Improving students’ reading comprehension by using reciprocal teaching in descriptive texts at grade VIII SMP Negeri 3 Panyabungan

Nasution, Mora Kartika Sari (2018) Improving students’ reading comprehension by using reciprocal teaching in descriptive texts at grade VIII SMP Negeri 3 Panyabungan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research is done to solve the students’ problems in reading comprehension. The crucial problems that influence the students’ reading comprehension were: students’ reading achievement was low, students were passive in the class, students were lack of motivation in reading and low intensity to communicate with their friends. This research purposed to describe the improvement of students’ reading comprehension and identify the factors that influence the improving students’ reading comprehension by Reciprocal Teaching in Descriptive Texts at grade VIII SMP Negeri 3 Panyabungan. This research is categorized into action research that consisted of two cycles. This research used model that proposed by Kemmis and Mc Taggart. It consisted of four steps, there are; plan, action, observation, and reflection. The participants of this research are 24 students at grade VIII1 SMP Negeri 3 Panyabungan. The instruments of collecting the data were observation, test, and interview. To analyze the data, the researcher used quantitative and qualitative analysis. Based on the research result, students mean score in cycle 1 was 70.83 (33.33%) and students mean score in cycle 2 was 83.75 (87.50%). It showed the students’ mean score from cycle 1 to cycle 2 improved. It meant that the Reciprocal Teaching strategy could improve students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII SMP Negeri 3 Panyabungan.

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