The Use of Picture as a Media to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text ( Classroom Action Research of the Eight Grade Students of SMP N 2 Tengaran in the Academic Year of 2016/2017)

Utami, Dini Wahyu Tri (2016) The Use of Picture as a Media to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text ( Classroom Action Research of the Eight Grade Students of SMP N 2 Tengaran in the Academic Year of 2016/2017). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This research focused on improving students’ reading comprehension through picture media. This research answers there main questions (1)How is the implementation of pictures to improve the students in reading comprehension in descriptive text? (2) How is the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in descriptive text using pictures? (3) How is the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in descriptive text using pictures? Thirty three students of the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Tengaran were instructed through Picture media to improve their reading comprehension. The methodology of this research used classroom action research (CAR). The methodology of this research used classroom action research (CAR). The technique of data analysis included Descriptive technique and Statistical technique. It is conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, action, observation and reflection. From the result, the researcher found several findings on it. The result of this research shows an improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using picture media. It can be seen from the mean score pre test and post test. In cycle I post test is higher than pre test: the mean of pre test 54.24 and the mean of post test is 75.15. In cycle II also show that post test is bigger than pre test. Mean of pre test is 60.90 and mean of post test is 86.06. It can be concluded that Picture media is able to improve students’ reading comprehension.

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