The Effect of Literature Circles Strategy and Content Familiarity on Students' Reading Comprehension of Analytical Exposition Text (A Quasi-experimental Research at the Eleventh Grade of SMK Negeri 1 Bojongpicung Cianjur)
| Main Author: | Tuti Adawiyah |
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| Other Authors: | Siti Nurul Azkiyah, M.Sc., Ph.D. |
| Format: | Masters |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/40216 |
Daftar Isi:
- The objectives of the study were to obtain the empirical evidences of the effect of Literature Circles Strategy and content familiarity on students' reading comprehension at the eleventh grade of SMKN 1 Bojongpicung Cianjur in academic year 2016-2017. This research used Quasi-experimental design by using pretest and post test non-equivalent groups design with cluster random sampling. There were two classes consist of 84 students taken as sample. Each class consisted of 42 students from class XI TKJ 1 as controlled group and 42 students from class XI TKJ 2 as experimental group. The findings of this research were: (1) there was significant different of reading comprehension between students who were taught by Literature Circles strategy and those who were taught by Direct Instruction strategy, (2) there was interactional effect of teaching strategy and content familiarity on students' reading comprehension, (3) there was significant different of reading comprehension score between students with high content familiarity who were taught by Literature Circles strategy and those who were taught by Direct Instruction strategy, (4) there was no significant different of reading comprehension score between students with low content familiarity who were taught by Literature Circles strategy and those who were taught by Direct Instruction strategy. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that Literature Circles strategy and content familiarity influence students' reading comprehension.