THE USE OF ALPHA BOXES TO IMPROVE RECOUNT TEXT ON READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 17 PALEMBANG
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- ABSTRACT Reading is one of the important language skills which must be mastered by the students. The students of SMPN 17 Palembang still have low performance in reading comprehension. It could be seen from the reading scores of the students in preliminary research which most of the students still got the score under the passing grade (KKM). This study aimed to find out whether or not there was (1) a significant difference in reading comprehension on recount text of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang between before and after they were taught by using alpha boxes and, (2) a significant difference in reading comprehension on recount text between the eighth grade students who were taught by using alpha boxes and those who were not. The sample of the study was 62 of the eighth grade students of SMPN 17 Palembang chosen by using purposive sampling. This study used quasi-experimental research design with pretest and post of experimental and control groups. The results of this study revealed that there was a significant difference in reading comprehension between before and after the students were taught by using alpha boxes as teaching media (p-value > 0.05, p-value= 0.000), and there was a significant difference in reading comprehension between the eighth grade students who were taught by alpha boxes and those who were not (p-value > 0.05, p-value= 0.000). It indicated that the application of alpha boxes in teaching reading comprehension on recount text gave influence for the students’ reading comprehension. Keyword: reading comprehension, alpha boxes, recount text