The effect of herringbone technique on students' reading comprehension in narrative text at Grade X of SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan

Harahap, Siti Khodijah (2024) The effect of herringbone technique on students' reading comprehension in narrative text at Grade X of SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

There were some problems in learning English especially on students' reading comprehension in narrative text at grade X of SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. The problems that faced by students in reading comprehension in narrative text were: 1) The students' lacked on vocabulary so could not identify the main idea, could not to find the detail information, could not identify the generic structure, could not identify the idiom, they also could not make reference and inference, 2) The students have less confident to read the text because they feel shy if make a mistake, 3) The students fell that reading is bored and ineffective activity so that make them lazy to read. The purpose of this research was to find out herringbone technique significantly affects on students’ reading comprehension in narrative text and how herringbone technique significantly affects on students’ reading comprehension in narrative text at grade X of SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. This research used quantitative approach by using experimental method with true experimental design. The population were all the X MIA students of SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. The total number of population was 135 students. The sample was X-MIA 1 as experimental group consisted of 27 students and X-MIA 3 as control group consisted of 27 students. The data was collected through pre-test and post-test in written test the type of the test was multiple choice and analyzed by using independent sample T-test through SPSS version 24. The result of this research shows the mean score of control group was higher than experimental group before using herringbone technique. There was a difference after using herringbone technique the mean score of experimental group was higher than control group. In other word, There was significant effect by using herringbone technique. It can be concluded that herringbone technique is effective on students' reading comprehension especially in narrative text at grade X of SMA Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan.

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