Improving students’ reading comprehension by using schemata technique at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Panyabungan

Riski, Mhd (2019) Improving students’ reading comprehension by using schemata technique at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Panyabungan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research was talking about improving students’ reading comprehension by using Schemata Technique at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Panyabungan. Most of students had low achievement in reading comprehension, students do not understand about the text , did not have suitable technique in reading, Students’ lack of vocabulary in reading and Students can not make the inference of the text. This research purposed to describe the students’ achievement in reading comprehension and to identify the factors which influence students’ reading comprehension by using Schemata Technique at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Panyabungan. The method used in this research was classroom action research, by implementing the Kemmis design which consisted four steps. Those were planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. Moreover, to solve the reading problems the researcher applied Schemata Technique. In this research, the researcher used two reading tests and two cycles. Moreover, the participants of this research were the class of VIII-1 consisted of 30 students and also there was collaboration with an English teacher. Meanwhile, the data was derived among from reading tests, observation notes, and also interview. Based on the research result, showed the improvement mean score of the students. The first test in the first cycle was 65.66 (26,66%), and second test in the second cycle was 82.12 (80%). It can be concluded that the mean score in the second cycle was higher than the first cycle. It meant that the Schemata Technique could improve students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Panyabungan.

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