Abstract
This research investigated whether there was a significant difference on students’ achievement in reading comprehension taught using STAD and lecture method. The sample was the eighth-graders of SMPN 3 Banjarmasin. A quasi-experimental design was employed in this research. The experimental group was taught using STAD while control group was taught using lecture method. A reading comprehension test as the instrument of collecting data was administered for both groups. Based on the research result using t-test, it was found that the t value was higher than t-table (2.39315 > 2.00) which means that there is a significant difference of achievement between the experimental group and control group. From these findings it can be interpreted that the use of STAD is more effective than lecture method in teaching reading comprehension for junior high school students. It is suggested for English teachers in Junior High School to use STAD in teaching reading since it is useful in improving students’ reading comprehension achievement.
Highlights
Learning English as a foreign language in school context raises reading become the skill that is critically important to students
Students Teams-Achievement Division (STAD) as a Strategy of Teaching Reading Comprehension background knowledge in order to get ready in the classroom learning process
There is a significant difference in students’ achievement in reading comprehension between students who are taught by using STAD and those who are taught with lecture method at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 3 Banjarmasin academic year 2013/2014
Summary
Learning English as a foreign language in school context raises reading become the skill that is critically important to students. Reading is the necessity for students if they want to expand their knowledge. The information that the students have read broaden their knowledge. It is really helpful for the students to build their. Whenever students do not own enough reading skill to master the material they will just stuck there. It will be hard for the students to move on to the material in their classroom learning process. Reading becomes their needs if they want to achieve the better level of English proficiency
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