By : M. FATONI NIM

THE READING RECOUNT TEXT COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS NU WAHID HASYIM SALAFIYAH JEKULO KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 TAUGHT BY USING CRAZY PROFESSOR READING TECHNIQUE By : M. FATONI NIM 2008-32-279 ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2013

THE READING RECOUNT TEXT COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS NU WAHID HASYIM SALAFIYAH JEKULO KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 TAUGHT BY USING CRAZY PROFESSOR READING TECHNIQUE SKRIPSI Presented to the University of Muria Kudus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education By : M. FATONI NIM 2008-32-279 ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2013

MOTTO AND DEDICATION MOTTO: The most important thing is not about how long will you live, but how many achievement you make when you still live. Let s another man praise you, do not your own mouth. DEDICATION: To my beloved parents Mr. Mohtarom & Mrs. Imronah

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, the writer would like to extend gratitude to the Almighty Allah SWT, the Lord of the universe, for blessing every time, so this final project can be finished. Secondly, the writer does not forget to always say Sholawat and Salam to the best human in the world and here after Muhammad SAW who has opened the dark covering this world. In this occasion, the writer would like to deliver sincerest gratitude to the following people: 1. His beloved parents who always give love, pray, support and do the best for him. 2. Susilo Rahardjo, M. Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty who has given the smooth way to finish and compile this study. 3. Fitri Budi Suryani, SS, M. Pd. as the head of English Education Department. 4. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd. as the writer s first advisor who has already approved this research and given a lot of guidance and suggestion in the completion of this study. 5. Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd as the writer s second advisor who has patiently and kindly given valuable and continuous guidance, advice, as well as encouragement in making and completing this Skripsi. 6. Naf in Nihayati as the principal of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah for her permission and helps.

7. His close friends; Dila, Hasta, Faiq, Sulis, Aziz, Puput, Tamim and Anam who has always given him care, support, motivation, suggestion, advises, spirit and inspiration in all the whole time in the compiling this skripsi. 8. His boss Mrs. No in who has give him support, help, great advise and able to understand him with giving flexible time in his job and others tolerant for finishing his skripsi. 9. All of lecturers and students of English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty and who help him in finishing this research. There is no the greatest obstacle in writing this skripsi than avoiding the temptation of being perfect. Therefore, suggestion from the reader will be fully appreciated and always awaited. The writer expect that this skripsi will be useful for those, especially who are in the field of education. Kudus, 13 March 2013 M. Fatoni

ABSTRACT Fatoni, Muhammad. 2013. The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eight Grade Student of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique. skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor : (1) Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd (2) Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd. Key words: reading comprehension, Crazy Professor Reading Technique. Reading is one of the important English language skills because it plays important role in teaching learning process. Reading is essential for the students to get information or knowledge to support their achievement when they read some literatures such as journal, articles, magazines, books, etc. As we know that there are many kinds of media of information which are written in English, so it is very useful for them. Being able to read well in English seems to be a must for them. The condition of teaching learning process in MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah, many of students felt bored to join reading class. The reason is the teacher always teaches students only by asking students to read the sentences of text one by one and try to translate it together to Indonesia. On this condition the writer tries to apply the Crazy Professor Reading Technique as the technique to teach reading. The objective of this research is to find out whether there is a significant difference of reading recount text comprehension of eighth grade students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using Crazy Professor Reading Technique. This research is an experimental research. The writer uses 1 class. The population used in this research is the eighth grade students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in academic year 2012/2013 in second semester. The writer recount text as the material and prepares 30 multiple choices about recount text. After the students were given pre test, they were given the treatment for six meeting. Then the data were analyzed using t-test. The result of the experiment shows that the mean of pre test is 62.58 and the mean of post test is 72.38. It was found t-observation 6.18 in the level of significance 0.05, the degree of freedom (df) 25, and t-table (t t ) 2.06. In other word t-observation is higher than t-table (t o >t t ). Thus, H o is denied and H a is confirmed. Therefore, the hypothesis state, there is significant different between The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of eighth grade students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using Crazy Professor Reading Technique is confirmed. Because of the use of Crazy Professor Reading Technique in teaching reading comprehension shows good results, the writer suggest to the english teacher of junior high school can use this technique in teaching reading. It proved that Crazy Professor Reading Technique is effective for encouraging the students reading comprehension ability.

ABSTRAKSI Fatoni, Muhammad. 2013. Pemahaman membaca recount teks dari murid-murid MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus kelas delapan tahun pelajaran 2012/2013 yang diajarkan menggunakan Teknik Profesor Gila Membaca. skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing : (1) Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd (2) Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd. Kata Kunci: pemahaman membaca, teknik profesor gila membaca. Membaca adalah salah satu kemamapuan Bahasa Inggris yang penting karena memiliki peran yang penting dalam proses belajar mengajar. Membaca adalah hal penting bagi murid untuk mendapatkan informasi atau pengetahuan guna mendukung prestasi mereka. Sebagaimana yang telah kita ketahui bersama bahwa ada banyak jenis media informasi yang tertulis dalam Bahasa Inggris, sehingga hal itu menjadi penting bagi mereka. Mampu membaca dengan baik sepertinya menjadi suatu keharusan bagi mereka. Kondisi proses belajar mengajar di MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah, banyak murid yang merasa bosan untuk mengikuti kelas membaca. Alasannya adalah guru bahasa inggrisnya sering mengajar murid-murid hanya dengan cara meminta murid untuk membaca kalimat-kalimatnya satu per satu dan kemudian mencoba untuk menerjemahkannya bersama-sama ke dalam bahasa Indonesia. Dalam kondisi ini penulis mencoba menerapkan teknik Profesor Gila Membaca sebagai teknik dalam mengajarkan pemahaman membaca. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan adakah perbedaan secara signifikan pada pemahaman membaca teks recount pada murid kelas delapan MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus tahun pelajaran 2012/2013 sebelum dan setelah diajar dengan menggunakan teknik profesor gila membaca. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen. Penulis menggunakan 1 kelas. Populasi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah murid MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus kelas delapan semester dua tahun pelajaran 2012/2013. Penulis menggunakan teks recount sebagai materi pelajaran dan mempersiapkan 30 soal pilihan ganda tentang teks recount. Setelah murid diberi pre test, mereka diberi penanganan sebanyak 6 pertemuan. Kemudian data yang diperoleh dianalisa menggunakan t-test. Hasil dari eksperimen menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata hasil pre test adalah 62.58 dan rata-rata dari hasil post test adalah 72.38. Ditemukan bahwa nilai t- observasi adalah 6.18 dengan tingkat signifikan 0.05, degree of freedom 25, t- table (t t ) 2.06. Dengan kata lain t-observasinya lebih tinggi dari pada t-table (t o >t t ). Dengan demikian, H o ditolak dan H a diterima. Oleh karena itu, pernyataan hipotesis yang berbunyi Ada perbedaan secara signifikan antara pemahaman membaca teks recount pada murid kelas delapan MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus tahun pelajaran 2012/2013 sebelum dan setelah diajar dengan menggunakan teknik profesor gila membaca itu diterima.

Dikarenakan penggunaan teknik professor gila membaca dalam proses pengajaran pemahaman membaca menunjukkan hasil yang bagus, penulis menyarankan bahwa guru bahasa inggris pada sekolah menengah pertama dapat menggunakan teknik ini dalam mengajarkan pemahaman membaca. Hal ini terbukti bahwa teknik profesor gila membaca efektif untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca murid.

TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER... i LOGO... ii TITLE... iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION... iv ADVISORS APPROVAL... v EXAMINERS APPROVAL... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... vii ABSTRACT... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS... xii LIST OF TABLES... xv LIST OF FIGURES... xvi LIST OF APPENDICES... xvii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research... 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem... 5 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... 7 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS 2.1 The Teaching English in MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus... 8 2.1.1 The Curriculum of Teaching English in MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus... 10 2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus... 10 2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus... 11

2.2 Reading Comprehension... 12 2.2.1 Definition of Reading Comprehension... 13 2.2.2 The Important of Reading Comprehension... 15 2.2.3 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension... 16 2.3 Definition of Genre... 17 2.3.1 Kinds of Genre... 17 2.3.2 Generic Structure of Genre... 19 2.4 Definition of Recount Text... 20 2.4.1 Example of Recount Text... 21 2.5 Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 22 2.5.1 The Advantages of Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 23 2.6 Teaching English Reading Recount Text Comprehension by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 24 2.6.1 The Steps of Teaching English Reading Recount Text Comprehension by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 25 2.7 Review of Previous Research... 26 2.8 Theoretical Framewok... 27 2.9 Hypothesis... 29 CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1. Design of the Research... 30 3.2. Population and Sample... 31 3.3. Instrument of The Research... 33 3.4. Data Collection... 36 3.5. Data Analysis... 36

CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of The Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 40 4.2 The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of The Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 after being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 42 4.3 The Significant Difference of The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of The Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 before and after being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique. 45 4.4 Hypothesis Testing... 45 CHAPTER V DISCUSSION... 48 CHAPER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1. Conclusion... 54 5.2. Suggestion... 55 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 57 APPENDICES... 58 CURRICULUM VITAE... 129

LIST OF TABLES Table Page 2.1.3 The English Materials of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus... 12 2.3.2 Generic structure of genre... 20 2.4 Generic structure of recount text... 21 3.3.1 The Classification Table of Reading Comprehension Proficiency... 34 3.3.2 The Criteria of Reliability of Test... 35 4.1.a 4.1.b 4.2.a 4.2.b The Score of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 40 The Percentage of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 41 The Score of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 after being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 43 The Percentage of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 after being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 43 4.4 The summary of t-test result of the eighth grade students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013... 46

LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 3.1 The Pre-test Post-test Design of Experiment... 41 4.1 The Bar Chart of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 41 4.2 The Bar Chart of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 after being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 44

LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix Page 1 The Syllabus of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013... 58 2 Lesson Plan... 61 3 The Tryout Test Sheet Measuring the Reliability of the Test of Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Student of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 75 4 The Pre Test Sheet for Collecting the Data of Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Student of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 81 5 The Post Test Sheet for Collecting the Data of Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Student of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 87 6 The Table of Specification of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013... 93 7 The Table of Reliability of Try Out Test for Measuring the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 94 8 The Reliability of the Test Item for Tryout Test for Measuring the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 95

9 The Calculation of Pre Test Score... 97 10 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 before being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 98 11 The Calculation of Post Test Score... 100 12 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 after being Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 101 13 The Calculation of T-test of The Reading Recount Text Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Wahid Hasyim Salafiyah Jekulo Kudus in Academic Year 2012/ 2013 Taught by Using Crazy Professor Reading Technique... 103 14 Table Significance at 5% and 1% Level of Significance... 104 15 Student s Answer of Pre Test and Post Test... 105 16 A letter of research decision from school... 130 11 A letter of declaration about authenticity of the research... 131 12 Curriculum vitae... 132