IMPROVING THE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH RETELLING TECHNIQUE (CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF MAMIR' ATUL MUSLIMIEN GROBOGAN 2012)

Khisbulloh, Dedy (2012) IMPROVING THE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH RETELLING TECHNIQUE (CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF MAMIR' ATUL MUSLIMIEN GROBOGAN 2012). Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

This research is aimed to improve the students' reading comprehension throughretelling technique. This research examined how the profile of the use of retellingtechnique to improve the students' English reading comprehension, How far theimprovement of the students' reading comprehension of the third year students ofMA Mir'atul Muslimien 2012 through retelling technique. This research wasconducted in MA Mir'atul Muslimien Jl. Kauman No 038 Ngambakrejo,Tanggungharjo, Grobogan. Twenty five students of the third year students ofMA Mir'atul Muslimien Grobogan 2012 were instructed through retellingtechnique to improve their reading comprehension. The methodology of thisresearch used Classroom Action Research (CAR). There were three cycles to givethe students more opportunities to improve their understanding about how to retellthe passage well and effectively. The results show that the students' readingcomprehension improves significantly. The T-calculation results shows that the T­calculation of cycle I is 17,69, cycle II is 16,4, and cycle III is 20,9. Thistechnique uses the students' cognitive skill to recall the text that they have read.This technique can help the students to remember the information and the detailsof the text and to rewrite the gist of the passage. In the implementation of retellingtechnique, the students could enrich their vocabularies and be confident to recalland rewrite what they have read. They also performed their understanding withgood connecting the information to another details. Based on the results, theresearch recommends using retelling technique in reading instruction.

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