The use of “Read Please” software to improve the students’ reading skill (A Classroom Action Research of The Eight Grade of Ta’mirul Islam Boarding School Solo in Academic Year 2015/2016)

Sari, Dyah Novita (2016) The use of “Read Please” software to improve the students’ reading skill (A Classroom Action Research of The Eight Grade of Ta’mirul Islam Boarding School Solo in Academic Year 2015/2016). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This study is intended to improve the students’ reading skill using “Read Please” software. The research answered these main questions (1) How is the profile of the student’s reading skill before and after using of “Read Please” software at the eight grade students’ of Ta’mirul Islam boarding school Solo in the academic year of 2015/2016? (2) Does the use of “Read Please” software improve reding skill at the eight garde students’ of Ta’mirul Islam boarding school Solo in academic yaer of 2015/2016? (3) How far the improvement of “Read Please” software in improving students’ reading skill for the eight grade of Ta’mirul Islam Boarding School Solo in the academic year of 2015/2016? The methodology of this research used Classroom Action Research (CAR). There were two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, action, observation and reflecting. From the results, the writer found several findings on it. The result of this research is there is an improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using “Read Please” software. It can be seen from: (1) Before the software implemented the students’ are not trust and confidence with their ability in reading English text loudly. But after the software has been implemented, the students showed their ability in read English text briefly and confident. (2) After implementing the software, their skill in reading are improving. It can seen from the mean score in the first cycle and the secind cycle are increasing. The mean in the post test I is 77.57 and the maen in the post tes II is 85.71. (3) The mean of pre- test I is 72.9 and post-test I is 77.57, pre-test II is 74.57 and post-test is 81.38. And the percentage mean score of pre-test I is 14.3%, post-test I is 38.1%, pre-test II is 28.57% and post-test II is 85.71%. It can be mean that 18 of 21 students can pass the KKM after learning by using “Read Please” software.Thus, it can be concluded that there is significant improvement of students’ reading skill by using “Read Please” software.

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