Designing Blended Learning Program

D. Previous Study

Regarding the effect of blended learning on students reading comprehension of exposition text, there are two researchers that have conducted the study: The first study was conducted by Asih Wahyuni, et al. The focus of their study was to find whether blended learning may gave alternative way instruction in teaching reading and it could improve student’s score, attitude and motivation in reading. The participants of their study were second years EFL learners who studied at Faculty of Teachers Training and Educational Sciences in Bogor. To collect the data, they used three instruments which were classroom observation, documentation of student’s gained score and student result in online learning activity, the last was interview. Through their study, they proved that blended learning could improve student’s score and it could be interactive way in teaching reading in Indonesian University Context. 37 The second study was by Fatemeh Behjat, et al. This study was an attempt to discover whether conventional or blended learning could better enhance the reading comprehension for EFL learners. 107 Iranian students majoring in English at Abaden Islamic Azad University and Zand institute of Higher Education in Shiraz were selected as sample. They used test as their instruments and divided sample into two groups of experiment and control. For the treatment the experimental group received the instruction in classroom and assignment in virtual mode. The control group got instruction and assignment in conventional mode. The result proved that blended learning could help learners outperform in their reading comprehension. Moreover, they suggest that this model of learning could be used in developing other skills. 38 37 Asih Wahyuni et al, Blended Learning is Teaching Reading: a Pedagogical Practice to Teaching English as a Foreign Language in an Indonesian University Context, The 61 TEFLIN International Conference, 2014 38 Fatemeh Behjat et al, Blended Learning: a Ubiquitous Learning Environment for Reading Comprehension, International Journals of English Linguistic, 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 The third study was conducted by Sri Wantoro under title ”Blended Learning; Incorporating Moodle into Clasroom Reading Comprehension Activities A Case Study at a Senior High School in Pangkalpinang ”. Her study investigated in using Moodle to support face to face calssroom reading- comprehension activities since managing reading in classroom is not sufficient. Moodle would be used as a tool of blended learning activities. The participants were students in Senior High School at Pangkalpinang. She used four data collecting techniques, those were observation, interview, questionnaires, and document analysis. The result found that usning moodle as a tool of blended learning toward students reading comprehension was positive. It means that moodle facilitated them in learning process, supported their outside learning activitie, supported students reading comprehension activities, and it builded students-students and students teacher social interaction. 39 The Fourth study was conducted by Zahra Zahedi at Islamic Azad University. The aim of his study was to find the effect of blended instruction and face-to-face reading intruction on the use of reading strtegies by Irabian EFL learners. The sample of this sutudy was Iranian EFL learners which consited of 30 students of experimental class and 30 students of controlled class. The experimental class had treatment blended learning instruction on seven reading strategies along seven meetings while the controlled class had face-to face instruction. He used test and reading strategies questionnaire as the instruments of his study. The result proved that blended learning instruction was more effective then face-to- face instruction on their students’ reading strategies. 40

E. Framework of Thinking

Reading is one of skill which is important. Since, reading is related to other language skill especially writing skill. Reading is useful for people 39 Sri Wantoro, Blended Learning; Incorporating Moodle into Clasroom Reading Comprehension Activities A Case Study at a Senior High School in Pangkalpinang, Bandung: Indonesia University of Educarion, 2014. 40 Zahra Zahendi, The Effect of Blended Teaching on Reading Strategy Use by Iranian EFL Learners, International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 2015, Vol. 3, No.11. especially student. Through reading student will got more information. To get more information in reading student need the ability to understand the message in text, it is why comprehension is needed in reading. Despite of the usefulness in reading, student sometimes meet some problems that affect on students in learning reading, especially in reading comprehension. Those problems such as teachers who always implementing traditional model in teaching reading, and time limit in teaching reading in several school. Blended learning is one of solution for helping students in learning reading comprehension. Blended learning is combination between face to face and online learning that can be one of solution in teaching and learning activity. Since, it integrate to online learning students can have more time in learning reading and teacher will have more time in teaching it. Through the online learning teacher can give students extra reading material as a support of face-to-face activity in classroom. This extra reading material is useful in learning and practicing reading in order to developed students reading comprehension.

F. Theoretical Hypothesis

There are two kinds of hypothesis in this research. H 1 : By using blended learning model. It will effect students reading comprehension achievement of exposition text al 11 th grade of SMA N 4 Kota Tangerang Selatan. Ho: By using blended learning model, it will not effect students reading comprehension achievement of narrative text at 11 th grade of SMA N 4 Kota Tangerang Selatan.