Improve the reading comprehension of the second year Studenb By SMPN 3 P*langga (Pre- &experimental Rescareh) Hasriadi. Judul Skripsi: The application of sustained silent reading method to improve the reading comprehension of the second year students at SMPN 3 Pallangga. By reciting Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to the almighty God, Allah S.W.T, who has given guidance, mercy and good health, so that he can complete this thesis entitled "The Application of Sustained Silent Reading Method to .Improving the reading comprehension of the second year students at SMPN 3 Pallangga".
I realize that I could never have completed this thesis without the support, help, encouragement and assistance of many people. Supervisor who helped a lot from the beginning to the end of this work (Ummy Khaerati Syam S.Pd.,M.Pd & Nunung Anugrawati S.Pd.,M.Pd). Thanks to the principal of SMPN 3 Pallangga, the English teacher and the students of Class VIII D who participated in data collection.
Finally, by reciting Alhamdulillahi Robbil Alamin, the researcher has been successful in completing his thesis.
INTRODUCTION
- Problem Statement
- Objective of the Study
- Significance of the Study
- Scope of the Study
What a teacher must consider as a major important task is how to design a reading course with strategies and techniques that facilitate students' understanding of the concept from the author's thoughts in the text. The reader silently reads only the word in mind, those any references to pronunciation stress or intonation. Because of the importance of text comprehension, the researcher suggests the use of SSR in teaching reading, as it can motivate students to read more and lead them to interact with the text.
Based on the explanation above, the researcher is interested in conducting a research entitled "The application of Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) method to. Based on the background above, the problem to be answered from this research is: "is the application of Sustained Silent Reading method effective in improving the reading comprehension of second year students at SMPN 3 Pallangga?". Based on the research problem above, the purpose of the research is to find out whether the application of the Sustained Silent Reading method is effective in improving the reading comprehension of the 2nd year student at SMPN 3 Pallangga.
It is expected that the result of the research will be significant and very useful information for the teachers in the teaching of reading, especially to improve the reading comprehension of the students. The scope of this research is limited to the application of Sustained Silent Reading method to improve the reading comprehension of the second year students of SMPN 3 Pallangga which will focus on literal understanding (the main ideas) and interpretive understanding (making a conclusion) of the text SMPN 3 Pallangga.
REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE
The Concept of Reading
The Concept of Teaching Reading
The Concept of Reading Comprehension
Conceptual Framework
The conceptual framework above explains about this experimental study that the first step is to conduct a pre-test to know the student's reading comprehension ability before the treatment is given. The treatment use of the Sustained Silent Reading method to know the improvement of students' reading comprehension included the main idea and the conclusion.
Research Hypothesis
Alternative Hypothesis HI: Applying the sustained silent reading method to reading can improve students' comprehension.
RESEARCH METHOD
After the treatment, a post-test was administered to determine the students' reading comprehension. It was used to check the results of treatments; it would also be useful to know whether the persistent silent reading method is effective in improving students' reading comprehension. Research findings address the use of sustained silent reading to improve reading comprehension, which consists of improving students' literal and interpretive comprehension.
The date shows the rate percentage and frequency of the students' pretest in reading comprehension. This means that the use of sustained silent reading is effective in improving students' literal reading comprehension. In other words, using the Sustained Silent Reading method is effective in improving students' literal reading comprehension.
This is evidenced by the fact that the average score of the students on the post-test is 6.75 and it is classified as good. In other words, the use of Sustained Silent Reading is effective in improving students' interpretive skills in reading comprehension. It means that, after using the Sustained Silent Reading method, the student's reading comprehension improves.
In another type, the following graphic is designed to show students' improvement in reading comprehension. Three levels of reading comprehension are researched; students' reading comprehension, literal, interpretive level. The description of data collected through testing as explained in the previous section shows that students' reading comprehension improves significantly.
The result of the students' performance on the literal comprehension level above indicates that the students have an improvement in recognizing the literal statements in the text. According to the results, the students' reading comprehension for levels improved because the application of the Sustained Silent Reading method and the teacher also developed reading comprehension questions. In addition, based on the research results, the performance of students taught using the Sustained Silent Reading method is better than the use of a conventional way.
The application of Sustained Silent Reading method to improve the students' reading comprehension more significantly in the eleventh grade students of SMPN 3 Pallangga.
