Reading Comprehension An Experimental Study at the Second Grade of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 02 Bekasi.
B. Objectives of the Study
The objective of the study is that the writer wants to know whether there is any significant difference on students reading achievement in
reading comprehension competence with or without using jigsaw technique.
C. Limitation and Formulation of the Problem
1. The Limitation of the Problem The writer limited the research on the effectiveness of jigsaw in
teaching reading comprehension on the second year students of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 02 Bekasi.
2. The Formulation of the Problem Based on the background above, the writer formulates the problem
as follow: Is jigsaw technique more effective in improving students’ reading achievement than the conventional one?
D. Method of the Study
In the process of writing this skripsi, the writer use two ways of research; library research and field research. In library research, the writer
collects the data by searching materials from books and internet that are related to the topic.
In field research, the writer collects data by implementing pre-test and post-test in both of classes. To see the effectiveness of this technique, the
writer compares students post test scores in both experimental and controlled class to see whether there are students’ gain scores before and after the
treatment.
E. Significance of the Study
The writer expect that the research will be useful for the writer herself in increasing her knowledge about techniques in teaching reading and
for the English teacher who might use this technique when they teach reading in order to make teaching and learning activities become interesting. So the
students will enjoy their learning activities and improve their achievement in reading comprehension test.
F. Organization of Writing
This skripsi is systematically divided into four chapters as below: Chapter one presents introduction which consist of six parts. They
are: background of the study, objectives of the study, limitation and formulation of the problem, method of the study, significance of the study, and
organization of writing. Chapter two will be focused on the discussion of theoretical
framework. The writer will discuss: first, reading comprehension which consists of definition of reading comprehension, purposes of reading,
principles in teaching reading, and factor influencing comprehension. Second is about jigsaw technique which consists of definition of jigsaw, aims of
jigsaw, and components of jigsaw. Third is about effectiveness. And the forth is about the implementation of jigsaw in teaching reading comprehension.
Chapter three explains research methodology and findings. First, research methodology consists of objectives of the research, place and time of
the research, method of the research, population and sampling, instrument of the research, technique of data collecting, and technique of data analysis.
Second, research findings consist of data description, data analysis, test of hypothesis, and data interpretation.
Finally chapter four is conclusion and suggestion.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
