Place and Time of Study
and post-test was administered after the treatments or after the teacher used the English teens magazine as one of alternative reading materials. The content of
questionnaire before treatment was same from the questionnaire after treatment but the questionnaire number was randomized. The questionnaire was divided into
two indicators. The indicators are factors that influenced reading interest. There are:
a. Cognitive Aspect Cognitive aspect included concept of reading. Concept of reading refers to
that particular cluster of ideas and attitudes which people have about reading.
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b. Affective Aspect Affective aspect is developed from attitudes of significant people, and
from attitudes expressed in different forms of mass media toward the interest activities. The affective aspect included teacher and reading
material.
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The description of pre-questionnaire and post-questionnaire indicators can be seen in table 3.2 and table 3.3.
Table 3.2 Indicators of the Questionnaire
before Treatment Variable
Indicator Question number
Positive Negative
Reading Interest Cognitive Aspect: Concept of Reading
1, 5, 15, 16, 20
2, 14
Affective Aspect: Teacher
8 7, 9, 22
Reading Material 4, 6, 10, 11,
17, 19, 21 3, 12, 13, 18,
23, 24, 25
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James Frederick Adams, Understanding Adolescence, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1980, p. 83
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Elizabeth B. Hurlock. Child Development, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, p. 423
Table 3.3 Indicators of the Questionnaire
after Treatment Variable
Indicator Question number
Positive Negative
Reading Interest Cognitive Aspect: Concept of Reading
10, 11, 15, 7, 20
8, 12
Affective Aspect: Teacher
23 2, 22, 24
Reading Material 1, 4, 6, 14,
16, 21, 25 3, 5, 9, 13, 17,
18, 19
2. Test The test
was used to see the result of students’ improvement in their cognitive aspect of reading interest. The test was applied in experimental and
controlled class to find out the score of students’ achievement. The score of the test used as comparison between experiment and controlled class. The writer
conducted the test twice for both classes. The first was pre-test and the second was post test.
a. Pre-test Pre-test was conducted for experiment class and controlled class and it
was conducted before the English teens magazine was given as reading material. The purpose of this test is to know whether the students as the
sample have the same background knowledge in research variable. The test used for pre-test was reading comprehension. It consists of 25 multiple choice
questions. The texts of reading comprehension test include of narrative texts, recount text, and procedure text and the students had to answer the questions
based on the text of the questions. The questions adopted from the previous national examination tests for Senior High School.