THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) METHOD ON ENGLISH COMPREHENSION FOR STUDENTS AT THE FIFTH GRADE OF SD KARTIKA X-3

Naya, Kartyca
Katemba, Caroline V.

Journal of Language Pedagogy
Vol 1, No 2 (2011)

This study incolves the students at the fifth grade of SD Kartika X-3 as the subject of the research.  And the writer teaches them through Information Gap, games, Pair Work, et cetera. A pre and post test was administered. The data was analyzed by suing t-test.  The result shows that students’ English comprehension had improved by using Communicative Language TGeaching (CLT) method at the coefficient t counted =2265>t table = 1667 with the significance of level in 0.05 and the degree freedon is 32 (df=n-1).  The students’ responses toward the post-test given prove that Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method is effective to improve students’ English comprehension ability.