THE EFFECT OF USING LITERACY INTEGRATED METHOD ON THE STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT IN NARRATIVE

This research was to investigate the effect of using literacy integrated method on the students’ reading achievement in narrative text. Population of this research was the second year students of Junior High School in SMP NEGERI 13 Binjai Jl. Letjend Jamin Ginting in the academic year 2017/2018. Two classes were taken by total sampling which divided into two groups, the first group VIII-1 which consisted of 36 students was experimental group which was given treatment by literacy integrated method and second group VIII-2 which consisted of 36 students was control group which was given treatment by using grammar translation method. Each group was given a pre-test and post-test. After the data had been collected, these were analyzed by using t-test formula. Based on the result of this research, it was concluded that there was significant effect of using literacy integrated method on the students’ reading achievement in narrative text.

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This research aimed to determine the significant increase of using Sketchnoting Based PJBL on Students’ writing skills Achievement in Narrative Text, especially in writing for narrative text. This research was conducted during the academic year 2023/2024 at SMP NEGERI 43 MEDAN. This quantitative research was conducted using an experimental research design. The subjects of the study were 60 eight-grades students from SMP NEGERI 43 MEDAN who were selected using a total sampling method and then divided into two groups. Class VIII-A 1 consists of 30 students as the Experimental Group and is taught using the Sketchnoting based PJBL Method, while Class VIII-B consists of 30 students as the Control Group and is taught using the Teacher Centered Learning Method. The data were acquired using a pre-test and a post-test, and then analyzed using the t-test formula in the SPSS version 22 program. The outcome indicated that the significance level was 0.001<0.05, and the difference between the post-test mean scores of the control and experimental groups was 75.33 and 88.07. According to the results of the analysis, the Ha (alternative hypothesis)was accepted, while the null hypothesis was rejected. The findings of this study indicate that the Sketchnoting based PJBL Method is more effective than the Teacher Centered Learning in writing skills achievement narrative text at SMP NEGERI 43 MEDAN, where the Sketchnoting based PJBLwas implemented.

Reading comprehension plays a vital role in entertaining and gaining some information. The teacher-researcher needs to do a pre-reading activity to scaffold students' reading comprehension in narrative text. VLP (Vocabulary, Language, Prediction) is an appropriate strategy to improve students' reading achievement by mastering vocabulary before the main reading activity. The students in grade X of SMK with low English reading achievement were taught English, especially reading comprehension in narrative text. Before the strategy was implemented, the average score was 41.1. Then, the Classroom Action Research was conducted, and the VLP strategy was applied. After implementing two cycles of CAR, the average score reached 77.8. It proves that by applying the VLP strategy, students can improve their reading comprehension. Students' motivation in learning English also increased as well as their self-confidence to express their thoughts in class discussions.

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This study is a classroom action research that aims at improving students’ reading comprehension achievement in the narrative text through the RIDER strategy. The subject of this study were 28 students of XI. IPA 3 of Senior High School 1 of Jarai in the academic year 2015/2016. The research was conducted in two cycles (1 and 2 ) and the preliminary stage was initiated before the study was done. Each cycle has four steps; (1) Planning ; (2) Action ; (3) Observation, and (4) Reflection. The last step of each cycle was administered to what to do to the next cycle. There are two data collections, namely quantitative and qualitative. Tests are used as quantitative and observation is quantitative data. The mean and percentage are used to score the tests. Meanwhile, the qualitative data are interpreted by describing the result of the observation form. The findings show that there are improvements in students’ reading comprehension achievement in narrative text. From the mean score of students’ reading test, the achievements score are 70.17 for cycle 1; 78.57 for cycle 2. The improvements of the study for reading tests are 60.01% in cycle 1, 50 % for cycle 2. The result of observation also shows the improvement of students’ motivation in learning text. The observation is divided into two categories; active students and inactive students. In cycle 1, there were 11 students or 39.28 % for inactive students, in cycle 2 there were 4 or 14.28 % inactive students. Meanwhile, in cycle 1 there were 17 or 60.71% active students, and 24 or 85.71 % active students for cycle 2, From these data, therefore, the implementation of the RIDER ( Read, Imagine, Describe, Evaluate and Repeat ) strategy is appropriate strategy to improve students’ reading comprehension achievement in narrative text. And the criteria of success have been reached successfully.

This study was conducted to discover students’ achievement in narrative text through snowball throwing model. The design of this study was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subject of this study was the students of Grade VIII, 2013/2014 school year of SMP Swasta Taman Harapan Medan. The number of students was 39 students. The research was conducted in to two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meeting which consisted of four stages, namely: planning, action, observation, and reflection. To collect the data the instruments that used were qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected by using diary notes, observation sheet, and questionnaire sheet. The quantitative data were collected by giving speaking test. Based on the data, the students’ score in speaking test got improvement in every cycle. In Test I, the mean of the students’ score was 64.44 while in Test II, the mean of the students’ score was 68.92 and in Test III, the mean of students’ score was 74.15. Based on the result of quantitative data, it was found that there was improvement on students’ speaking achievement in narrative text. Keyword:Narrative text, snowball throwing model, classroom actionresearch

The objective of this study was to investigate whether Collaborative Strategic Reading significantly affected on students’ reading comprehension. This study was an experimental design. The population of this study was grade VIII students’ of SMP IT Nur Ihsan Medan with the total number 34 students, which was taken as the sample by using total sampling. The students were divided into two groups, namely experimental and control group. The Experimental group was taught by using Collaborative Strategic Reading while the control group was taught without using Collaborative Strategic Reading. The instrument of collecting data was multiple choice test. Content validity was applied in this research. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used the Kuder Richardson (KR-21). The result of the research showed that the reliability of the test was 0.76, it means that the reliability of the test is high. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis revealed that t-test is higher than t-table (3.21 > 2.04) at the level significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) = N-2 = 32. It means that there is a significant effect of applying Collaborative Strategic Reading on the students’ achievement in reading comprehension.Key words: Reading Comprehension, Collaborative Strategic Reading, and Students’ Achievement

The objective of the research was to find out the effects of applying reciprocal teaching method to the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The study applied the experimental research method. The population was the 2019-2020 Semester II English Department FKIP UMSU which consist of 64 students. All of the population was taken as the total sample. The students were divided into two groups which each group consist of 32 students, namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by applying reciprocal teaching method while the control was taught by using conventional method. The instrument used in this study was the test with multiple choice questions. The multiple choice test consisted of 20 items, each correct answer was scored 5 so the highest score was 100, while incorrect answer was given 0 score. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula. The findings show that the value of tobserve = 3.50. the value ttable = 2.00 in α = 5% = 0.05. It shows that tobserve > ttable (3.50 > 2.00). It means that students who were taught by applying reciprocal teaching method was better than those who were taught by using conventional method. Based on the findings above, it can be said that alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted.

This study was aimed to observe the use of Theme-Based Teaching with short story, and to find out the obstacles, advantages and disadvantages of theme based teaching using short story and narrative text. This study was conducted by using a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest. The population of this study consisted of 259 tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang in Academic Year of 2016/2017. There were 40 students taken as sample. Each group consisted of 20 students as experimental group and 20 students from class as control group. The sample of this study was taken by using purposive sampling method.  In this study, the researcher used pretest-posttest non-equivalent group design. The instrument used in collecting the data was oral test in the form of presentation. The test was administrated twice as the pretest and posttest for both experimental and control group. The results of the test were analyzed by using IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science) Statistics 21. The result showed that “there was means significant difference from students posttest score in experimental and control group, it was found the p-ouput (Sig.2-tailed) was lower than 0.05 level and t-obtained (9.823) is higher than t-table (2.024). So, the Ho (the null hypothesis) was rejected and Ha (the alternative hypothesis) was accepted. It means that there was significant difference on students’ reading comprehension achievement taught using Theme-Based Teaching than students who were taught by using teacher’s strategy. The findings of this study suggested that Theme based teaching was effective in improving students’ reading comprehension on narrative text as indicated by a statistically higher reading score of experimental group students.Key word : theme-based teaching, reading achievement

This research is based on a study that looks at how shadowing technique can help eighth grade students at SMPN 37 Semarang improve their pronunciation. The purpose of this study was to find out how shadowing technique can improve pronunciation in one type of texts, a narrative text. This study aims to determine the following: (1) students' pronunciation achievement in narrative text before using the shadowing technique; (2) students' pronunciation achievement in narrative text after using the shadowing technique; and (3) to find out whether there is a significant improvement in students' English pronunciation in narrative text through the use of shadowing technique. The methodology of this study includes pre-experimental research. The pre-test and post-test are used in this study are how the researcher gathers data. In the data analysis, the researcher employs statistical computation using SPSS. This study used one eighth-grade class in SMPN 37 Semarang as its sample. There are 33 students in the class. The research’s data was gained from the students’ voice recordings. It is therefore evident from the pre- and post-test means. The pre-test outcome is 61.82. After receiving the treatment, the post-result is 90.85. Furthermore, the outcome of the hypothesis indicated that Ha is accepted. T-count exceeded T-table (17.693 > 1.694), which suggests that the shadowing technique noticeably improved pronunciation.

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Webcomics, a unique form of comics disseminated exclusively through internet platforms, have garnered attention for their interactive nature and potential to enhance student engagement. This experimental study aimed to investigate the effect of utilizing webcomics on eighth-grade students' writing achievement compared to traditional methods. The study employed an experimental design with an experimental group exposed to webcomics and a control group taught through non-webcomics. The sample comprised 8.3 as the experimental class and 8.4 as the control class. Placement test and post-tests, including placement tests and post-test assessments, were administered to measure writing proficiency. Statistical analysis, specifically independent sample t-tests, revealed a significant difference in writing achievement between the experimental and control groups (p = 0.006), indicating the effectiveness of webcomics in enhancing students' narrative writing skills. This finding underscores the importance of innovative pedagogical approaches in fostering student success and highlights the evolving landscape of education. Webcomics emerge as a promising tool for educators seeking to promote meaningful learning experiences and engage students in narrative text writing. Keywords: Webcomics, media in writing, writing achievement, narrative text, genre-based approach

This study concerned on improving students’ achievement in readaing comprehension narrative text through preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review (PQ4R) technique. This study was limited on the second year junior high school students’ achievement in reading comprehension after teaching by applying preview,question, read, reflect, recite, and review ( PQ4R).The objective of this study was to find out the improvement of students, achievement on reading comprehension through PQ4R technique.The subject of the study was VIII-1 students of SMP N 4 Pagaran. The numbers of the students were 35. The techniques for data analysis were quantitative dataand qualitative data.In analyzing the quantitative data, the mean of the students’ score for the test I cycle I was 53.62, the mean score of test II in cycle II was 73.28, the mean of test III in cycle II was 75.65. The conclusion is that PQ4R can improve the students’ achievement in reading comprehension narrative text. Keywords: Reading, Reading Test, Classroom Action Research.

This Study is talk about “The Implementation Of Communicative Approach In Teaching Reading Comprehension (an experimental study in the second year student of SMP Negeri 18 Banda Aceh). The aim of this study is to Know the improvement of students’ achievement through the application of communicative approach than the grammar-translation method in reading comprehension. The sample of this study was two classes taken from the second year students of Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 18 Banda Aceh. The total samples from both of second year student from SMPN 18 who took part when the data taken ware 54 students. In collecting data, the writer gave a set of test to the two groups. The test was provided by a passage titled Charity Day taken from English book for Junior High School Student. The test consisted 10 WH questions, five multiple choice and five True- False questions. In analyzing the data the writer used t-test to see the significant different between the two groups in reading comprehension. The mean and standard deviation score for group A (experimental group) was 62,64 and 13,50. While the mean and standard deviation for group B (control group) was 60,96 and13,23. The result of t-test of the two groups was 1,697. It was considered higher than t value on the table of significance at level 0,05 and 52 for the degree of freedom which was stated 1,684. So the research hypothesis (H1) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. The writer concluded that the application of communicative approach is more effective than grammar translation method in teaching reading comprehension to the second year students of Junior High School (SMP) Negeri 18 Banda Aceh. Key words: Teaching Reading, Communicative Approach