Sulumia, Sulumia (2023) USING CHUNKING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS IZZATUL MA’ARIF TAPPINA SULAWESI BARAT. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Parepare.

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Abstract

This research was carried out at MTs Izzatul Ma‟arif Tappina Sulawesi Barat. Based on the preliminary research, nowadays people in Indonesia still have a low interest in reading because teaching reading comprehension skills to students‟ is very difficult. The difficulties may come from teachers who are not creative in teaching reading, the teacher are not able to choose good and interesting strategies that can improve students reading comprehension, and teachers who pay less attention to students‟ needs. The outcome of this problem is low reading comprehension among students, particularly in class VIII at MTs Izzatul Ma‟arif Tappina Sulawesi Barat. Various factors, such as insufficient vocabulary and lack of motivation, contribute to poor reading comprehension skills. Reading comprehension is influenced by various element such as students‟ lack of vocabularies, unmotivated to read so that students end up lazy and do not have the enthusiasm to understanding the meaning when read English texts. To overcome the problem, the writer used chunking strategy. This strategy was selected to stimulate the students to be more creative to improve their reading comprehension. The question research was “Is chunking strategy effective in improving the reading comprehension of eighth grade students at MTs Izzatul Ma'arif Tappina Sulawesi Barat?”. This research employed pre-experimental research design with one group pre-test and post-test. The writer to examine whether or not the using chunking strategy can improve the students‟ reading comprehension at the eighth grade of MTs Izzatul Ma‟arif Tappina Sulawesi Barat. The subjects of this research were the students of class VIII.B at MTs Izzatul Ma‟arif Tappina Sulawesi Barat which consist of 19 students. The sample is selected by using cluster random sampling. The research employed a multiple-choice test with 10 questions and 5 point essay as instrument. The results revealed that the chunking strategy led to an improvement in students' reading comprehension, as evidenced by the data analysis. (1)The mean score of students‟ before being taught by using chunking strategy was 31.52 and the students‟ mean after using chunking a text strategy improved to be 79.05. So that the result of the t-test 13.61 are compare with result of the t-table 1.734 for level significant (p) 5% and df = 18. It means the t-test higher then t-table. It means of significance value indicated that the null hypothesis (ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (ha) is accepted. (2)The researcher concluded that use chunking strategy can improve students‟ reading comprehension effectively used in teaching reading.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chunking, Strategy, Reading, Comprehension
Subjects: 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130106 Secondary Education
Divisions: Pascasarjana > Program Studi Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Mahasiswa mbkm
Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2024 08:19
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2024 08:19
URI: https://repository.iainpare.ac.id/id/eprint/7641

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