THE EFFECT OF USING MULTIMEDIA READING MATERIALS ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 10 PEKANBARU
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- The main focus of this research is to investigate whether there was a significant effect of using Multimedia Reading Materials on students’ reading comprehension of narrative text at State Senior High School 10 Pekanbaru. The writer formulated the problems into two research questions that would be answered by using quantitative research, that is; 1) Is there any significant effect of using multimedia reading materials on students’ reading comprehension at Senior High School 10 Pekanbaru?, and 2) On which component of reading comprehension does the use of multimedia reading materials have the biggest effect on students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts? This research had two variables, Multimedia Reading Materials as an independent variable and students’ reading comprehension as a dependent variable. This research was a quasi-experimental research. The writer selected two classes from total nine classes by using cluster random sampling technique: experimental and control class. There were 95 students as sample out of 426 students. In collecting the data, the writer used multiple choice and short- answer question test. In analyzing the data, the writer used independent sample ttest formula calculated by using SPSS 23 version continued by using eta square formula. Based on the analysis of t-test Formula, the sig. value is 0.000. It could be stated that 0.000<0.05. Then, the effect size is 0.13 categorized into moderate level. The writer concluded that there is significant effect of using Multimedia Reading Materials on students’ reading comprehension of narrative text State Senior High School 10 Pekanbaru. And the biggest effect was occurred on the fourth component of reading comprehension that is identifying the meaning of words where the effect size is 0.15 categorized into high level. Key words: Multimedia Reading Materials, Reading comprehension, Narrative text.