THE READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN JEPARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING THE POWER OF TWO AS A STRATEGY By CHOIRUL ANNAM NIM 200832270 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS 2012 i
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THE READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN JEPARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING THE POWER OF TWO AS A STRATEGY SKRIPSI Presented to the University of Muria Kudus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education By: CHOIRUL ANNAM NIM 200832270 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS 2012 iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION MOTTO: Make a good job with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim We don t know what is going on the future, but we should try to make it better. Never give up and keep trying. DEDICATION This skripsi is dedicated to: 1. His beloved parents (Suhirsan and Ismah Khasanah) 2. His beloved uncle (Drs. Hasan As ari) 3. His beloved young sister and brother (Amalia Nurul Shoimah, and Ahmad Saiq) 4. His beloved woman (Nila Aminah) 5. His best friends (Aris Setia Budi, Ardiansyah F.E, Wulan Sari Al Azwar) 6. All of His friends in UMK iv
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In this occasion, the researcher would like to say thanks to Allah SWT for all of mercy and blessing to the researcher with health, power and motivation to finish his skripsi entitled The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of The Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught by Using The Power of Two as a Strategy. Furthermore, the researcher would like to express the sincerity gratitude and appreciation for the available assistance given by many people in finishing this research. They are: 1. Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty University of Muria Kudus. 2. Fitri Budi Suryani, S.S, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus University. 3. Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd as the first advisor. Thanks for all your best suggestions, guidance, advice, and motivation to the researcher in finishing this final project. 4. Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum as the second advisor. Thanks for all your valuable help, advice, guidance, and motivation to the researcher in finishing this final project. 5. Shodikin, S.Ag, S.Pd as the Headmaster of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara who has given the researcher a permission to do the research and support the researcher in writing this skripsi. vii
6. The English teacher of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara, Drs. Hasan As ari, for help, and all of the students of eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012. 7. His beloved parents Suhirsan and Ismah Khasanah who always give prayer, support, motivation and moral encouragement to finish his skripsi. 8. His beloved young sister and brother, Amalia Nurul Shoimah and Ahmad Saiq who always give support and affection. 9. All of his beloved best friends, Nila Aminah, Aris Setia Budi, Ardiansyah Firman Effendi, Wulan Sari Al Azwar Hakim, for prayer, help and support. 10. All of his friends in UMK Those cannot be mentioned one by one for the support. The researcher expects that everything has been writing in this research will be useful for all the readers and the researcher himself. Some suggestions and criticisms are always needed to make it better. For detail information, contact the researcher on 085740558496. Kudus, July 2012 Choirul Annam 200832270 viii
ABSTRACT Annam, Choirul. 2012. The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught by Using The Power of Two as a Strategy. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd (ii) Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum. Key words: Reading Comprehension, Recount Text, The Power of Two Strategy Reading comprehension is a process of getting meaning from written text which readers understand the content of the text. Students can know information of the text by reading comprehensively. However, many students get difficulties in reading material, for example recount text. Because of that, teacher should use strategy of teaching that can develop the reading comprehension of the students. The power of two is one of the teaching strategies that can be used in teaching reading to develop the students reading skill. Therefore, the researcher applies the power of two strategy for the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 to develop their reading comprehension of recount text because they confused in understanding it. The objective of the research is to find out whether there is a significant difference between the reading comprehension of recount text of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 taught with and without using the power of two as a strategy. The design of this research is experimental research. It is done at the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012. The researcher took VIII B as the experimental group (25 students) and VIII A as the control group (25 students) as the sample by using cluster random sampling. The experimental group taught with the power of two strategy and the control group taught without the power of two strategy. After they were taught during four meetings they did post test to compare the result. The result of the research showed that there is significantly progress for the students in the reading comprehension of recount text taught with the power of two strategy. It can be proved the differences of the mean score of post test in the experimental group and control group. The experimental group that is taught with the power of two strategy has the mean score 86.92 and the standard deviation7.43. From the data showed that the reading comprehension of recount text taught with the power of two as a strategy is categorized as excellent. However, the mean score of control group who taught without the power of two as a strategy is 76.36 and the standard deviation is 10.64. From this data, the reading comprehension of recount text taught without the power of two is categorized as good. So, the calculation of t-observation of score is higher than t- table (to = 4.08 > tt = 2.00). It means that there is a significant difference between the reading comprehension of recount text of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 taught with and without using the power of two as a strategy. Based on the result above, it means that the power of two strategy works well to develop student s reading comprehension. Therefore, the English teacher can apply the power of two strategy as an alternative strategy in teaching process. ix
ABSTRAKSI Annam, Choirul. 2012. Pemahaman Membaca Teks Recount Siswa Kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Tahun Ajaran 2011/2012 Diajar dengan Menggunakan The Power of Two sebagai sebuah Strategi. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd (ii) Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum. Kata Kunci: Pemahaman Membaca, Teks Recount, The power of Two Strategi Pemahaman membaca adalah sebuah proses mendapatkan makna dari teks tulis yang mana pembaca memahami isi dari teks tersebut. Para siswa dapat mengetahui informasi dari teks dengan membaca secara menyeluruh. Tetapi banyak siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam materi membaca seperti teks recount. Oleh karena itu, guru sebaiknya menggunakan strategi mengajar yang dapat mengembangkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca para siswa. The power of two adalah salah satu strategi mengajar yang dapat digunakan dalam mengajar membaca untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, peneliti menerapkan the power of two untuk siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara tahun ajaran 2011/2012 untuk memperbaiki pemahaman membaca mereka dalam teks recount karena mereka memiliki kesulitan dalam memahami teks tersebut. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui adakah perbedaan yang signifikan antara pemahaman membaca teks recount siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012 yang diajar dengan dan tanpa menggunakan the power of two sebagai sebuah strategi. Rancangan penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012. Peneliti mengambil kelas VIII B (25 siswa) sebagai kelompok eksperimen dan kelas VIII A (25 siswa) sebagai kelompok kontrol sebagai sample dengan menggunakan cluster random sampling. Kelompok eksperimen diajar dengan strategi the power of two dan kelompok kontrol diajar tanpa menggunakan strategi the power of two. Setelah mereka diajar selama empat pertemuan mereka mengerjakan post test untuk membandingkan hasil tersebut. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada kemajuan secara signifikan pada siswa dalam pemahaman membaca teks recount yang diajar dengan strategi the power of two. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan nilai rata-rata dari post test di kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok control. Kelompok eksperimen yang diajar menggunakan strategi the power of two mempunyai nilai rata-rata 86.92 dan simpangan baku 7.43. Dari data itu menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan pemahaman membaca recount yang diajar dengan strategi the power of two dikategorikan sangat baik. Tetapi, nilai rata-rata kelompok control yang diajar tanpa menggunakan stategi the power of two adalah 76.36 dan simpangan baku 10.64. Dari data itu, kemampuan pemahaman membaca teks recount yang diajar tanpa menggunakan strategi the power of two dikategorikan cukup. Sehingga, perhitungan dari t-observasi lebih tinggi pada t-table (to = 4.08 > tt = 2.00). Ini berarti bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara pemahaman membaca teks recount siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum x
Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012 yang diajar dengan the power of two dan tanpa menggunakan the power of two sebagai sebuah strategi. Didasarkan pada hasil diatas, itu berarti bahwa strategi the power of two bekerja dengan baik untuk mengembangkan kemampuan memahami bacaan bagi siswa. Oleh karena itu, guru bahasa Inggris dapat mengaplikasikan strategi the power of two dalam proses pengajaran. xi
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page COVER... i LOGO... ii TITLE... iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION... iv ADVISORS APPROVAL... v EXAMINERS APPROVAL... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... vii ABSTRACT... ix ABSTRAKSI... x TABLE OF CONTENTS... xii LIST OF TABLES... xvi LIST OF FIGURES... xvii LIST OF APPENDICES... xviii LIST OF FORMULAS... xx CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research... 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem...... 6 1.3 Objective of the Research... 6 1.4 Significance of the Research... 6 1.5 Limitation of the Research... 6 1.6 Operational Definition... 8 CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS 2.1 Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara... 10 2.1.1 The Curiculum of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan xii
Jepara... 11 2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara... 12 2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara... 13 2.1.4 The Strategy of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara... 14 2.2 Reading as a Language Skill... 15 2.2.1 Reading Comprehension... 16 2.2.2 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension... 17 2.3 Genre... 17 2.3.1 Types of Genre... 18 2.3.2 Recount Text... 19 2.4 The Power of Two Strategy... 21 2.4.1 Definition of Strategy... 21 2.4.2 The Steps of The Power of Two Strategy... 23 2.4.3 The Advantages of The Power of Two Strategy... 23 2.5 Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text Using The Power of Two Strategy... 24 2.6 Review of Previous Research... 25 2.7 Theoretical Framework... 27 2.8 Hypothesis... 28 xiii
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Design of the Research... 29 3.2 Population and Sample... 31 3.3 Instrument of the Research... 32 3.4 Data Collection... 35 3.5 Data Analysis... 35 CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 Finding of the Research... 40 4.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 40 4.1.2 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 43 4.2 Hypothesis Testing... 44 CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION 5.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 46 xiv
5.2 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 47 5.3 The Significant Difference of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 49 CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 6.1 Conclusion... 51 6.2 Suggestion... 52 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 54 APPENDICES... 56 CURRICULUM VITAE... 106 xv
LIST OF TABLES Table Page 3.2.1 The Number of the Eighth Grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012... 31 3.5.1 The Category of Students Score in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara... 37 4.1.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 41 4.1.1.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 41 4.1.2.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 43 4.1.2.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 43 4.2.1 The Summary of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 45 xvi
LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 4.1.1.1 The Bar Diagram of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 42 4.1.2.1 The Bar Diagram of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 44 xvii
LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix Page 1 The Syllabus of Reading Material of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012... 57 2 Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 60 3 Students Worksheet... 63 4 Key Answer of Student Worksheet... 71 5 Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 75 6 Student Worksheet... 78 7 Key Answer of Student Worksheet... 82 8 The Table Specification of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text... 86 9 The Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of Recount of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012... 87 10 Key Answer of the Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012... 92 11 Index of Reliability... 93 12 The Calculation of Reliability of the Try Out Test... 94 13 The Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 95 xviii
14 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy... 96 15 The Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 98 16 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 99 17 T-test of the Mean of Post test Scores Measuring the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy... 101 18 Table Significance at 5% and 1% Level of Significance... 103 19 Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan... 104 20 Statement... 105 xix
LIST OF FORMULAS Formula Page 3.1 Formula of Calculating Reliability of the Test... 33 3.2 Formula of Spearman Brown... 34 3.3 Formula of Calculating Mean... 36 3.4 Formula of Calculating Deviation Standard... 36 3.5 Formula of Calculating T-test... 37 xx