SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION METHOD IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION IN EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 BANTUL IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

Nurhadi Ningsih, 13144700008 (2017) SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION METHOD IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION IN EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 BANTUL IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018. Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The small group discussion method in teaching reading comprehension aided students to share information of the text and helped students to solve their problems in reading comprehension through discussion in a small group. The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is a significant difference of students’ reading comprehension ability between students who are taught by small group discussion method and students who are taught by preaching method in eight grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Bantul in academic year 2017/2018. This research was a quasi-experimental research. The design of this research was Nonequivalent pre-test post-test control group design. The population of this research was all of students class VIII at SMP Negeri 3 Bantul. The sample of this research was class VIII A (28 students) as the control class and class VIII B (28 students) as the experimental class. The experimental class was taught by small group discussion method and the control class was taught by preaching method. The data were obtained by using two reading comprehension tests: pre-test and post-test. The pre-test was given to both classes before the treatment and the post-test was given after the treatment. The instruments were applied after validity test and reliability test. The data were analyzed and found the homogenous and normality with α=0.05. The hypothesis was tested using Independent sample T-Test. The result of this research shows that there is a significant difference of students’ reading comprehension ability between students who are taught by small group discussion method and students who are taught by preaching method. It can be seen from the mean score in the post-test of experimental class and control class. The mean score of experimental class is higher than the mean score of control class (70.85>51.28). It is proved by the result of hypothesis testing through Independent samples T-Test. The significant value is lower than α 0.05 (0.000<0.05) which means that the result of this research are considered to have significant difference. Therefore, the hypothesis of this research is accepted. It means that small group discussion method is significantly effective for the students’ reading comprehension ability in teaching learning process at SMP Negeri 3 Bantul.

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