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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS COMPREHENSION OF NON GENDER BIAS TEXTS Reyaan, Johanis Anton Emilo; Kamagi, Sarah; Rettob, Aloysius
SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues Vol. 2 No. 3 (2022): SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues
Publisher : Faculty of Language and Arts (Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni) Universitas Negeri Manado

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53682/e6d5f951

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The present study deals with male and female students reading comprehension The purpose is to describe the effect of gender on reading comprehension of neutral or non gender biased texts The study is experimental in nature and conducted online through WA and email The study involved two classes of eight grade students of SMP Negeri Tompaso in academic year 2020 2021 The data are collected using a reading test in multiple choice format The data collected are statistically analyzed Result of the analysis leads to the conclusion that there is no difference between female and male students reading comprehension performance on gender free bias texts Put it another way gender does not affect reading comprehension performance This conclusion supports William 2000 who affirms that sex differences in cognition are small or have no effect on comprehension However since it is conducted online control over extraneous variables could not be strictly carried out; therefore more studies are needed to obtain more information about effect of gender on comprehension < p>
IMPROVING STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING PICTURE STORY Paputungan, Vira Triana; Kamagi, Sarah; Rorimpandey, Rinny
SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues Vol. 2 No. 3 (2022): SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues
Publisher : Faculty of Language and Arts (Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni) Universitas Negeri Manado

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53682/xjz89e02

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The aim of this study is to find out whether the use of picture story is effective to improve students reading comprehension especially using the stories of narrative text The stories presented are themed local stories in the country Cerita Rakyat< em> because students are still not familiar with the story In this study the writers adjust to the level of students thinking Therefore picture story is one of the considerations where this media is able and effective to improve students reading comprehension The approach of this study is quantitative Multiple Choice and True or False test are used as the instruments eliciting the data The subject of this study was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Bolaang The result shows that there is an increase between the pre test 11 85 and the post test 14 75 This indicates that picture story improve students reading comprehension This is suggested that picture story can be used as effective media in improve students reading comprehension < p>