THE USE OF TOP-DOWN STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs N SUSUKAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

Thoyyibah, Wasilatut (2017) THE USE OF TOP-DOWN STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs N SUSUKAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018. Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Thoyyibah, Wasilatut. 2017. The Use of Top-down Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension of the Eight Grade Students of MTs N Susukan in the Academic year of 2017/2018. A Graduating Paper English Department and Education State of Islamic Studies Institute of Salatiga. Counselor: Seti Rini,M.Pd. This research analyzed the improvement of students reading comprehension through implementing Top-down Strategy.The problem of the study 1) How is the implementation of students reading comprehension after using Top-down strategy at eighth grade students of MTs N Susukan in academic year 2017/2018?, 2) How is the improvement of students’ reading comprehension using top-down strategy of the eight grade students of MTs N Susukan in academic year 2017/2018?. The objectives of the research are to find out the students reading comprehension before and after using top-down strategy at eighth grade students of MTs N Susukan in academic year 2017/2018and To find out the significant of students reading comprehension using top-down strategy at eighth grade students of MTs N Susukan in academic year 2017/2018. The methodology of the research is classroom action research. To find out the improvement of the students reading comprehension, the researcher used pre-test and post-test. She use two cycles, in each cycle consisted of two meetings, and each meeting consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The results of this research are that there was improvement of students reading comprehension by using top-down strategy. It conclude be seen from the mean score pre-test and post-test. In cycle 1, post-test is higher than pre-test: 78.00 > 66.66, and in cycle 2, post-test is also higher from pre-test 83.33> 73.00. Then, the result of t-test calculation in cycle 1 and 2 are higher than t-table with N= 30. The t-testarecycle 1 and cycle 2: 5.321 and 7.878. This indicates that applying top-down strategy could improve students reading comprehension. Key word: Top-down Strategy, Reading Comprehension

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