5 In addition, the English teacher of the eighth grade of MTs N Arjasa has
never applied NHT technique to teach reading comprehension. For those reasons, the researcher has willingness to conduct a classroom action research to improve
the students’ reading comprehension by using the same technique. Hence, a research entitled: “Improving the Grade Eight Students’ Participation and Their
Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using Numbered Heads Together Technique at MTs N Arjasa” will be conducted.
1.2 Problems of the Research
Based on the background of the research above, the problems of the research are formulated as follows.
1. Can the use of Numbered Heads Together NHT technique improve the grade eight students’ participation in teaching learning process at MTs N
Arjasa? 2. Can the use of Numbered Heads Together NHT technique improve the
grade eight students’ reading comprehension achievement at MTs N Arjasa?
1.3 Objective of the Research
Considering the research problems presented above, the objectives of the research as follows.
1. To improve the grade eight students’ participation in teaching learning process at MTs N Arjasa by using Numbered Heads Together NHT
technique. 2. To improve the grade eight students’ reading comprehension achievement
at MTs N Arjasa by using Numbered Heads Together NHT technique.
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1.4 Limitation of the Research
Limitation of A research is important to avoid a scope of a research. The classroom action research will be used to improve the grade eight students’
participation and their reading comprehension achievement at MTs N Arjasa in the 20142015 academic year.
1.5 Significance of the Research
The result of this research is expected to be useful for the English teacher, the students, and the other researchers.
1.5.1 The English Teacher
The results of the research are hopefully can give more information about Numbered Heads Together technique. Besides, it will be able to improve the
teacher’s performance in teaching reading comprehension so that the reading class is more active and interesting. Besides, it also improves his students’
achievement. 1.5.2
The Students This technique hopefully can improve their reading comprehension
achievement and their active participation in teaching learning process. The result of this research is expected to give a new experience to the students in learning
reading comprehension through the Numbered Heads Together NHT Technique. 1.5.3
The Other Researchers Hopefully, the results of the research is beneficial for future researchers as
information to conduct further researches using the same technique with the same or different research design, for example “Improving The Students’ Participation
and Their Listening Comprehension Achievement by Using Numbered Heads Together NHT Technique”.
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CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
