E-CLUE Journal of English Culture, Language, Literature and Education
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): E-CLUE: Journal of English Culture, Language, Literature, and Education

OPTIMIZING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH E-LEARNING METHOD WITH WHATSAPP APPLICATION AT STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 BUKO

Yustira Kharlina Tangiduk (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Nurmin Samola (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Rinny Rorimpandey (Universitas Negeri Manado)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2021

Abstract

This study aims to determine whether the E-learning method can be effective in optimizing students' reading comprehension of descriptive text with WhatsApp Application. This research was conducted in class X MIA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Buko in the academic year of 2020/2021. This study used one group-pretest-postest design of research with the data analysis was the frequency distribution of scores, mean and standard deviation. The questions from the pretest and posttest used the type of multiple-choice questions with questions about the descriptive text. From this result, it was found that the mean of posttest Y = 7.8 with standard deviation Sy = 0.79 was higher than the mean score at pretest X = 5.33 with standard deviation Sx = 0.89. It means that students' reading comprehension in the descriptive text was higher after treatment at posttest than pretest. So the researcher concluded that the application of the E-learning method through WhatsApp application was effective in optimizing students' reading comprehension of descriptive text.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

e-clue

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

E-Clue Journal of English Culture, Language, Literature and Education focuses its publication on the issues around Teaching English, Linguistics, and Literature. The area of discussion may include: Teaching English Linguistics Literature Teaching and learning strategies Second Language Acquisition ...