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The indicators that were used to monitor the students’ active participation
in the teaching learning process were as follows: 1.
Showing eagerness in learning the descriptive texts about people by using Webbing Technique.
2. Completing the web in groups.
3. Showing cooperation with their groups in making the web based on the
text. 4.
Doing the reading exercises given by the teacher in the form of multiple choice questions responsibly.
3.3 Area Determination Method
The area of this research was determined by using purposive method. Arikunto 2006: 139-140 notes that purposive method is chosen for a research
based on certain purpose or reasons. In this research, SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih was chosen because of some reasons. The reasons were as follows.
1. Class VIII-F students at this school had problems in comprehending
reading texts including finding the general and specific information from the texts. Therefore, their scores in reading were still low;
2. The VIII-F students were less of enthusiasm during the teaching learning
process of reading. 3.
The use of Webbing Technique in teaching reading comprehension had never been used by the English teacher;
4. The English teacher of the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih had
agreed to conduct a Classroom Action Research collaboratively in one of her classes;
5. The Principal of SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih gave permission to conduct
this Classroom Action Research.
3.4 Research Subjects
The purposive method was used to determine the research subjects. Research subjects are people who are intended to be researched by researchers
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Arikunto, 2006:145. The subjects of this research were the students of class VIII at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih in the 20152016 academic year. There are seven
classes of the eighth grade at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih, namely VIII-A, VIII-B, VIII-C, VIII-D, VIII-E, VIII-F and VIII-G. Among those classes, the research
subjects of this Classroom Action Research were the students of class VIII-F that consisted of 26 students. The students of class VIII-F were chosen because they
had problems in reading, especially finding general and specific information of the text as informed by the English teacher. Based on the school documentation, it
was found that class VIII-F had the lowest mean score of the English final test among the other classes. The average score of the students’ English final test in
class VIII-F was only 65.5.
3.5 Data Collection Methods
