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The Effect of Students’ Metacognitive Awareness and Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text of Second-Grade Students Sianturi Febiyola Sianturi, Wina; Sinaga, Nenni Triana; Sidabutar, Usman
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 4 Issue 3 Oktober 2024
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v4i3.461

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This research aims to determine students’ metacognitive and reading comprehension in narrative text. This study investigates whether metacognitive awareness affects students' reading comprehension of narrative text at SMA N 3 Binjai. This research applied a quantitative approach, the population was the second-grade students at SMA N 3 Binjai in the 2024 academic year, and the sample was XI MIA 1 and XI MIA 2. The first sample involves 34 students for the experimental group (XI MIA 1) and the second sample involves 36 students for the control group (XI MIA 2). The instruments for collecting data were tests and questionnaires. There were pre-tests and post-tests for collecting data and the researcher gave pre-tests and post-tests to both classes. Based on the data, it was found that the result of the t-test (t-calculated) was higher than the t-table value at a significance level of p = 0,05 (2,1 > 1,995). Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. This indicates that metacognitive awareness was significantly influence the reading comprehension achievement of second-grade students at SMA N 3 Binjai.
An Analysis of Lexical Cohesion on the Students Thesis at the English Teaching Department of HKBP Nommensen University Sihombing, Imnesti; Sidabutar, Usman; Tampubolon, Sahlan
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 4 Issue 3 Oktober 2024
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v4i3.470

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This study uses the type of lexical cohesion to analyze the writing of the background of study thesis. The purposes of this study are to find the type of lexical cohesion and what type of lexical is dominant in the background of the study thesis. This study was conducted using a qualitative method. The data collection method used document analysis because the data has taken from the text or document of the background of  study thesis. The object of this research has the writing of the background of  study thesis by students graduating in 2023. The results of this study are data on 10 background of thesis studies of students graduating in 2023. The researcher found 333 data on the use of lexical cohesion in the background of thesis of students graduating in 2023 consisting of 304 repetitions (91.6%), 3 synonyms (0.9%), 7 antonyms (2.1%), 9 hyponyms (2.7%), 10 meronyms (3.0%). From the results of the calculations above, the dominant type of lexical cohesion is repetition (91.6%).
The Effect of Students’ Metacognitive Awareness and Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text of Second-Grade Students Sianturi Febiyola Sianturi, Wina; Sinaga, Nenni Triana; Sidabutar, Usman
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 4 Issue 3 Oktober 2024
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v4i3.461

Abstract

This research aims to determine students’ metacognitive and reading comprehension in narrative text. This study investigates whether metacognitive awareness affects students' reading comprehension of narrative text at SMA N 3 Binjai. This research applied a quantitative approach, the population was the second-grade students at SMA N 3 Binjai in the 2024 academic year, and the sample was XI MIA 1 and XI MIA 2. The first sample involves 34 students for the experimental group (XI MIA 1) and the second sample involves 36 students for the control group (XI MIA 2). The instruments for collecting data were tests and questionnaires. There were pre-tests and post-tests for collecting data and the researcher gave pre-tests and post-tests to both classes. Based on the data, it was found that the result of the t-test (t-calculated) was higher than the t-table value at a significance level of p = 0,05 (2,1 > 1,995). Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. This indicates that metacognitive awareness was significantly influence the reading comprehension achievement of second-grade students at SMA N 3 Binjai.
An Analysis of Lexical Cohesion on the Students Thesis at the English Teaching Department of HKBP Nommensen University Sihombing, Imnesti; Sidabutar, Usman; Tampubolon, Sahlan
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 4 Issue 3 Oktober 2024
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v4i3.470

Abstract

This study uses the type of lexical cohesion to analyze the writing of the background of study thesis. The purposes of this study are to find the type of lexical cohesion and what type of lexical is dominant in the background of the study thesis. This study was conducted using a qualitative method. The data collection method used document analysis because the data has taken from the text or document of the background of  study thesis. The object of this research has the writing of the background of  study thesis by students graduating in 2023. The results of this study are data on 10 background of thesis studies of students graduating in 2023. The researcher found 333 data on the use of lexical cohesion in the background of thesis of students graduating in 2023 consisting of 304 repetitions (91.6%), 3 synonyms (0.9%), 7 antonyms (2.1%), 9 hyponyms (2.7%), 10 meronyms (3.0%). From the results of the calculations above, the dominant type of lexical cohesion is repetition (91.6%).