The use of smart strategy to improve the reading comprehension of the ninth grade students of MTsN Bantarwaru-Majalengka / Tori Satori
| Main Author: | Satori, Tori |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2011
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/58546/ |
Daftar Isi:
- PrograminEnglishLanguageTeachingStateUniversityofMalang.Advisors(1)Dr.SuharmantoM.Pd.(2)Prof.M.AdnanLatiefM.APh.D.KeywordsSMARTstrategyimprovementreadingcomprehension.Theteachingofreadingcomprehensionplayssignificantrolesinleadingourstudentstheunderstandingofwrittentexts.Thoseunderstandingsimplythattheobjectiveofteachingreadingcomprehensionshouldbehelpingstudentstodevelopallofthereadingcomprehensionskills.Theteachingtechniquesandstrategiesshouldbedirectedtoachievingthoseobjectives.StudentsdifficultyincomprehendingthetextbecomesthecaseinMTsNBantarwaru.Itimpliesthatthestudentsreadingachievementisyetunsatisfactory.Inthepreliminarystudytheresearcherfoundthatthestudentsreadingachievementisstillundertheminimumpassinglevel.ThereforethisresearchisdesignedtoimprovethestudentsreadingcomprehensionthroughtheuseofSMARTstrategy.InaSMARTactivitystudentsarerehearsedtocomprehendatextwiththeprocedureof(1)readingatextfastandsilently(2)placingcheckmark(61692)orquestionmark()nexttoeachparagraphthatcontainssomethingunderstoodornot(3)modelinghowtoparaphraseeachparagraph(4)translatingandtroubleshooting.TheresearchappliesacollaborativeclassroomactionresearchdesigninwhichtheresearcherandthecollaborativeteacherworktogetherinpreparingasuitableprocedureofSMARTstrategydesigningthelessonplandeterminingthecriteriaofsuccessimplementingtheactionobservationanddoingreflection.Thesubjectsofthisresearchwere35ninthyearstudentsofMTsNBantarwaruMajalengkaWestJavaintheacademicyearof2010/2011.Thisresearchwasconductedin2Cycleseachofwhichcomprisesfourmeetings.Thedataofthisresearchwereobtainedthrough(1)observationsheetdesignedtoobtaininformationaboutteachersandstudentsactivitiesandperformanceduringtheimplementationofSMARTstrategy(2)fieldnotesarrangedtonotethedatabeyondthecoverageoftheobservationsheetand(3)testdevisedtoidentifywhetherthestudentsmakeprogressinreadingcomprehension.TheresearchshowsthattheimplementationofSMARTstrategyintheteaching-learningofreadingcomprehensioncanimprovethestudentscomprehensionskill.Itcanbeidentifiedthataftertheimplementationoftheactiontherewasanimprovementonthenumberofstudentswhoobtainedthegainatleast10infirstCyclewas30studentsoutof35students(85.71%).Ithadnotfulfilledthecriteriaofsuccessyet.Incycle2thestudentswhogotthegainatleast10wereallof35students(100%).Ithadfulfilledthecriteriaofsuccessintermofthescoreimprovement.MoreoverthefindingindicatedthatSMARTstrategywassuccessfultoenhancestudentsmotivationtobeactivelyinvolvedintheinstructionalprocess.Theimprovementonthestudentsparticipationwas75%inCycle1and87%inCycle2.BasedonthefindingsabovesomesuggestionsforEnglishteachersandfutureresearchersaremadeasfollowsfortheEnglishteacherswhohavesimilarproblemitissuggestedthattheyimplementSMARTstrategyasoneofthealternativesforimprovingstudentsreadingcomprehension.ForthefutureresearchersitissuggestedthattheyconductthesameresearchinotherlevelofstudywithdifferentsubjectssettingandothertexttypestoseewhetherSMARTstrategyisalsoapplicableandeffectivetoimprovethestudentsreadingcomprehension.