The Hypothesis Testing Research Finding 1. Data Description

is significant different between the students’ score in reading comprehension test that using picture series and the students’ score in reading comprehension test without using picture series at the tenth grade students of SMAN 22 Kab. Tangerang. It means, students who had pictures on text had significant effect in comprehending text compared to those who did not have pictures on text. According to the research, reading text with pictures is more effective than without pictures. This study also conducted by Allen 1 , Zainal 2 , and Bayyini 3 . The result of the previous studies reveals that the use of pictures affects students’ reading comprehension. Actually, the procedure of this research was rather similar with the previous study conducted by Zainal, because in his study, picture was the tool or the media for improving students’ reading comprehension. However, the number of participants, and the design were rather different. The number of participant involved in the Zainal ’s study was 20 participants. The participants consisted of the ninth grade Madrasah Tsanawiyah As-Shiddiqiyyah, Kabupaten Kubu Raya. The design for the previous study was classroom action research, it was different from this study which used quasi- experimental design. This research divided sample into experimental and controlled group which totally consisted of 66 students of the tenth grade of SMAN 22 Kab. Tangerang. The experimental group did the treatment while the controlled group did not. Furthermore, the previous study used field notes, the observation report, the achievement test, the photograph, and the lesson plan to get the data. In contrast, this research used students’ score in pre- and post-test as the data sources. Moreover, the result of the statistical analysis was used as the data for testing hypothesis and to get final result. According to the data analysis, the score 1 Allen ubekti, “The Effectiveness of Using Pictures in Teaching Reading of Procedure Text”, Skripsi pada Sarjana UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 2014. 2 Zainal Ikhsanudin ilitansina, “Improving tudents’ Reading Comprehension of Procedure Text Through Picture Word Inductive odel trategy” Skripsi pada sarjana UNTAN, 2014. 3 Bayyini Rosyada Elka, “The Effect of Using Picture eries on tudents’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text, Skripsi pada sarjana UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta 2015. calculation showed that both experimental and controlled group was improved. However, the improvement of controlled group was not as significant as experimental group. It was proven by the gained score produced by the groups, that the experimental group gained score was higher than the controlled group. The statistical calculation showed that the result of t-observation is 2.76 and the degree of freedom df is used in the significance level of 5 = 1.66. By comparing the value of t-observation and t-table, it can be known that the result of calculation of t-observation is higher than t-table. It meant that reading with pictures is more effective than without pictures. Finally, t he writer believed that pictures in text may improve students’ reading comprehension. It also could be seen from the implementation of this media in the class. Students who had experienced reading text with pictures had more better understanding, had their motivation and interest increased to read, and also had better memory about the text.