This research was aimed to find out whether context clues can improve the studentsâ reading ability and how significantâs context clues in improving studentsâ reading ability at third semester students of Agriculture Technology Polytechnic of Tonggak Equator Pontianak. This research was classroom action research which was set out in two cycles. The subjects involved included the third semester students of Agriculture Technology Department, Polytechnic of Tonggak Equator. In collecting the data, the researcher used field note and test. The data of the studentsâ pre-test and progress test score were analyzed by using mean score and the data of observation was analyzed descriptively. The finding of this research was the studentsâ reading ability was improved from pre-test and progress test from cycle to cycle. The mean score of the studentsâ pre-test was 51.8. Then, the mean score of the studentsâ progress test in the first cycle was 77.6. Finally, the mean score of the studentsâ progress test in the second cycle was 88.8. Then, the rocords from the field note supported the finding from pre-test and post-test was the studentsâ reading ability improved from the first cycle to the second cycle after implementation of the treatment by researcher.Keywords: improving, reading ability, context clues.
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