IMPROVING STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH

Maghfiroh, Ainna (2019) IMPROVING STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH. Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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ABSTRACT Maghfiroh, Ainna. 2019. “Improving Student’s Reading Comprehension on Descriptive Text through Language Experience Approach”. A Final Graduating Paper of English and Education Department State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga. Counselor: Norwanto, M.Hum., Ph.D., Keywords:reading comprehension, Descriptive text, Language Experince Approach (LEA) The objectives of study are (1) to find out the implementation of using Language Experince Approach (LEA) to improving students’ reading comprehension for the tenth grade students of SMA Al- Mas’udiyyah Bandungan(2) to know the improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using Language Experince Approach (LEA) for the tenth grade students ofSMA Al Mas’udiyyah Bandungan. The number of subject of the research are 26 students of X MIPA of Al- Mas’udiyyah Bandungan. The methodology of this research was classroom action research (CAR). The research consisted of two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps, they were; plan, action, observation, and reflection.Data collected were qualitative but also supported by quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained through observation and documentation. Meanwhile, the quantitative data was collected from the test. On the first cycle, the students could not identify main ideas, supporting details, specific information. After LEA implemented, the students’ reading comprehension and vocabularies enriched, they could understand main idea and some specific information. The result showed that the students’ reading comprehension improve significantly.The T-calculation result shows that T-calculation of cycle I is 9.51, and cycle II is 8.064. The improvement of the cycle I is 27% and in the cycle II is 23%. This metode can help students to remember the information and main idea of the text. This strategy can also help students in work team activity. Based on the results, the researcher recommends using Language Experience Approach (LEA) in teaching reading.

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