Second Grade Students Of SMAN Research Articles

Effect of Using Spot the Dictogloss to Students’ Listening Skill

This research was aimed to find out whether significant effect of using Spot the Dictogloss to students’ listening skill at second grade students of SMAN 17 Batam in academic years 2015/2016. The research conducted experimental research in April 2016 and was held on second grade with the number of sample was 60 students of SMAN 17 Batam. The writer used cluster random sampling technique to determine class of the research. In this research, the writer conducted in two classes, XI IIS 1 and XI IIS. The experimental class was taught listening by using spot the dictogloss, whereas the control class was taught listening by using running dictation strategy. Data was collected by multiple choice test. The result of the research showed there was a significant difference of the students’ achievement before conducted treatment which they had mean 40.5 for experimental class and 42.5 for control class. The average of the students’ achievement after conducted treatment in experimental class was 55.33 and in control class was 48.33. Based on this finding, it is suggested that spot the dictogloss could be used by the teacher to improve students’ listening skill.Keywords: spot the dictogloss, listening skill

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH MIX FREEZE GROUP STRATEGY

This research aimed to explain the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Specific Information of the text dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and Creative Reading of the text dealing with characterization and conclusion. To explain the improvement, the researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken from the second-grade students of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu with a number of the subject were 35 students. The research findings indicated that the application of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu) Strategy was significant in improving the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Specific Information and Creative reading of the text. It was proved by the mean score of the cycle I was 60.69. It was classified as fair then improved to be 73.38. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 50.7 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of Specific Information of the text dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and Creative Reading of the text dealing with characterization and conclusion.