USING TREASURE HUNT GAME TO IMPROVE THE SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL AT SMP PGRI O4 MALANG

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to improve the seventh grade students’ reading skill. Reading is one of the basic skills that affect the life of individuals and plays a very important role in their environmental adaption. Reading is one of the language skills that enable to understand the information clearly. The goal of teaching reading for Indonesian students is to understand or comprehend the material of the test, because reading is a bridge to understanding about text they read. The researcher used CAR principle to collect the data that can improved students’ reading skill on the seventh grade in academic. The data collection involved instruments namely tests, questionnaires, and interview. The students questionnaires were to know the students opinion about the implementation of the treasure hunt game and the review was to know what difficulties are faced by the students. The researcher would know the students success in doing this action research by referring to the criterion of KKM was 80. There are some steps that will be done in each cycle they are, planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The mean score of post test in the cycle I was 53%, and in the cycle II was 86%. The findings of this research shows that students skill in reading is improved by using treasure hunt game. The conclusion showed that teaching reading using treasure hunt game is suitable for the improvement.