Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 1, No 2: December 2016

Suggestopedia Method on Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension

Vebriana Setia Deny (Syiah Kuala University)
Syamsul Bahri Ys (Syiah Kuala University)
Dian Fajrina (Syiah Kuala University)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Feb 2017

Abstract

This research is intended to find out whether Suggestopedia method improved students’ reading comprehension. This research was conducted at SMPN 8 Banda Aceh. The sample was taken by random sampling of the students of class VIII-1. The technique of data collection, the researcher used pre-test, treatment and post-test. The materials used in the test were narrative texts. The reading comprehension which tested was main idea, detail information, vocabulary and reference. The researcher used one group pre-test and post-test design. The tests consisted of 10 multiple choice questions of narrative texts. The technique of data analysis, the researcher used statistical formula. The mean score of pre-test was (53.18) and the post-test was (79.09). The finding showed that the improvement of the mean was 25.91. The critical value of 0.05 significant level was 2.080 and degree of freedom was 21. T-test 4.197 was higher than t-table (2.080). As a result, Suggestopedia method can improve the students’ reading comprehension in narrative text particularly at the VIII-1 of SMPN 8 Banda Aceh.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...