The influence of crossword puzzle game in reading comprehension on narrative text an experimental study at the eighth grade of MTs Darul Ulum Semarang in the academic year of 2015/2016
| Main Author: | Listiowati, Zuni |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://eprints.walisongo.ac.id/id/eprint/6170/1/123411110.pdf https://eprints.walisongo.ac.id/id/eprint/6170/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This thesis discusses the Influence of crossword puzzle game to improve students’ reading comprehension on narrative text. The background of the study in the research was based on the phenomena of students’ difficulties in reading comprehension. This thesis is intended to answer the following research question: How is the influence of using crossword puzzle game in teaching reading comprehension on narrative text?. The purposes of this research is to find out the influence of reading comprehension on narrative text before and after taught by using crossword puzzle game. Those research questions discussed through experimental research at MTs Darul Ulum Semarang. The study was conducted at MTs Darul Ulum Semarang in the Academic Year 2015/2016. The subject of this study was the eighth grade. The numbers of the subjects are 60 students from two-classes. The technique of collecting data was gotten from observation, documentation, and test. In this research, the writer can get result of taking pre-test and post-test. average score of post-test was 71.000 while the average score of pre-test in reading comprehension was 64.367 for experimental class. Meanwhile, the average score of pre-test was 62.300 for control class. the students’ average score of post-test was 66.167. it is showed from the mean of experimental class is higher than control class (71.000 > 66.167). on the other hand, the test of hypothesis the ttable is 1.162 by 5% alpha level of significance and dk=30+30-2= 58. tvalue was higher than the critical value on the table (1.609>1.162). the hypothesis is accepted. The results of the research shows that there is a significant difference in students’ improvement of reading comprehension between taught they were taught by crossword puzzle game and theywere not taught by using crossword puzzle game at the eighth grade of MTs Darul Ulum Semarang in the Academic Year of 2015/2016.