Abstract
This research is about teaching reading comprehension through a genre-based approach (GBA) at senior high school. The study aimed to increase students' reading comprehension in the eighth grade at SMP Negeri 1 Sibulue through the Genre-Based Approach (GBA). This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) that consisted of two cycles. The research subject was the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Sibulue academic year 2021/2022 that consisting of 25 students. The researcher obtained the data by using a reading test and observation sheet. The results of the students’ reading tests in cycle I and cycle II had significantly different scores. There was a better increase of gains by students at the end of the action of the second cycle. The results of the study showed that the score in the first cycle to the second cycle increased based on the value of the first cycle of 61.80 and the second cycle showed 75.80. It could be stated that the student's reading comprehension at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Sibulue was at a fairly good level after the test in the first cycle and increased to a good level after the test in the second cycle.
Highlights
The .table .above showed that .there .was a .significant .improvement .in .students’ .reading comprehension after taking an action in .cycle I .and cycle II .through the application of Genre Based (GBA) approach
The result of students’ activeness in the learning process developed significantly through the implementation of the Genre Based (GBA) approach in improving the students’ reading comprehension. It was proved by the improvement of the mean score of the students’ activeness in cycle I namely 65.97% became 85.72% in cycle II
The Results showed that Genre Based (GBA) approach was effective in developing the students’ reading comprehension in Junior high school, which is confirmed the findings by (Fanani, 2018);(Daniarti, Taufiq, and Sunaryo, 2020); and (Nagao, 2018) who was the same for this research
Summary
The research shows that the use of the Genre-based approach (GBA) is very useful and effective in improving students' writing skills. Based on the research finding above, the researcher concluded that genre-based approach (GBA) in learning English is very useful because it can improve students' abilities and motivation. The researcher focuses on how to improve students' reading comprehension in the Sequence Event or Idea, knowledge on specific information and Following Instruction aspect through the genre-based approach (GBA).
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