THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PAIRED READING (PR) METHOD IN TEACHING READING (DESCRIPTIVE TEXT) TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AT SMP N 4 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013
| Main Author: | Anwar, M Khoirul |
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| Format: | Article info Document eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://ejournal.umpwr.ac.id/index.php/scripta/article/view/1434 http://ejournal.umpwr.ac.id/index.php/scripta/article/view/1434/1348 |
Daftar Isi:
- This study is aimed at knowing students’ reading comprehension ability after being taught by Paired Reading method and finding the effectiveness of using Paired Reading method in improving students’ reading comprehension ability at the seventh grade students of SMP N 4 Purworejo. The result of t-value is 4.02 based on the 0.05 significant level, the value of t-table is 2.00. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table, that is 4.02>2.00. It means that using Paired Reading (PR) method is effective in teaching reading (descriptive text) to improve reading comprehension ability at SMP N 4 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013. Key words: Effectiveness ,Teaching, Descriptive Text, Paired Reading