THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING NUMBERED HEAD TOGETHER (NHT) TO INCREASE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION OF SEVENTH GRADE AT MTS ASWAJA TUNGGANGRI
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- ABSTRACT Handayani, Ririn. Student Registered Number. 2813123134. 2016. The Effectiveness of using Numbered Head Together (NHT) to Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension of Seventh Grade at Mts Aswaja Tunggangri. Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Erna Iftanti SS.,M.Pd. Keyword: Numbered Head Together (NHT), Reading Comprehension Reading is one skill that is very important in implementing teaching and learning process at Junior High School level. However, many students have difficulties in learning English, especially reading comprehension. Reading comprehension means the ability to read the text, to understand the content of the text, and to get information from the text. Most of students feel that reading activity is burdensome and boring. Therefore, in this study, the researcher will try to apply Numbered Head Together (NHT). This technique is expected to solve the difficulty of students in reading comprehension. This research was conducted to answer the following problems of the research: 1) How is students’ reading comprehension score before being taught by applying Numbered Head Together (NHT)? 2) How is students’ reading comprehension score after being taught by applying Numbered Head Together (NHT)? 3) Is there any significant different score of the students’ before and after being taught by applying Numbered Head Together (NHT)? This research was conducted by using quantitative approach with one group pre-test and post-test design. The research was conducted at MTs Aswaja Tunggangri. There were 22 students as the sample of study. The instrument of this study was test. The data was analyzed by using t-test. The result showed that the student’s score in reading before they are taught using Numbered Head Together (NHT) was 58.86. While the students’score after they are taught using Numbered Head Together (NHT) was 77.04. The tcount was 7.286 and at the significant level of 0.05 the score of ttable was 1.721. It means that the score of t-test is higher than score of ttable. Thus, it can be conclude that Numbered Head Together (NHT) is effective to teach reading for Junior High School, especially at seventh grade.