Procedures of Data Collecting Technique

2. Pre test

The pre-test was administered before the treatments, in order to know the students’ ability in identifying the non-literal meaning of narrative text before getting the treatment. The pre-test was consisted of reading narrative texts with 20 items of multiple choices. The pre-test was conducted within 60 minutes. The materials of the test were based on the curriculum.

3. Post test

The post-test was administered to the students after the treatment was applied in order to find out the improvement of students’ reading comprehension after being taught using Contextual Teaching and Learning CTL. The test consisted of reading texts with 20 items of multiple choices test. The post-test was conducted within 60 minutes.

3.4 Procedures of Data Collecting Technique

In collecting the data, the researcher used the following procedures: 1. Determining the samples of the research The first step to be made in this research was selecting class as the sample. The researcher chose experimental class randomly by using lottery, since every class had learnt the narrative text in the first semester and had the same opportunity to be chosen. From the lottery drawing, the researcher took XI social 3 as the experimental class. There were 38 students in the class. 2. Determining the research instrument The researcher took the materials for the reading test pre-test and post-test from some English book and internet. 3. Administering the try out The try out was given to the students in order to know the quality of the test as the instrument of the research. The test was a multiple-choice test consisting of 30 items and conducted for 60 minutes. Try out test was conducted to know the Reliability, Level of difficulty, and Discrimination Power of the test. The result of the try out test would be analyzed in order to know which items are good to be used in the pre-test. 4. Administering the pre-test This test was given to find out the students’ basic knowledge about the non- literal meaning in reading narrative text. The good items that had been analyzed in tryout test were given in the pre-test. The researcher administered the pre-test before giving the treatments. The pre-test used a narrative text and 20 of multiple choices with each correct answer load 5 points. 5. Conducting the treatments After the pre-test, the experimental class was given treatment by using CTL as a method and narrative text as a media. The treatment was conducted in three meetings. In this step, the observer did the observation during the teaching learning process. 6. Administering the post-test The post-test was given in the last meeting. The post-test was conducted to measure the students’ ability in identifying the non-literal meaning of narrative text after being taught contextual teaching and learning CTL. The test was in form of reading and multiple choices test. The post-test was conducted in 60 minutes. 7. Analyzing the data After collecting the data, the data gained was done. The data was computed through SPSS Statistical Package for Social Science 16.0 for Windows.

3.5 Scoring System