3.6 Data Analysis Method
After collecting the data from the participants, the next important step in this research was analyzing the data. Hadi 2002:121 explains that the data analysis
method is a way of analyzing the data obtained from respondents of the research.
The collected primary data will be analyzed by the following formula.
Notes: E = the score of the students
’ Reading Comprehension Achievement test n = the number of correct answer of each indicator of reading test obtained by
the students N = the number of the test items
Adapted from Ali, 1993:186 Next, the results of the data analysis of the reading comprehension test above
were classified based on the classification of the score levels as presented in Table 3.2 below.
Table 3.2 The Classification of the Score Level
Score Level Category
80-100 70-79
60-69 40-59
0-39 Excellent
Good Fair
Poor Failed
Source: Depdiknas 2004:13 The steps in analysing data were follows:
1. Scoring the results of the reading test of each indicator by using the following
formula:
Notes: E = the score of the students
’ Reading Comprehension Achievement test n = the number of correct answers of each indicator of reading test obtained by
the students N = the number of the test items
Ali, 1993:186 2.
Classifying the students’ scores of each indicator based on the classification of
the students’ reading comprehension achivement test in Table 3.2 above. 3.
Interpreting the results of classification of the students’ reading comprehension achievement test.
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CHAPTER 4. RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter focuses on the result and discussion of this study to English teaching reading and students’ reading comprehension ability test in SMPN 1
Banyuwangi. This chapter presents the result of interview, documentation and try out. The result and discussion of the research are reported correspondingly in the
following sections.
4.1 The Result of Interview
The interview was conducted on June 17
th
, 2014 with the English teacher on eighth grade of SMPN 1 Banyuwangi to obtain the data about the English
curriculum, the technique used in teaching English, and the textbooks used in teaching English. The results of interview were as follows.
From the interview, it was known that the teacher conducted the teaching of English in the eighthth grade at SMPN 1 Banyuwangi. The English teacher
used the lesson plan when he was teaching. The researcher got a lesson plan about reading comprehension of recount text from the English teacher as the
documentation, as enclosed Appendix 7. In teaching reading, the English teacher used 2006 Institutional-Based-
Curriculum and he used some techniques in teaching English, such as lecturing, discussing, giving exercises and sometimes giving a game to the students. The
teacher started the lesson by giving some leading questions to the students which were related to the topic. He gave the materials to the students first and then gave
the explanation about what was being discussed. Then, the teacher asked the students to read the text loudly or silently. He also used paired reading to help
students comprehend reading text easier. Next, the students were asked to make a list of some difficult words from the text and find the meanings of the words.
After finding and discussing the meaning of some difficult words with class, the teacher asked them to do the exercises individually and discussed the correct
answers with the whole class.
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