students on the learning process. So the learning was not teacher-centered anymore. The students enjoyed the fun learning activities so they were not bored
when they were asked to read. There were 2 indicators in the second cycle which were still in the same
level with the first cycle, but there were improvement on percentage. They were finishing the task in time given and summarizing the information from the text.
The limitation of time was the problem, it was needed a good time management. The others, the students read and did the activities enthusiastically and did
not feel under pressure. Moreover, I gave more feedback in every activity, so that the students became motivated in participating.
Based on the results, there was no need to do the next cycle in this research. In general, it could be said that the students’ motivation have improved.
4.2 Students’Reading Comprehension
The students’ reading comprehension was checked by using CARI Content Area Reading Inventory. The questions on the CARI were related to the text which the
students read.
4.2.1 Cycle 1 Test
The cycle 1 test was held on the second meeting of first cycle. It was integrated into learning process in the second meeting. It was easy to be done because in one
side, the student did not feel under pressure like they were doing formal test and on the other side, Icould find out the level of their comprehension directly from
their test result and it was not time consuming.In cycle 1 test, the result of the students’ CARI was as follow:
No. Category
Score Frequency
1 The lowest score
50 3
2 The highest score
100 14
3 Mean
89.06
Table 4.3The s tudents’ result on CARI 1
From the cycle 1 test, the class’ average was good but there were some students who did not pass the school score standard. Based on the result, it was
needed to hold cycle 2 as a way to improve their motivation on reading.
4.2.2 Cycle 2 test
The cycle 2 test was held in the end of the second meeting which was integrated with the lesson activity. The result of the test was as follows:
No. Category
Score Frequency
1 The lowest score
80 1
2 The highest score
100 21
3 Mean
95.6
Table 4.4The s tudents’ result on CARI 2
From the CARI 2 result, it can be seen that all students passed the school score standard and the mean were excellent. The improvement of the students’
reading comprehension could be seen in the following table:
Preliminary Study Cycle 1
Cycle 2
When the teacher gave questions about the text
which they have read, only a few students who
could answer, the others were not able to answer
When the teacher gave CARI 1 to check the
students’ comprehension, many students got score
100 point, but still found 3 students who got score
50 When the teacher gave
CARI 2 to check the students’ comprehension,
most of the students got score 100 point and no
students were under the minimal point
Table 4.5The s tudents’ improvements on reading comprehension
The students’ improvement that was clearly provided on Table 4.5 showed
that it is enough to end the research by doing 2 cycles.
4.3 Analysis of Questionnaire
