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THE EFFECT OF USING GROUP WORK ON READINGCOMPREHENSION FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE EIGHTH GRADEOF SMPN 1 CANGKRINGAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012
Kurnia H. Nurlatifah Zain
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Abstract
THE EFFECT OF USING GROUP WORK ON READING
COMPREHENSION FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE
AT SMPN 1 CANGKRINGAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012
Kurnia H. Nurlatifah Zain
06202244130
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to find out whether there is a significant
difference in reading comprehension for the students of SMPN 1 Cangkringan
who were taught using group work and who are not taught using group work.
This research was quantitative, quasi experimental research. The study
involved 70 students which are divided into two groups. Class VIII D (35
students) as the experimental group, and class VIII C (35 students) as the control
group. The data were obtained by two multiple choice tests, pre-test was given to
both classes before the treatment and the post test was given after the treatment.
The hypothesis was tested using the t-test analysis.
The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The
tests of normality and homogeneity were done before the test of the hypothesis
employed. The data of both pre-test and post-test from the control and the
experimental classes were also compared. The result of the descriptive statistics of
the post-test show that the mean score of the experimental class is 26.9429 and it
is categorized into high category and that of the control group was 21.1714, and it
is categorized into fair category. It means that the mean scores on the reading skill
test of the experimental group is higher than that of the control group. Moreover,
the result of t-test shows that the value of significance is lower than the
significance level of this study, i.e. 0.000 < 0.05. it means that there is a
significant difference in reading comprehension between students who were
taught using group work and students who were not taught using group work. So
it can be concluded that group work is effective to be used to improve the
students’ reading comprehension.
Key words: reading comprehension, group work.