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and internet and so on where the language they use for native speaker, so the text also has cultural value because language and culture is inseparable. When students read
the directed reading text, they were having cultural understanding. This statement is supported by Brown 2001: 64 he stated that anytime you successfully learn a
language, you will also learn something of culture of the speakers of that language. So the students not only learn the language but also the culture.
c. The directed reading can increase students’ interest in reading
The students have a very positive behavior towards the use of directed reading text in teaching reading. The students enjoyed and interested in reading. They wanted
to read more and more text. The source of directed reading is unlimited that is why students have always vary text and the students can exposure the real language used
in real life. We can divide reasons for reading into two broad categories: instrumental and pleasurable reading. We can speak about instrumental reading when we want to
achieve some clear aim. For example, we read instructions on a machine because we want to know how to operate it. A brochure is read if tourists need some pieces of
information about a spot of interest etc. Pleasurable reading takes place for pleasure. People read magazines while away their free time. In both types of reading, readers
are interested in the topics either because they find them useful or because they find them interesting.
If students good understand, they learn well, learn more and learn best.
3. Other finding: teacher’s Improvement on selecting a good text for reading
Other finding in this research is dealing with the teacher. When I implemented the directed reading for reading class, I improved in many ways. First, I am better in
selecting directed reading since not every directed reading text is suitable for the students. Second, I become more familiar with them since I discussed a lot during the
implementations. I noticed my students’ interest, fun, and problems in reading so that I can find a suitable way to help them in improving their reading comprehension.
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Other finding: Students’ positive response toward using directed reading in reading class.
At the end of my conducted, I gave the questionnaire to the students to find out the students’ responses toward using directed reading in reading class. This
finding is described in table 4.19 in previous section. All of the students agree about using directed reading in reading class and almost every student agree on that using
directed reading make them interested in reading. Furthermore, when the students choose their own topic it make them more motivated and fell more comfortable in
joining reading.
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Chapter V Conclusion, implication and suggestion
A. Conclusion
After the researcher did his action research by using directed reading to improve students’ reading comprehension, the writer found that the directed reading
has many advantages to help students improve their reading comprehension. Based on the data of the research, it could be seen as following points:
1. The directed reading can improve students’ reading comprehension. The improvement can be identified from students’ reading comprehension achievement in
term of paraphrasing, main idea and inference. a. Students are able to answer WH-questions, inference questions better and quicker.
Their ability in answering questions is improved through teaching learning process used directed reading which provide many exercises on answering those questions.
b. Students are able to identify the main idea and the paragraph topic well. The students’ skill in identifying them is improved through teaching learning activities
using directed reading which provides many exercises on identifying the paragraph topic and main idea.
Moreover, after the students have been given a treatment using directed reading it shows the significant improvement on the students’ achievement. It can be seen
from the result of their test. The mean scores of pre-test and post-test of the first cycle to the next cycle show the improvement.
2. The directed reading can improve the class situation. a. The class situation is alive and inspiring; directed reading is relevant with
students’ life that is why the students are interested in reading the text. When students are interested in the text they participates activity in reading activities.
b. The students improved their motivation to participate in all reading activities undertaken; directed reading has familiar topic so the students fell confidence and
enjoy reading the text.
