49 process is conducted from 7:00 a.m to 12.30 p.m. The total hours for English
are four hours per week. The lesson was last for 40 minutes for each hour. The facilities in the school is good enough for teaching and learning English, there
are library and languages laboratory. There were 4 English teachers in SMP Negeri 1 Mlati graduating from different University.
To make the research effective, the researcher took one class as the sample of research. It was grade VII A in the second semester academic year
20132014 which consisted of 33 students. The decision to choose that class was determined by following factors:
1. The research subjects were taken from one of the biggest classes. It was expected that by taking the big class the result would be able to
portray the result of different students with different interest. In this condition, it was expected that the result would be valid.
2. Some students had low motivation and low grade in reading. It could see from the result of pre-test.
3. The number of research subjects was 33. This number was reliable because it could represent the population.
4. This class was the place where researcher teaches. It was expected that the research would not disturb the teaching learning process because
they were new in the second semester.
C. The Subject of the Research
The subject of this research is the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Mlati in the second semester by the academic year 20132014. The
researcher only looks one class to be the subjects of the research that is class
50 VII A. They are 33 students. The class was chosen based on discussion of the
researcher with the English teacher.
D. Data CollectionTechnique
There are two kinds of data gathered in this study, those are: the quantitative data and qualitative data. The quantitative data shows the finding
of students‟ ability in reading comprehension in terms of the mean score that could be reached by the students from the pre-test until the post-test of every
cycle. These data are shown in the form of table and interpreted descriptively with the support of the qualitative data are taken from the observation journal
and the observation sheet made by the researcher in every session of both cycle, and from the interview give to the students after the action take place.
The techniques of data collection are presented as follows. 1. Observation
The observation is used to find out the crucial factors and achieve process validity. It is held through the teaching and learning process in the
classroom. 2. Interview
The interview is also used to find out crucial factors and achieve process validity. It was carried out in the beginning of the research.
3. Test
51 The test is administered before and after the action. It is used in the
reflection to obtain the reliability of findings.
E. Data Analysis Technique
The analysis of data is represented by the reflection of the cycles of the research. By doing the reflection, the researcher would have authentic knowledge,
which could help the researcher in interpreting the data. The philosophy of action research suggests that an appropriate form of analysis would be through the
discussion of criteria and areas of concern as well as isolated instances of behavior McNiff, 1988.
Miles and Huberman 1994 state some steps to analyze an action research data of which most of the data are in form of words, sentences, phrases, and other
expressions: 1. Coding the data in order to make it easier to be analyzed, 2. Eliminating the unneeded data in order to keep we focus on the primary data, 3.
Presenting the essential and supporting data in the research finding, and 4. Drawing conclusion.
F. Indicators of Success
