Skripsi

Improving 11th grade students\' reading comprehension by using making connection technique in MAKBI Class at MAN 3 Malang / Nafisya Alfiani Aisyah

Abstrak
ABSTRACT Aisyah A Nafisya 2017. Improving 11th Reading Comprehension by Using Making Connection Technique. Thesis. English Department Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor (I) Prof. Ali Saukah M.A. Ph.D. (II) Nur Hayati S.Pd M.Ed. Keywords reading reading comprehension making connection technique Reading is a comprehending process which involves complex steps. It is an important skill that every language learner needs to develop. Despite the important role of reading comprehension many researchers indicate that the students reading comprehension skill is not satisfactory yet. This situation is also found in MAN 3 Malang. The students were found to have difficulty in comprehending the content of reading text because of some factors. They included lack of motivation and low ability in reading especially in drawing on their prior knowledge and experience. In order to address the issue the researcher implemented the Making Connection Technique in the reading lessons in collaborative with the classroom teacher. This technique has several steps which could help the students to gradually solve their problems in reading comprehension. The steps that the students can follow are text to text text to self and text to world. The design of this research was Classroom Action Research covering four stages they were planning implementing observing and reflecting. The subjects of the study were 29 students of class XI MAKBI of MAN 3 Malang. The instruments used to collect the data were students reading comprehension test (pre and post-test) observation checklist and field notes. Since the researcher aimed to know whether the technique could help the students in both lower and upper group to comprehend the reading text this research is considered successful if there was a significant improvement from their pre and post-test scores. The findings of this study revealed that by using Making Connection technique the students reading comprehension scores had achieved the criteria of success. Besides the students also showed positive attitude during and after the implementation of making connection technique. This indicated by the results of the observation checklist and field notes and some students testimonial. The several procedure of using the technique that was found to be successful involved they are (1) making text to text-connection in group (2) making text to self-connection in group (3) making text to world-connection in group and (4) having a class discussion related to the results of their discussion using those three steps in making connection technique. Based on the research findings the researcher suggested English teachers to implement the making connection technique in more interesting ways. Future researchers can investigate the use of making connection technique for other research purposes for example investigating the effect of prior knowledge on other English skills such as students writing skill. ABSTRAK Aisyah A Nafisya 2017. Meningkatkan Kemampuan Memahami Bacaan Siswa Kelas Sebelas SMA dengan Menggunakan Tekhnik Making Connection.. Skripsi. Jurusan Sastra Inggris Fakultas Satsra Universitas Negeri Malang. Pembimbing (I) Prof. Ali Saukah M.A. Ph.D. (II) Nur Hayati S.Pd M.Ed. Keywords Reading Reading comprehension Making Connection Technique Membaca merupakan proses memahami teks bacaan yang membutuhkan langkah-langkah kompleks. Meskipun kemampuan membaca memiliki peranan yang penting bagi pembelajar bahasa banyak hasil penelitian yang menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan siswa memahami bacaan masih belum memuaskan. Permasalahan ini juga ditemukan di MAN 3 Malang. Siswa memiliki kesulitan dalam memahami konten bacaan karea rendahnya motivasi dan kemampuan siswa dalam membaca khususnya dalam menggunakan pengalaman yang telah terjadi sebelumnnya. Dalam rangka memberikan solusi terhadap permasalahan ini peneliti menerapkan tekhnik Making Connection dengan berkolabrosai bersama guru. Tekhnik ini memiliki langkah-langkah nyaitu text to text text to self dan text to world. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas dengan meliputi empat tahapan yaitu perencanaan penerapan pengamatan dan prefleksian. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 29 siswa dan siswi kelas XI MAKBI MAN 3 Malang. Instrumen penelitian yang diginakan yaitu tes kemampuan membaca siswa ceklis observasi dan catatan lapangan. Sehubungan dengan tujuan peneliti untuk meningkatkan keampuan siswa dalam memahami teks bacaan baik dari Lower Group dan Upper Group penelitian ini dianggap berhasil apabila ada kenaikan yang signifikan dari nilai test pre dan post mereka. Prosedur dalam mengimplementasikan tekhnik ini adalah (1) membuat koneksi text to text dalam kelompok (2) membuat koneksi text to self dalam kelompok (3) membuat koneksi text to world dalam kelompok dan (4) mengadakan diskusi kelas terkait dengan hasil diskusi mereka menggunakan tiga step dalam tekhnik making connection. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan tekhnik Making Connection telah mencapai kriteria sukses penelitian. Para siswa dan siswi juga menunjukkan tanggapan yang positif baik selama dan setelah penggunaan tekhnik Making Connection. Temuan ini juga sekaligus menyatakan hasil dari ceklis observasi dan catatan lapangan dan testimoni dari para siswa dan siswi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian peneliti menyarankan guru Bahasa Inggris agar menerapkan tekhnik Making Connection dengan lebih menarik. Sedangkan untuk peneliti mendatang disarankan untuk menginvestigasikan tekhnik ini dengan tujuan yang berbeda seperti menginvestigasi pengaruh pengalaman yang pernah terjadi sebelumnya pada skill bahasa Inggris yang lain salah satunya skill menulis siswa.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rs 428.40071 AIS i

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, 2017.

Deskripsi Fisik

xi, 192 lembar : il. , tab. ; 30 cm

Bahasa

No Reg

05891/KI/17

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2017

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - MEMBACA - MODEL PEMBELAJARAN
2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE - READING - STUDY AND TEACHING

Pembimbing

1. Ali Saukah ; 2. Nur Hayati

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