2. Tabulating the scores and calculating the mean of the pretest and posttest. The researcher used a very simple statistic formula to compute the average score
or mean of the pretest and posttest. The formula was as follows: =
Σ
Where: : mean average score
∑x: total number of the student’s score N : total number of the students
Hatch and Farhady, 1982:5 3. Administering the Normality Test
This test was used to measure whether the distribution of the data normally distributed or not. The data were tested by One-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov
Formula SPSS 15. The criteria of normal distribution is:
the hypothesis is accepted if the result of the normality test is higher than 0.05 sign α. In this case, the researcher used level of significance of 0.05.
4. Calculating from the tabulated scores of the pretest and posttest administered. Statistically, researcher analyzed the data using repeated measure T-test to
test whether the difference between pretest and posttest is significant or not. It was used as the data comes from the same sample Setiyadi, 2006: 170.
The researcher used SPSS version 17.0 to calculate the data. 5. Drawing conclusion from the data.
3.9 Hypotheses Testing
The hypotheses testing was used to prove which one of the two hypotheses in this research was accepted or not. The hypothesis was statistically analyzed using
repeated measures T-test that is used to draw conclusion in significant level of 0.05 P0.005.
The formulation was:
=
X
1
−
X
2
With:
=
∑ ∑
Where:
X
= Mean from pretest
X
= Mean from posttest
S
D
= Standard error of differences between means n
= Subjects on sample Hatch and Farhady, 1982:114
The criteria are: 1. If the t-ratio is higher than t-table: H
1
is accepted 2. If the t-ratio is lower than t-table: H
is accepted In order to get good and valid result, researcher used SPSS version 17.0 to analyze
the data.
V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter present conclusion based on the research result and some suggestions for teachers and further researchers.
5.1 Conclusion
In line with the results of the research and discussion previously presented, the researcher draws the conclusion that task-based approach can be used to increase
the students’ reading comprehension achievement significantly, especially for helping them to understand every sub skill, those five sub skills are: identifying
main idea, understanding vocabulary, identifying specific information, finding Inference and finding reference. It has been proven by the gain of each sub skill
see page 42. From those five sub skills, the highest increase is identifying main idea , viceversa the lowest increase was finding inference. Moreover, the gain of
the students’ mean score increase 27,00 score point. The hipotesis testing showed, that sig. 2-tailed was p= 0.000 p 0.05 and t-ratio was higher than t-table
11.439 2.052. From those statements before, it can be concluded that task- based approach can increase the students reading comprehension achievement
significantly.
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5.2 Suggestions
By considering the conclusion above, the researcher proposes some suggestions as follows:
1. Suggestions to the teacher a. English teachers are recommended to apply task- based approach as one of
the ways in teaching especially reading because it can help the students to comprehend the text by applying it in the real life situation.
b. To overcome difficulty in finding inference, it will be better for the teacher to make student to have more practice in finding inference and equip the
students with some vocabularries that might be used. c. Referring to these two criteria of task, presence of a work plan and
connection ro real-world Ellis, 2003, teacher should make highly good preparation before applying it in order to make the process works well. In
addition, within a good work plan there will be good time alocation management.
d. Teachers are suggested to be more creative and innovative in making various kinds of interesting task, in order to make the students more active
and encouraged to learn. Then, in making a good task teacher should consider students’ ability, so that they can do the task well.
2. Suggestions to further researchers The other researcher , who are intended in using task-based approach, can
replicate it by considering the suggestions above and finding newest references toward task- based approach.
