Using reciprocal teaching method to improve the reading comprehension ability of the second year students of MAN model Jambi / Latipah Hanum Lubis - Repositori Universitas Negeri Malang

Using reciprocal teaching method to improve the reading comprehension ability of the second year students of MAN model Jambi / Latipah Hanum Lubis

Lubis, Latipah Hanum (2011) Using reciprocal teaching method to improve the reading comprehension ability of the second year students of MAN model Jambi / Latipah Hanum Lubis. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.

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Abstract

Thesis English Language Teaching Graduate Program of University of Malang. Advisors (1) Dr.Suharmanto M.Pd. (2) Prof.Dr.M.Soenardi Djiwandono. Key words reciprocal teaching method improving reading comprehension Reading is one of the language skills which must be taught in English classes of senior high school students. Through the teaching and learning of reading the students are expected to be able to comprehend the reading passages they read. However based on the Preliminary study it was found that the students of MAN Model Jambi still got some difficulties finding general information in the passage finding specific information identifying main ideas identifying explicit and implicit information. This condition was caused by several factors such as students low motivation in learning English students lack of vocabulary students low ability in mastering the reading ability the materials of the reading text and the monotonous teaching methods. Accordingly for the improvement of the students reading comprehension ability the implementation of an appropriate method in teaching reading is urgently needed. Reciprocal Teaching Method with its four strategies predicting clarifying questioning and summarizing therefore is applied to cope with their problems in reading comprehension. This research is designed to improve the students reading comprehension ability in English through the implementation of Reciprocal Teaching (RT) Method. In Reciprocal Teaching Method activity students were divided into groups consisting of four students. The students learned how to predict the content of subsequent material clarify difficult words phrases or sentences for others generate questions and summarize the content of what they had read. The research employed a collaborative classroom action research design in which the researcher and collaborative teacher worked together in preparing a suitable procedure of RT method designing the lesson plan determining of the criteria of success implementing the action observing and doing reflections. The subjects of this research were 30 students of grade XI IPA 1 at MAN Model Jambi in the academic year of 2010/2011. This research was conducted in 2 cycles each cycle comprised four meetings. The data of this research were obtained through (1) observation sheet to obtain information about the teacher s and the students activities and performance during the implementation of RT Method (2) field notes to note the data beyond the coverage of the observation sheet (3) test to identify whether the students had made progress in reading comprehension ability and (4) questionnaire to get information from the students whether the method applied could motivate the students to actively get involved during the teaching and learning process. The procedures of implementing the RT Method in the teaching-learning of reading comprehension were divided into three stages. The first stage was pre-reading activities the second stage was whilst-reading activities with four strategies predicting clarifying questioning and summarizing and the third stage was post - reading activities. The result of the research showed that RT Method in teaching and learning reading comprehension was effective in improving the students reading comprehension ability. The improvement was indicated by the increase of the students average score throughout the cycles of action that was 53.00 in the preliminary study 59.6 in the test of Cycle 1 and 64.5 in the test of Cycle 2. Besides students were motivated and active in the class using the method in terms of learning to work together and to help each other in a group with different competence which was showed by the result of their works. Based on the findings it is suggested that teachers use RT Method as one alternative in the teaching of reading comprehension in the classroom and other English instructions to improve the students reading comprehension ability. It is also recommended that the students employ RT Method as a learning method to practice their reading comprehension which can be done for their intra or extra curricular activities. Moreover future researchers are suggested that they conduct a similar study involving higher or lower levels of students such as the tenth and the twelfth year students of senior high school level as the subject of the following research.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2011 04:29
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2011 03:00
URI: http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/58499

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