3.3 Research Subject Determination Method
The subject of this research was determined purposively. The subjects were the Eleventh Grade Students of IPA at SMA Plus Darul Hikmah in the 20152016
academic year. There were 3 classes of the eleventh grade, namely XI IPA, XI IPS 1, and XI IPS 2. XI IPA class was chosen because it had the lowest score of English
see Appendices C, D, and E. This class consisted of 17 students. Thus, the students
of XI IPA were chosen as the subject of this research.
3.4 Data Collection Method
There were four data that had been used in this research. Reading comprehension test and observation were used to collect the primary data.
Meanwhile, interview and documentation were used to get the secondary data. The following parts explained the methods used in this research.
3.4.1 Administering a Reading Test
Test was used to get the primary data of this research. The test was done after the actions were given in each cycle. According to Djiwandono 1996:1, test was an
instrument, a procedure, or series of activity that wa s used to measure someone’s
knowledge about specific material. In line with this idea, Hughes 2003:5 stated that test wa
s one of several ways in which information about people’s language ability can be gathered. In this research, reading comprehension test was used to collect the
data about the students’ reading comprehension achievement on narrative text. Hughes 2003:11 classified the test into four kinds of test, namely
proficiency test, diagnostic test, achievement test, and placement test. Based on the kinds of test above, the researcher used the achievement test to measure the students’
achievement of the materials after being involved in the teaching learning process. A good test considered the aspect of test validity and the reliability.
According to Fraenkel and Wallen 2006:150, validity referred to appropriateness, meaningfulness, and usefulness of the specific inferences the researchers make based
on the data they collect using a particular instrument. Heaton 1991:159 said that a test is valid if it measures accurately what is supposed to be measured. In this
research, the researcher used content validity in which the test was appropriate with the materials given. In addition, Fraenkel and Wallen 2006:150 defined reliability
as the consistency of the score obtained or how consistent the scores for each individual and a set of items are. In other words, when the test was tested to other
students, the results should be the same. The test was in the form of an objective test. It was called objective because
no judgment was required on the part of score and it had a greater reliability Hughes, 200
3:22. In the test, there were 2 texts given, entitled “The Salty River” and “Napombalu” which were adapted from 2 sources in internet. The numbers of
the test items were 20 items consist of 4 items for word comprehension, 6 items for sentence comprehension, 4 items for paragraph comprehension, and 6 items for text
comprehension. Dealing with the scoring, each item was scored 5, thus the total score of the test items was 100. The wrong answer was scored 0. The time allocation
for the students in doing the test was 60 minutes.
3.4.2 Observation
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