IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY TECHNIQUE
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji: (i) peningkatan kemampuan membaca teks naratif melalui penerapan teknik Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) dan (ii) aspek kemampuan membaca yang paling meningkat. Subyek penelitian ini adalah 28 siswa di kelas VIII. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan pemahaman membaca siswa dalam sebuah teks naratif karena t-value > t-table (9.706 > 2.051) dengan nilai signifikan 0.05. Nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dalam pre-test adalah 62.49 dan nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dalam post-test adalah 69.75. Nilai peningkatan diperoleh sebesar 7.26 dan aspek kemampuan membaca yang paling tinggi peningkatannya yaitu ide pokok. Ini menunjukkan bahwa pengajaran membaca menggunakan teknik DRTA lebih memudahkan dalam menentukan ide pokok.
This research was aimed at examining: (i) the students’ improvement on reading narrative text after taught through Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) technique and (ii) the aspect of reading skills that improved the most. The subjects of this research were 28 students in class VIII. The result of this research showed that there was an improvement of students’ reading comprehension to a narrative text since t-value > t-table (9.706 > 2.051) with significant value was 0.05. The average score of pre-test was 62.49 and the average score of post-test was 69.75. It gained 7.26 and the most improved aspect of reading skills is main idea. This evidence proved that teaching reading using DRTA technique facilitates more in determining main idea.
Keywords: directed reading thinking activity, reading comprehension, narrative text.
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