The effect of grammar translation method (gtm) on students’reading comprehension at grade VIII MTs S Nurul Huda Rantau Cempedak Labuhanbatu Selatan

Suryani, Ade Irma (2017) The effect of grammar translation method (gtm) on students’reading comprehension at grade VIII MTs S Nurul Huda Rantau Cempedak Labuhanbatu Selatan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research is about the reading comprehension by using Grammar Translation Method (GTM). The researcher finds that: 1) the students are difficult in comprehending the contents of descriptive text; 2) the students are easy to get bored of reading descriptive text; 3) the students are difficult to distinguish between identification and description of the generic structure in descriptive text; 4) teacher’s method in teaching reading descriptive text ability appropriate to teach descriptive text; and 5) the students only use dictionary when they are taught reading comprehension. The aim of the research is to find out the significant of Grammar Translation Method on students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII MTs S Nurul Huda Rantau Cempedak Labuhanbatu Selatan. The approach uses in this research is experimental research which population of this research are 145 students. Then, the sample of research are61 students, by dividing to be two classes, one class is experimental research class and the other is as control class, experimental class in class VIII-1 consists of 30 and control class in class VIII-5 consists of 31 students as sample. In collecting the data, the researcher uses the multiple choice test as instrument of the research the tests are 20 tests either for pre-test and post- test. To analyze data, the researcher uses parametric with t-test formula. After the data analyzed, the researcher finds there are the different of mean score before and after using Grammar Translation Method (GTM). Mean score of experimental class before using Grammar Translation Method that is 59.34 and mean score after using Grammar Translation Method is 87.84. The result of using Grammar Translation Method (GTM) on students’ reading comprehension is 7.926 > 1.671 with was higher than . It means was accepted and was rejected. So, there is a significant effect of Grammar Translation Method (GTM) on students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII MTs S Nurul Huda Rantau Cempedak Labuhanbatu Selatan.

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