The aim of the study is to find out whether there is a positive and significant effect of text structure strategy on students' reading comprehension in the tenth graders of MA Wali Songo. All MA Wali Songo teachers who have given the researcher the opportunity to conduct this research. The result of a pre-study on reading comprehension of the tenth graders of MA Wali Songo.
Identification of the Problem
Limitation of The Problem
Formulation of the Problem
Benefits of the Study
Prior Research
The second previous study conducted by Wijekumar, Meyer, and Lei entitled the study "Web-Based Text Structure Strategy Instruction Improves Seventh Graders' Content Area Reading Comprehension"2. The language ability examined in the second previous study and this study is reading, while the teaching strategy used in this study is a text structure strategy. The third previous study was conducted by Gaddy, Bakken, and Fulk entitled “The Effects of Teaching Text-Structure Strategies to Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities to Improve Their Reading Comprehension on Expository Science Text Passages”3.
Concept of Reading Comprehension a. The Definition of Reading
Based on the above statements, it can be concluded that reading is the process of receiving information in the text. In addition, reading comprehension is the product of a process that takes place during reading to create a mental representation of the situation described by the text. In other words, skimming is reading the entire text quickly to understand the gist of the text.
The Concept of Text Structure Strategy a. The Definition of Text Structure Strategy
In teaching reading comprehension, the teacher must know and understand how to apply the strategy of text structure. The text structure strategy offers a new lens and application of text structure that is different from what textbooks currently use. The strategy of text structure helps readers to provide difficulty in reading prose to reduce their frustration.
Theoritical Framework and Paradigm 1. Theoritical Framework
Paradigm
However, if the result of using the text structure strategy is poor, then there is no positive and significant effect on students' reading comprehension in tenth graders at MA Wali Songo Central Lampung.
Hypothesis
Research Design
They are also called treatment, independent variable of this research is text structure strategy which is defined as a teaching strategy where by teacher models the desired learning strategy or task, and then gradually shifts responsibility to the students. Moreover, based on the explanation above, the author in this research uses text structure strategy to conduct a treatment for the students of the tenth grade of MA Wali Songo in the academic year 2019/2020. Dependent variable are variables that depend on the independent variable, that is the outcomes or results of effect of the independent variable.
Students are able to understand the format of the reading test by identifying generic text structure. The population of this research is the students from the tenth grades of MA Wali Songo. In this research, the sample of research is used two classes of the tenth grade of MA Wali Songo in the academic year 2019/2020 in the class XE consisting of 22 students and the class XD consisting of 22 students.
The writer takes the class XE and XD in this study because the writer wants to know the students' reading comprehension. In this case, the researcher uses a random sampling technique by randomizing the name of the class in some small rolls of paper. After the random process, the researcher takes two small papers by this sampling technique process, the researcher knows the name of the class that investigated.
The researcher has randomized the names of the classes according to the random process, there are two names of the class which are XD and XE.
Data Collection Technique
Pupils think independently about the question asked and thus form their own ideas. The post-test was administered in the last meeting after doing treatments to find out whether the treatments contributed to the students' performance in class or not. Then the student writes the main idea, recalls information and checks his understanding by reading the text again. Students rewrite as much as they can remember using the specific text structure.
The writer used this method to get valuable data about the school history of MA Wali Songo, total students and teachers of MA Wali Songo.
Research instrument
Instrument Blueprint
Instrument Calibration
Data Analysis Technique
Research Setting
- The Total of Teachers and students in MA Wali Songo a. The Total of Teacher
- The Pre-Test Result (Control Class)
- The Post-Test Result (Experimental Class)
- The Post-Test Result (Control Class)
Based on the frequency distribution table above, it can be seen that most of the students scored <65. Therefore, we can conclude that reading comprehension students scored low in the pretest. Based on the frequency distribution table above, it can be concluded that out of 22 students as a sample of this research, 3 students got higher marks i.e. 70-80.
Based on the frequency distribution table above, it can be concluded that out of 22 students as a sample of this research, 1 student got the highest score which is 64-73. Further the researcher gave the post-test was done to know the reading comprehension of the students after the treatment. Based on the frequency distribution table above, it can be seen that most of the students scored >65.
So, it can be concluded that reading comprehension students obtained high scores in the post-test. Based on the frequency distribution table above, it can be concluded that out of 22 students as a sample of this research, 7 students got the highest score which is 76-80. Based on the result of post-test scores of MA Wali Songo students above, it can be concluded that text structure strategy can help students in reading comprehension.
Based on the frequency distribution table above, it could be concluded that out of 22 students as the sample of this research, 2 were students.
The Effect of Using Text Structure Strategy On Students’ Reading Comprehension at MA Wali Songo Comprehension at MA Wali Songo
Test of Normality Kolmogorov-Smirnov
Test of Normality Sahpiro-Wilk
Hypothesis testing is done to determine whether variable X has a significant effect on variable Y or not. Ha: Using a text structure strategy has a significant impact on students' reading comprehension. Ho: There is no significant effect of text structure strategy use on students' reading comprehension.
It means that there was a positive and significant effect of using text structure strategy on students' reading comprehension.
Discussion
Based on the above discussion, the researcher concludes that the text structure strategy can be a solution for the teacher to help students in teaching and learning, especially in the subject of reading comprehension, namely in the sense of reading, because it is proven by the average pre-test score that increases from 42.73 before treatment to 69.09 after treatment.
Limitation
Conclusion
Sugesstion
For the Headmaster
For the teachers
For the students
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APPENDICES
KOMPETENSI INTI
KI-2 Menghayati dan mengamalkan perilaku jujur, disiplin, santun, peduli (gotong royong, kerjasama, toleran, damai), tanggung jawab, tanggap dan proaktif dalam berinteraksi secara efektif sesuai dengan perkembangan anak di lingkungan, keluarga, sekolah , masyarakat dan lingkungan alam sekitar, bangsa, negara, kawasan regional dan kawasan internasional. KI-3 Memahami, menerapkan dan menganalisis pengetahuan faktual, konseptual, prosedural, dan metakognitif berdasarkan rasa ingin tahunya tentang ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi, seni, budaya, dan humaniora dengan wawasan kemanusiaan, kebangsaan, kenegaraan, dan peradaban terkait penyebab fenomena dan kejadian, serta menerapkan pengetahuan prosedural pada bidang studi tertentu sesuai dengan bakat dan minatnya untuk memecahkan masalah. KI-4 Mengolah, menalar, dan menyaji dalam ranah konkret dan ranah abstrak terkait dengan pengembangan dari yang dipelajari di sekolah secara mandiri, bertindak efektif dan kreatif serta mampu menerapkan metode sesuai kaidah keilmuan.
KOMPETENSI DASAR DAN INDIKATOR PENCAPAIAN KOMPETENSI
TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN
MATERI PEMBELAJARAN
SUMBER BELAJAR
MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN
LANGKAH-LANGKAH PEMBELAJARAN Kegiatan Pendahuluan (10 Menit)
Ketika semuanya sudah siap, guru mulai menerapkan strategi struktur teks dalam proses pembelajaran dan membimbing siswa dalam memahami teks deskriptif.
PENILAIAN
- Penilaian Pengetahuan ( Reading Comprehension Ability) Multiple Choice
BENTUK INSTRUMEN
- KOMPETENSI INTI
In the daylight, on your way to Leaky camp, you can see trees filled with proboscis monkeys. At night, you can enjoy the clear sky and extremely bright stars as the only lights for the night. What the word ex-captive tells you about the orangutans at Leaky Camp.
KOMPETENSI DASAR DAN INDIKATOR PENCAPAIAN KOMPETENSI
TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN
MATERI PEMBELAJARAN
SUMBER BELAJAR
MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN
LANGKAH-LANGKAH PEMBELAJARAN Kegiatan Pendahuluan (10 Menit)
- PENILAIAN
- Penilaian Pengetahuan ( Reading Comprehension Ability) Multiple Choice
Memberikan contoh pemahaman materi teks deskriptif, contoh dan penggunaannya untuk dikembangkan oleh siswa, media interaktif, dll. Kegiatan literasi ini dilakukan di rumah dan di sekolah dengan membaca materi dari buku pelajaran atau buku bantu lainnya, dari internet/materi yang berkaitan dengan pengertian teks deskriptif, contoh dan penggunaannya. Setelah mengikuti kegiatan pembelajaran, siswa bersama guru melakukan refleksi terhadap materi yang telah dipelajari.
BENTUK INSTRUMEN
The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural 'arch' and the cave through which a waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk under a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic area. Night visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. The temple was built by the Khmer king, Suryawarman II in the early twelfth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of ultimate Muslim.
It is designed to represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mythology within the mouth and has an outer wall that is 3 to 7 km long. In the twelfth century, the Empire was strong enough to build the largest temple in the world. King William I ordered the construction of the new railway station to enable the government to transport its troops to Semarang.
The Ambarawa Railway Museum was established much later on 16 October 1976 in the Ambarawa station to preserve the steam locomotive. One of the internationally famous ecotourism destinations in Indonesia is Tanjung Puting National Park in the southwest of Central Kalimantan Peninsula. It is a real jungle, which is home to the most incredible animals in the world: orangutans and proboscis monkeys.
So imagine being in the jungle and meeting these special animals in their original habitat.
- Pre-Test Activity
- Treatment Activity
- Post-Test Activity
