achievement in reading comprehension between State Junior High School and MTs through visual aids.
Figure 2. Differences score pretest posttest of SMP N 2 Sukolilo and MTs Miftahul Fallah Wotan
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From the diagram above we can concluded that we could conclude that in the pretest of SMP N 2 Sukolilo had higher score than Mts Miftahul Fallah Wotan. The
difference score for pretest was 4.7 points. For the posttest we concluded that SMP N 2 Sukolilo also had higher score than MTs Miftahul Fallah Wotan, the difference
score for posttest was 5.16 points. It could be said that both pretest and posttest, SMP N 2 Sukolilo had higher score than MTs Miftahul Fallah Wotan.
4.4 The Application of Visual Aids in Learning Process
Learning process as an important aspect that determines students’ achievement has a
big role. Beside students’ achievement, it also could influence students’ motivation in learning process. Because of those, as creative teachers we have to create an
interesting situation in order students could do the learning process enjoyable and
effective. We should build the class situation more comfortable. Then, about the media of material we have to make exploration in conveying the material. We can
take the benefit and advantages the technology to improve the education system. In this research, the writer used visual aids in conveying the materials. Before
the class began, she prepared the materials first. She took some texts that appropriate with the topic that she is going to discuss. She took those texts from internet. After
getting those texts that relate with the recount and narrative, then she made the material about recount and narrative. She used PowerPoint in conveying the
materials. Next, she made some pictures with application from computer such as Photoshop and CorelDraw. She made the story of text through picture story as the
visual aids. Actually, we as teacher must have an ability or skill in computerization in
order to operate and create visual aids. We have to be expert in creating something new so students don’t get bored with the learning process. Visual aid that was used in
class has many advantages. Students could be more responsive about the material so they can pay attention about the learning process. Because of visual aids, students
could guess the content of the text without trying to find out in dictionary. In using visual aids as media in learning process, we needed good facilities in
the class such as LCD projector and visual aids monitor in each of class. In facts, we often find
some schools don’t have facility like that. Commonly most schools in
village or suburb don’t have LCD projector in each class. For anticipating that condition, we have to be more creative in creating visual aids. We can use visual aids
monitor or using some pictures. In this research, the writer used LCD projector as the tool to conveying visual
aids. Students are given the material and some texts through visual aids. In measuring students’ achievement through visual aids, the writer also held the post test with
giving visual aids for all students and they had to answer the questions about the whole context of those texts.
4.5 The advantages of visual aids
