THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STORY MAPPING STRATEGY IN INCREASING STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti bagaimana meningkatkan kemampuan pemahaman siswa SMPN 2 Trimurjo dalam pembelajaran membaca menggunakan strategi Story Mapping. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindak kelas. Data diperoleh dari pre-test, post-test, lembar pengamatan, dan kuisioner. Sampel dari penelitian ini adalah 25 siswa SMPN 2 Trimurjo dari kelas VIII B. Data dianalisa menggunakan uraian deskripsi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa yang mencapai target nilai minimum adalah sebanyak 88% siswa di cycle II. Hasil pengamatan menunjukkan bahwa 84% siswa terlibat aktif dalam pembelajaran membaca setelah menggunakan strategi Story Mapping. Ini dapat disarankan bahwa penggunaan strategi Story Mapping dalam membaca dapat membantu meningkatkan kemampuan pemahaman siswa.

This research was aimed to explore the implementation of Story Mapping strategy to foster the students reading comprehension achievement at the second grade of SMPN 2 Trimurjo. This research was classroom action research. The data were obtained from the pre-test, post-test, observation, and questionnaires. The samples of this study were 25 students of SMPN 2 Trimurjo from the class VIII B. The data were analyzed using the descriptive analysis. The result of this research showed that the students who achieved the target of minimum score were 88% at the cycle II. The results of the observation showed that 84% students were actively enganged in reading class after the implementation of Story Mapping strategy. This suggests that the implementation of Story Mapping strategy in reading helps the students to improve their comprehension achievement.

Keywords: narrative, reading comprehension, story mapping strategy