U-JET: Unila Journal of English Teaching
Vol 2, No 7 (2013): U-JET

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECIPROCAL TECHNIQUE IN NARRATIVE TEXT TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Widi Andewi (Unknown)
Patuan Raja (Unknown)
Rosita Simbolon (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jun 2013

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1) mengetahui apakah penerapan RTT di teks narasi dapat meningkatkan peningkatan pemahaman membaca siswa, dan 2) mengetahui masalah-maslah yang dihadapi siswa selama pengajaran membaca melalui RTT. Data diperoleh dari pre-test dan post-test dan juga dari observasi dan wawancara. Obyek penelitian ini adalah kelas XI IPS. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa nilai rata-rata pre-test siswa adalah 45.67 dan nilai rata-rata post-test mereka adalah 64.64, dimana peningkatan nilai mereka adalah 18.96. Berdasarkan observasi dan wawancara selama perlakuan, ada masalah-masalah yang dihadapi siswa dalam pengajaran pemahaman membaca melalui RTT. Ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa RTT dapat meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa dan siswa mempunyai masalah-masalah dalam penerapan empat strategi dari RTT.This research is aimed to: 1) find out whether implementing RTT in narrative text can increase the students’ reading comprehension achievement, and 2) find out the problems faced by the students in learning reading comprehension through RTT. The data were obtained from the pre-test and post-test and also from the observation and interview. The sample of this research was XI IPS 3 class. The result shows that the students’ mean score of the pre-test is 45.67 and their mean score of the post-test is 64.64, in which their gain score is 18.96. Based on the obsevation and interview during the treatments, there were problems faced by the students in learning reading comprehension through RTT. It can be concluded that RTT can increase the students’ reading comprehension in narrative text  and the students have problems in applying the four main strategies of RTT. Keywords: increase, reading comprehension, reciprocal Technique

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Journal Info

Abbrev

123

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Ujet is a quarterly journal (March, June, September and December) published by the English Language Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung. It addresses a wide range of different fields in English teaching and ...