Diah not to forget the days when we must met someone, how our heart trembled so faster every time we went there. Ahh please made it as beautiful memories too. Whereas you two stay, I hope we can make reunion someday. For my lovely friends: Sulis, Pheby, Dwi_ah, Nisa, Gobel, Mba Anis, Dian Unyil, Wulan, Afry, Pheby, Cunul, Puput, Vikol, Dhani, Umi, Hastin Afi, Pika, Silvi, Jayud, Veri Ekawati, Esti, Oliv, Hentri, Ugy, Mba Waryanti and ALL B_Loved class‟s members. Thank you for
every precious meeting. I‟m really happy to spend times with you all. I hope one
day we can get along again and share our story again. I‟m also really thankful for people who helped me a lot to finish this thesis, the first one my consultants Mr.Aziez and Mrs. Rini, Secondly all my beloved lecturers, thirdly the headmaster of MA N Purwokerto 2 who has given permission to the writer to conduct the study, fourthly Mr. Atung Setiyono S.Pd as English teacher of MA N Purwokerto and the last one is XI IPS 4, XI IPS 5, XI IPS 6 social students of MA N Purwokerto 2 for their participation. I‟m also grateful for all my friends in
English Department which I cannot mention one by one.
Purwokerto, 1 August 2013
MOTTO
“Find Your Big Motivation in Your Heart”
“Enjoy is My Life, Do My Best, Pray and Positive Thinking, and Believing that Alloh will give what I Need”
“Put down a hope in every hesitancy and saying Laa Khaula Wa Laa Quwwata Illa Billaah”
“Don’t Cry Over the Past (It’s Gone), Don’t Stress about the Future (It Has not Arrived), Life in the Present Moment and Make it Beautiful.”
“Practice Like Perform and Perform Like Practice” (DA)
“Keep Smile Though It Hurts” (SHINee_TM)
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E. Clarification of Term... 5
CHAPTER II (LITERATURE REVIEW) A. Reading Comprehension ... 6
1. Definition of Reading Comprehension ... 6
2. The Importance of Reading Comprehension ... 8
3. The Aims of Reading Comprehension ... 9
4. The Strategies for Reading Comprehension ... 11
B. The Retelling Technique ... 15
1. Definition of the Retelling Technique... 15
2. The Importance of the Retelling Technique... 16
3. Variations of Retelling ... 18
Technique ... 23
6. Implementation of the Retelling Technique ... 24
7. How to Decrease the Nervousness while Retelling ... 25
8. The Students‟ Retelling Checklist ... 26
C. Basic Assumption ... 27
D. Technique for Collecting Data ... 30
E. Technique of Instrument Analysis ... 31
F. Technique for Analyzing Data ... 35
CHAPTER IV (RESULT AND DISCUSSION) A. Results ... 38
B. Discussion ... 46
1. The Implementation of the Treatment... 47
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 The Example of the Item Validity of the Post-test‟s Try Out
Appendix 2 The Example of the Calculation of the Items Reliability of the Post-test‟s
Try Out
Appendix 3 Validity, Reliability, and Item Difficulty of Pre-test Appendix 4 Validity, Reliability, and Item Difficulty of Post-test Appendix 5 R-table
Appendix 6 T-Value
Appendix 7 The result of the Pre-test and Post-test in the Experimental and the Control
Class
Appendix 8 The Calculation of T-test
Appendix 9 The Individual Students‟ score in the Experimental and the Control Class
Appendix 10 Pre-test Post-test Appendix 11 Lesson Plan
ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RETELLING TECHNIQUE
ON READING COMPREHENSION
(An Experimental Study on the Eleventh Grade Students of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Purwokerto 2 in Academic Year 2012/2013)
By
Turyanti
0901050049
The main purpose of the present study is to find out the impact of the retelling technique on the students‟ English reading comprehension. This study was conducted in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Purwokerto 2. 29 Students were assigned to the experimental class and 29 students to the control class. Both classes were taught to the same learning content, however, the experimental class received the treatment regarding retelling technique and the control class was taught by conventional technique. The pre-test and the post-test was employed to study those two classes of second grade high school students as the experimental and the control classes. 30 multiple choice items for the pre-test and the post-test were made to measure students‟ reading comprehension ability. The result of the t-test analysis showed the experimental class who received the retelling technique had a better performance than the control class who did not receive it. The experimental class reached the mean score (M) 52.62 in the pre-test and the mean score (M) 67.24 in the post-test. The control class achieved the mean score (M) 52.72 in the pre-test and 59.03 in the post-test. The result of the t-test was 4.003 with the degree of freedom 56 was 1.673, so it means the t-value was higher than t-table (4.003>1.6725). Based on the study result, the study suggests that the retelling technique can facilitate the students in learning reading comprehension.
