Schemata Teaching Technique to Improve the Students’ Reading Comprehension (A Classroom Action Research of the Eigtht Grade Students of Muhammadiyah Junior High School Jambu Ambarawa in Academic Year of 2015/2016)

Agustina, Isnaeni (2016) Schemata Teaching Technique to Improve the Students’ Reading Comprehension (A Classroom Action Research of the Eigtht Grade Students of Muhammadiyah Junior High School Jambu Ambarawa in Academic Year of 2015/2016). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This research is conducted to describe the implementation of English teaching to the second year of Muhammadiyah Junior High School Jambu Ambarawa and the result of teaching English by using schemata teaching technique, which is taken as a result of reflection on phenomena done by the writer, and it arises from some specific problems of issues. In this research the writer faces some problems, such as the students have low motivation in joining teaching-learning process and they are got the difficulties in understanding some reading texts as requirements needed to get the good English comprehension. In addition, some of English teachers felt difficult to find the best method or technique to teach reading. Here, the writer chooses the schemata teaching technique to teach. The research method used is classroom action research; it is conducted in two cycles. Each cycle is conducted in two meetings. Each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The data are taken from the event, documents and informants. The result of the research shows that the way to improve English student comprehension is by increasing their reading mastery using schemata technique where the students can do more exercises which indirectly also increase their comprehension in reading, and the result of post-test is better than in pre-test. The mean score of pretest 66 to 75.75 in posttest cycle I, the mean score of pretest 69.88 to 74.17 in posttest cycle II. The percentages of exhaustiveness of each cycle also show the improvement, with 9.75% in first cycle, 4.29% in second cycle. Here, the writer suggests to the teachers especially English teachers to be more creative to create a new technique in learning English specially reading process. The researcher also concludes that teaching English through schemata teaching technique can improve the students’ reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of Muhammadiyah Junior High School Jambu Ambarawa in the academic year of 2015/2016.

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