THE USE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIAL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A Classroom Action Research of SMP 20 Kota Bengkulu at Seventh Grade Student in the Academic Year 2018/2019)

Handayani, Wirasmi (2018) THE USE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIAL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A Classroom Action Research of SMP 20 Kota Bengkulu at Seventh Grade Student in the Academic Year 2018/2019). Diploma thesis, UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu.

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Abstract

There fact that most of the seventh grade students of SMP 20 Kota Bengkulu have limited vocabulary to comprehend the text well; they do not know the context of word usage, they get difficulty to communicate effectively in English, they cannot compose their writing task successfully, and not able to listen the English words from speakers. In this study, researchers examined the used of authentic material techniques in improving students' reading comprehension. This research was classroom action research, which consisted of pre-assessment, cycle 1 and cycle 2. Each cycle was given the implementation of action on teaching material about descriptive text. The subject of the study was the students at seventh grade students of SMP 20 Bengkulu. There were 32 students (23 males and 9 females). The aim of this research was to find out whether authentic material increase students‟ reading comprehension at the seventh grade students of SMP 20 Bengkulu. The technique for collected the data were several technique such as giving test, observation, and interview. Based on data analysis, it can be seen that there were significant different in the result of development students‟ behavior after learn used this media and result of the average achievement the students‟ pre-assessment was 49,22%, and test cycle 2 was 78.28%. Based on the finding, it could be concluded that authentic material can be alternative way to teach English, especially to improve the students‟ reading comprehension.

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