Promoting Students’ Reading Comprehension Through Extensive Reading Program
Abstract
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk (1) menemukan proses pembelajaran program membaca ekstensif, (2) mengeksplorasi masalah-masalah siswa yang ditemukan dalam penerapan membaca ekstensif, dan (3) menginvestigasi aspek menulis manakah yang paling meningkat setelah treatment. Kualitatif data terdiri dari field notes yang diperoleh dari pengamatan dan wawancara yang diperoleh dari wawancara siswa. Kuantitatif data berupa nilai pemahaman membaca siswa yang diperoleh dari tes pemahaman membaca. Hasil menunjukkan proses belajar mengajar melalui program membaca ekstensif berjalan dengan baik sesuai seperti yang diharapkan peneliti. Dapat dilihat bahwa siswa menghadapi dua masalah dalam penerapan program membaca ekstensif: kesulitan kosa kata dan atmosfer ruang kelas. Dapat ditemukan bahwa ada peningkatan dari semua aspek pemahaman membaca dari pre-test dan post-test, kecuali kosa kata.
The objectives of the research are to (1) find out the learning process of teaching extensive reading program, (2) explore students’ problems found in the implementation of extensive reading, and (3) investigate which aspect of reading comprehension that mostly improved after treatment. The qualitative data consisted of field notes obtained from observations and interview transcripts obtained from interviews with the students. The quantitative data in the forms of students’ reading comprehension scores obtained from reading comprehension tests. The result showed the teaching and learning process through extensive reading program ran well as expected by the researcher. It could be seen that the students faced two problems in the implementation of extensive reading program: vocabulary difficulties and classroom atmosphere. It was also found that there was an increase of every aspect in reading comprehension from the pre-test and post-test, except vocabulary.
Keywords: Extensive reading, reading comprehension, vocabulary.
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