THE USE OF SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah ada peningkatan yang signifikan pada pemahaman membaca siswa setelah diajarkan dengan menggunakan tekhnik small group discussion. Penelitian ini dilakukan dikelas IXB yang berisi 26 siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan one-group pretest posttest design. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman siswa membaca teks anecdote dengan menggunakan tekhnik small group discussion meningkat. Nilai rata-rata siswa mencapai 13.61, di mana nilai rata-rata siswa pada pretest adalah 51.80 menjadi 65.42 pada posttest. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan yang signifikan pada pemahaman membaca siswa setelah mereka diajarkan dengan menggunakan teknik small group discussion.

The aim of the research was to find out whether there is any significant increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement after being taught by using small group discussion technique. The sample of the research is IXB that consisted of 26 students. The research uses one-group pretest posttest design. The result shows that the students’ reading comprehension of anecdote text by using small group discussion technique increased. The gain of the students’ mean score of pretest and posttest was 13.61 where the students’ mean score was 51.80 in the pretest and 65.42 in the posttest. It can be concluded that there is a significant increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement after they were taught by using small group discussion technique.

Keywords: anecdote text, reading comprehension, small group discussion