THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KLATEN IN THEACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

Abstract

Rosiati Putri Murtakim, 2017. The Effectiveness of Teaching Reading Comprehension by Using Herringbone Technique at the Tenth Grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Klaten in the Academic Year 2016/ 2017).Thesis.English Education Study Program, Islamic Education and Teacher Training Faculty. IAIN Surakarta Advisor : Dr. Yusti Arini M. Pd Keywords : Reading Comprehension, Herringbone Technique, Small Group Discussion The objectives of the research is to know the effectiveness of Herringbone technique to teach reading comprehension. Herringbone technique is the technique in teaching where the student work in pairs and analyze 5W + 1H using fish diagram. In this research, the researcher uses quantitative approach that based on the result of proposing item tests to respondents of the research. Meanwhile, the method which used in this research is experimental method, here the researcher conducted test as an instrument of the research. The sample of this research is first grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Klaten in the academic year 2016/ 2017. The researcher uses cluster random sampling to collect the sample at the tenth grade. This research use X1 class as experimental group and X3 class as control group. Every group consists of 22 students. In experimental group was tough by using Herringbone Technique while in control group was taught by using Small Group Discussion The result of post-test shows us that the mean at experimental class is higher than at control class. The result of calculation of the t-test shows that tobserved (4.23) is higher that ttable (2.01) in 5% level significant. These tell us that teaching reading using Herringbone technique is effective to improve students‟ reading comprehension. The research hypothesis is “there is effectiveness of using Herringbone technique in teaching reading towards students, reading compehension”