THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TASK-BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION

Iskadina Eka Putri, Ujang Suparman, Basturi Hasan

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: 1) apakah implementasi TBL di dalam teks recount dapat meningkatkan nilai membaca komprehensif siswa, 2) opini siswa tentang penggunaan TBL dalam mengajar membaca komprehensif, 3) masalah yang dihadapi siswa dalam pembelajaran membaca komprehensif dengan menggunakan TBL. Data dikumpulkan melalui tes membaca, wawancara, kuesioner, dan observasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai rata-rata dari pre-test adalah 46,8 dan nilai rata-rata dari post-test adalah 65,60, dengan nilai penambahan 18,8. Hasil uji hipotesis menunjukan bahwa hipotesis diterima (p=0.000, p<0.005), t-value 7,714. TBL telah meningkatkan kemampuan membaca komprehensif siswa dalam semua aspek. Opini-opini siswa tentang implementasi TBL dalam membaca komprehensif bagus. Para siswa memiliki masalah dengan batas waktu dan jumlah gambar.

This study is aimed at finding out: 1) whether there is any significance increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement after the application of TBL for teaching reading comprehension, 2) the students’ opinions about the use of TBL, and 3) the problems faced by the students in learning reading comprehension through TBL. The data were obtained from the reading tests, interview, questionnaire, and observation. The results show that the students’ mean score of the pre-test is 46.8 and their mean score of the post-test is 65.60, in which their gain score is 18.8. The result of the hypothesis test showed that the hypothesis of this research was accepted (p<0.05,p=0.000), t-value was 7.714. TBL increased the students reading comprehension ability in all of its aspects. The students’ opinions about the implementation of TBL in reading comprehension were good. The students had problems in time limit and amount of picture.

Keywords: reading comprehension, recount text, task-based learning

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