Improving junior high school students’ reading comprehension of narrative text by using Audiobook

Annisa Nopendia Soleha, Tuntun Sinaga, Novita Nurdiana

Abstract


This research was done to find out if the use of audiobook is effective in increasing students’ reading comprehension of narrative text. The researcher used pre-test and post-test design. The sample of this research was 8th grade students at Sekolah Alam Lampung. The instrument used in this study was a reading comprehension test. The data were analyzed by using Repeated Measures T-Test in Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software in which the significance was determined by p<0.05.

The result of the research showed that the mean score of the pre-test was 36 while the post-test was 55.5. The value of significance was 0.000 < 0.05, indicating that the hypothesis was accepted; therefore, there is a significant difference between students' reading comprehension of narrative text after teaching by using audiobooks. Thus, based on the result, it is concluded that audiobooks can be applied to increase students’ reading comprehension of narrative text.

Keywords: audiobook, effective, narrative text, reading comprehension


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