Improving Students' Motivation in Reading Comprehension by Using Reading Games at Tenth Grade of SMK Negeri 1 Batam

There are some problems found in teaching English especially in teaching reading. When the researcher asked them to read the text, they would rather do other activities such as chatting with their friends. When the researcher asked them for volunteer to read the text loudly, only few students wanted to do it. If some questions were asked by the teacher related to the text which they read, only few students wanted to answer those questions directly. They seemed lazy in doing that activity. Consequently, the class was in passive condition. There was lack of students’ motivation in learning reading. To solve this problem the researcher conducted the action classroom research by using reading game. This action classroom research was aimed to explain whether reading games can better improve the students’ motivation in reading comprehension for the students of ten grade of Mechatronic in SMK Negeri 1 Batam and explain what factors influence the improvement of students’ motivation by using this reading games. There are two cycles in this research that each cycle consists of plan, action, observation and reflection. The qualitative data were collected by field note, and interview while quantitative data were collected through observation sheet and test which were helped by a collaborator in conducting this research. The subject were 20 students whose registered in grade X Mechatronic of SMK Negeri 1 Batam. The findings of this research showed that the students’ motivation in reading comprehension improved by using reading games. The improvement was influenced by several factors, such as the material, media, classroom activity, classroom management, teacher approach, and teacher strategy. Therefore, it can be concluded that using reading game can better improve the students’ motivation in reading comprehension at grade ten of Mecatronika in SMK Negeri 1 Batam.