Japar, Akhmad (2010) Improving the reading comprehension of the second year students of Mts N model Samarinda through numbered heads together technique / Akhmad Japar. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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Reading is one of the language skills that contributes to the successful learning of a language. Reading is also one of the language skills that receives more emphasis than the other skills. Although reading is given more emphasis the result of students reading comprehension test is often far beyond expectation. This research constitutes a classroom action research designed to improve the students reading comprehension through Numbered Heads Together (NHT) technique. The technique is selected since it is a technique that allows students to venture cooperatively on reading tasks and learn socially the reading materials in a fun but competitive way. Further the technique has been proven through many studies to have been able to improve the students achievement and participation. The research problem of this study is How can Numbered Heads Together technique be developed to improve the reading comprehension of the second year students of MTs N Model Samarinda The subjects of this study were thirty female students (Class VIII-5) of MTs N Model Samarinda East Kalimantan of 2007/2008 academic year. This study was conducted in three cycles by following the procedures of the action research i.e. planning implementing observing and reflecting. Each cycle of the study encompassed two meetings of technique implementation and one meeting for the quiz. The data of the study were gathered through the following instruments - observation checklist field notes and reading quizzes. The finding of the study revealed that the appropriate model of NHT technique in teaching reading consisted of the following steps (1) leading students to the topic by giving some questions and/or showing a picture(s) (2) connecting the topic with the students real experience (3) introducing the topic and explaining the instructional objectives (4) assigning students to predict the words used in the text (5) informing students about the things they should do in their groups (6) reading the text clearly loudly and slowly and asking some students to re-read the text (7) clarifying the difficult words and discussing the words the students have predicted (8) asking students to predict the content (9) giving individual task to the students (10) assigning students to put their heads together and discuss the answer they have done individually (11) checking the groups answers and (12) asking students to conclude the lesson. Furthermore the finding also indicated that NHT technique was successful in improving students reading comprehension. The improvement could be seen from the increase of students average reading score from 50.58 in the pre test 60.44 in the first quiz and 74.44 in the second quiz to 76.23 in the third quiz. Besides the finding indicated that NHT technique was effective in enhancing the students participation especially in raising their hands to answer the questions during the answer-checking session. With the findings it can be inferred that NHT technique is not only effective in improving the students reading comprehension but also in enhancing their participation in the learning process particularly in responding to the teacher s questions. Therefore it is suggested that the English teachers apply the NHT technique since it is beneficial not only in improving the reading comprehension but also in motivating students to read and work together to answer the reading questions. Besides the technique is also helpful in encouraging students to actively participate in responding to the teacher s questions. Further it is also suggested that the English teachers consider the NHT-related aspects in teaching reading so as to achieve the expected outcome. Finally it is suggested that further researches be done with applying the NHT technique in higher grades such as high schools incorporating NHT with other Kagan structures or other cooperative learning strategies and applying NHT technique in other language skills such as listening and writing or in other subjects such as mathematics science history etc.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2010 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2010 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/58357 |
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