The Use of English Newspaper as a Teaching Material to Improve the Students’ Reading Comprehension (a Classroom Action Research of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Muhammadiyah Sumowono in the Academic Year of 2016)

Niam, Ulin (2016) The Use of English Newspaper as a Teaching Material to Improve the Students’ Reading Comprehension (a Classroom Action Research of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Muhammadiyah Sumowono in the Academic Year of 2016). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This research is aimed to improve the students’ reading comprehension through English newspaper as the teaching material. This research has two objectives. They are 1) to know the implementation of teaching reading using English newspaper, and 2) to know the improvement of teaching reading using English newspaper. This research was conducted in the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Sumowono in the academic year of 2016. The research used Action Research method. There were two cycles: each cycle covered planning, implementing the action, observing, and reflecting. The technique of collecting data was observation, test, and documentation. The result showed that the students’ reading comprehension was improved. The mean of each test score showed an improvement. The mean of score of pre- test I is 37.77, post- test I is 73.33, pre- test II is 44.00, and post- test II is 78.67. The improvement is 47.45%. It can be concluded that there is any improvement in students’ reading comprehension profile between before and after the action by applying English newspaper as a teaching material to the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah Sumowono in the academic year of 2016.

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