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AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH SQ4R TECHNIQUE
(A Classroom Action Research at First Grade of Junior High School in SMP Negeri 1 Ajibarang in Academic year 2011/2012)
THESIS
Oleh
TITI FATIMAH YULIANA
0801050010
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
2012
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DEDICATION
From the purest of my heart, I would like to present my
little creation to;
1.
Allah SWT, who always makes save and guides me
in every step, thanks God for your love.
2.
My beloved parents, thanks for the struggle, the advice,
and the purity love. You are my greatest hope that
always inspire of my life… (one word that I will say
“I love you”)
3.
My beloved brothers, thanks for your love and.
4.
My friends In boardinghouse, who always support me.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
First of all the writer would like to express great thankfulness to Allah SWT, who has given guidance, blessing and strength, physically and spiritually, so that she can complete and 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 Head of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto who has given agreement to conduct the research. 3. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum as the first supervisor who has given much attention to
me, so the writer could finish this thesis.
4. Saefurrohman,S.pd., M.pd as the second supervisor who has guided the writer patiently.
5. Bangun Sukono F. M.Pd as the headmaster of SMP Negeri 1 Ajibarang, who has given permission to the writer to conduct this research.
6. Mrs Nurchayati as the teacher of SMP Negeri 1 Ajibarang, who has given permission to conduct this research in her class.
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7. The writer friends in English Department who always help the writer in finishing the thesis.
8. The students of VII E in SMP Negeri 1 Ajibarang grade who give the participation in this research.
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, July 2012
The writer
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW A. The Nature of Reading ... 6
1. Definition of Reading ... 6
2. Reading Comprehension ... 7
3. Micro Skills for Reading Comprehension... 9
4. Principle for Teaching Reading ... 12
5. Technique Reading Process ... 15
B. SQ4R Technique ... 16
1. Definitions of SQ4R Technique ... 16
2. Steps of SQ4R Technique ... 17
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3. The Advantages of SQ4R Reading Technique ... 22
4. The Disadvantages of SQ4R Reading Technique ... 22
5. The Implementation of SQ4R Reading Technique in Reading Classroom ... 23
C. Basic assumption ... 25
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Method of Research ... 27
B. Setting of Research ... 29
C. Research Design ... 29
D. Classroom Action Research Procedure ... 32
E. Instrument of Collection the Data ... 34
F. Testing Reading Comprehension ... 39
G. Technique of Analysis the Data ... 43
H. Criterion of the Success Action... 45
I. To Determine Data Validity ... 46
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. Result of Research... 47
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ... 75
B. Suggestion ... 76
BIBLIOGRAPH
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Table 5 Observation Result of Students’ Activity in Cycle 1 ... 52
Table 6 Teacher Observation Result in Cycle 1 ... 54
Table 7 Students Improvement of Reading Test in Cycle 1 ... 56
Table 8 The Observation Result of Students’ Activity in Cycle 2 ... 62
Table 9 Teacher Observation Result in Cycle 2 ... 64
Table 10 Students’ Improvement of Reading Test in Cycle 2 ... 65
Table 11 The Result of The Research ... 67
Table 12 The Improvement of Students’ Reading Comprehension in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 ... 68
Table 13 The Improvement of Students’ Activity in 2 Cycle ... 69
Table 14 The Result of Questionnaire ... 72
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LIST OF CHART
Chart 1 Miles And Huberman’s Scheme ... 43
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Research design Kemmis and Mc.Taggart ... 30
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1. Students’ Reading Test Result in Cycle 1 2. Students’ Reading Test Result in Cycle 2
3. The Improvement of Students’ Reading Comprehension in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2
4. The Improvement of Students’ Activity in 2 Cycles 5. Students’ Observation List
6. Result Teacher’s Activities 7. Result of Students’ Questionnaire
Appendix C
1. The Result of Interview 2. Field notes
3. Documentation
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AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH SQ4R TECHNIQUE
(A Classroom Action Research at First Grade of Junior High School in SMP Negeri 1 Ajibarang in Academic year 2011/2012)
By:
Titi Fatimah Yuliana 0801050010
This study was aimed to improve students’ reading comprehension using
SQ4R. It used classroom action research (CAR), which was conducted at VII E grade of SMP Negeri 1 Ajibarang in Academic Year 2011/2012 as the subject of this study. The population of the class was 32 students. It was done in May 2012.
The researcher did collaboration with the English teacher in the class. The CAR was carried out based on Kemmis and Mc. Taggart design. The researcher took two cycles with 2 actions in each cycle. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, reflecting and evaluating. The researcher applied both qualitative data and quantitative data. The quantitative data were taken from reading test, observation result of students’ activity, and also questionnaire. The qualitative data were taken from interview, observation result of teacher’s activity, field notes, and documentation.
The result of this study showed that there was a significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension after implementing the CAR using SQ4R. The average score of the students in reading was 7.25 in pre-test. The average score of the students improved 7.65 (5.52%) in Cycle 1 and improved again to 8.54 (17.79%) in Cycle 2. The improvement also happened in students’ reading activity. It was 18.13% in Cycle 1 and improved to 82.65% in Cycle 2. The improvement of questionnaire which was gained from the ten questions showed that the students gave positive response to the implementation of SQ4R in their reading activity. The average of the students’ questionnaire that was filled “Really agree” was 85.89%. Then, the data from interview result showed that both teacher and students felt happy and interested with the implementation of SQ4R. Those data proved that SQ4R could improve the students’ reading comprehension.
Key words: reading comprehension, SQ4R, and classroom action research.
