IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ON RECOUNT TEXT BY USING SQ4R AND MEDIA BOOKLET
Abstract: Most of the ninth
grade students of SMPN 1 Sungai
Betung was poor in their vocabulary
mastering especially finding the meaning of words. They were also poor
in their ability
in mentioning the
detail information (characteristic, setting and theme) from recount text. With this problems the teacher
tried to use other tecnique and
media of teaching
to improve students
ability. Therefore, the application of
SQ4R methods and
booklet was used
to help them
to know the meaning of words to understand detail
information of the generic structure of text with easier. This research method
is a classroom action research that was applied to the
25 students of
class 9C SMPN
1 Sungai Betung.
Data collection through written test such as multiple choice,
stuffing and notes during the observation. The results of
the study was that the students’
progress during teaching and learning activity in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2. In Cycle
1 mean score was 61.20, and in Cycle 2 the
students’ improved significantly become
86.40.
Author: Hananiel, Clarry Sada,
Dewi Novita
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150088
