improving students’ achievement in reading comprehension through cooperative learning teams games tournaments (TGT) SMA Negeri 7 Padangsidimpuan (at second grade of ipa class)

Siregar, Sri Afriani (2013) improving students’ achievement in reading comprehension through cooperative learning teams games tournaments (TGT) SMA Negeri 7 Padangsidimpuan (at second grade of ipa class). Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This thesis is orginated by the important background which is needed to improve students’ reading comprehension in English learning especially students in SMAN 7 Padangsidimpuan (at second grade of IPA class). Students’ comprehend to read text was very less. This is because the learning method that is adopted by the English teacher did not fit any more in this day. It is reduce the interest and liveliness of the students in the learning process. So, those students are bored and did not want to continue learning as they should. Solving those problems, the researcher conducted action research by using TGT method to improve students’ reading comprehension. The research used two cycles within English learning. The research purposed to describe the students’ reading comprehension by collecting data through interview, observing, and testing. In this study, the researcher focuses on the application of Teams Games Tournaments (TGT) method. It works best for information that is relatively objective teaching reading text and can be used to teach foreign language and any material with single right answer Teams Games Tournaments (TGT). Students play academic games with members of other teams to contribute points for their team scores. The use of games makes Teams Games Tournaments even more exciting and motivating to students. The research found in the first cycle students’ reading comprehension mean score 72%. It was indicated students low in reading comprehension. The second cycle students reading comprehension mean score 88%. It was indicated the improvement of students’ reading comprehension. So, based on the result of the classroom action research, it is concluded the TGT method improved students’ reading comprehension in SMAN 7 Padangsidimpuan 16%. It based on the mean score in which students’ reading comprehension in cycle 1 was 72% and became 88% in cycle 2.

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