Using Extensive Reading to Improve Students‘ Reading Comprehension at Grade X SMA IT Darul Hasan Kota Padang Sidempuan

Muhriza, Fatma (2023) Using Extensive Reading to Improve Students‘ Reading Comprehension at Grade X SMA IT Darul Hasan Kota Padang Sidempuan. Masters thesis, Program Pasca Sarjana FBS Universitas Negeri Padang.

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Abstract

Students‘ reading comprehension in English text at grade X SMA IT Darul Hasan Kota Padang Sidempuan was still low and had not achieved the minimum standard of achievement which was caused by several factors such as less time for reading, limited reading texts, unfamiliar words, and less pleasure reading activities. To overcome those problems, the researcher conducted the pleasure reading activity or extensive reading activity to improve students‘ reading comprehension. This research was a classroom action research. The purposes of this research were to identify to what extent extensive reading activities can improve students‘ reading comprehension and the factors that influence the changes in students‘ reading comprehension. There were 32 participants in this research nineteen females and thirteen males. In doing research, the researcher was helped by a collaborator. This research consisted of two cycles. At every cycle, there were four meetings, three meetings for the teaching and learning process the last meeting for the test. There were two kinds of data In this research. Quantitative data and qualitative data. Quantitative data were collected from the test, meanwhile, qualitative data were obtained from the observation sheet, fieldnote, and interview result. The research findings showed that extensive reading could improve students‘ reading comprehension of grade X SMA IT Darul Hasan Kota Padang Sidempuan. the improvement could seen from the average scores of the students at each cycle. The average score of cycle 1 was 60,6 then improved in cycle 2 become 70,4. In addition, their improvement in students‘ reading comprehension also could be seen from each indicators‘ reading comprehension. moreover, some factors that influence the students‘ reading comprehension are strategy, approach, management in the classroom, and media. Hence, it can be concluded that using extensive reading can improve students' reading comprehension in reading English texts, especially in class X SMA IT Darul Hasan Padang Sidempuan Cit

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