NIM 200832270 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
THE READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE
EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN
JEPARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING
THE POWER OF TWO AS A STRATEGY
By
CHOIRUL ANNAM
NIM 200832270
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
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ii
THE READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE
EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN
JEPARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING
THE POWER OF TWO AS A STRATEGY
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing
the Sarjana Program in English Education
By:
CHOIRUL ANNAM
NIM 200832270
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
∞ Make a good job with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim
∞ We don’t know what is going on the future, but we should try to make it
better.
∞ Never give up and keep trying.
DEDICATION
This skripsi is dedicated to:
1. His beloved parents (Suhirsan and Ismah
Khasanah)
2. His beloved uncle (Drs. Hasan As’ari)
3. His beloved young sister and brother (Amalia
Nurul Shoimah, and Ahmad Saiq)
4. His beloved woman (Nila Aminah)
5. His best friends (Aris Setia Budi, Ardiansyah F.E,
Wulan Sari Al Azwar)
6. All of His friends in UMK
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v
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In this occasion, the researcher would like to say thanks to Allah SWT for
all of mercy and blessing to the researcher with health, power and motivation to
finish his skripsi entitled “The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of The
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught by Using The Power of Two as a Strategy.”
Furthermore, the researcher would like to express the sincerity gratitude
and appreciation for the available assistance given by many people in finishing
this research. They are:
1.
Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty University of Muria Kudus.
2.
Fitri Budi Suryani, S.S, M.Pd as the Head of English Education
Department of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus
University.
3.
Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd as the first advisor. Thanks for all your best
suggestions, guidance, advice, and motivation to the researcher in
finishing this final project.
4.
Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum as the second advisor. Thanks for all your
valuable help, advice, guidance, and motivation to the researcher in
finishing this final project.
5.
Shodikin, S.Ag, S.Pd as the Headmaster of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara who has given the researcher a permission to do the research and
support the researcher in writing this skripsi.
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6.
The English teacher of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara, Drs. Hasan
As’ari, for help, and all of the students of eighth grade students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012.
7.
His beloved parents Suhirsan and Ismah Khasanah who always give
prayer, support, motivation and moral encouragement to finish his skripsi.
8.
His beloved young sister and brother, Amalia Nurul Shoimah and Ahmad
Saiq who always give support and affection.
9.
All of his beloved best friends, Nila Aminah, Aris Setia Budi, Ardiansyah
Firman Effendi, Wulan Sari Al Azwar Hakim, for prayer, help and
support.
10. All of his friends in UMK
Those cannot be mentioned one by one for the support. The researcher
expects that everything has been writing in this research will be useful for all the
readers and the researcher himself. Some suggestions and criticisms are always
needed to make it better. For detail information, contact the researcher on
085740558496.
Kudus, July 2012
Choirul Annam
200832270
viii
ABSTRACT
Annam, Choirul. 2012. The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught by Using The Power of Two as a Strategy. Skripsi. English
Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria
Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd (ii) Fajar Kartika, S.S,
M.Hum.
Key words: Reading Comprehension, Recount Text, The Power of Two Strategy
Reading comprehension is a process of getting meaning from written text which
readers understand the content of the text. Students can know information of the text by
reading comprehensively. However, many students get difficulties in reading material, for
example recount text. Because of that, teacher should use strategy of teaching that can
develop the reading comprehension of the students. The power of two is one of the
teaching strategies that can be used in teaching reading to develop the students’ reading
skill. Therefore, the researcher applies the power of two strategy for the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 to develop
their reading comprehension of recount text because they confused in understanding it.
The objective of the research is to find out whether there is a significant
difference between the reading comprehension of recount text of the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 taught with
and without using the power of two as a strategy.
The design of this research is experimental research. It is done at the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012. The
researcher took VIII B as the experimental group (25 students) and VIII A as the control
group (25 students) as the sample by using cluster random sampling. The experimental
group taught with the power of two strategy and the control group taught without the
power of two strategy. After they were taught during four meetings they did post test to
compare the result.
The result of the research showed that there is significantly progress for the
students in the reading comprehension of recount text taught with the power of two
strategy. It can be proved the differences of the mean score of post test in the
experimental group and control group. The experimental group that is taught with the
power of two strategy has the mean score 86.92 and the standard deviation7.43. From the
data showed that the reading comprehension of recount text taught with the power of two
as a strategy is categorized as excellent. However, the mean score of control group who
taught without the power of two as a strategy is 76.36 and the standard deviation is 10.64.
From this data, the reading comprehension of recount text taught without the power of
two is categorized as good. So, the calculation of t-observation of score is higher than ttable (to = 4.08 > tt = 2.00). It means that there is a significant difference between the
reading comprehension of recount text of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 taught with and without using the power
of two as a strategy.
Based on the result above, it means that the power of two strategy works well to
develop student’s reading comprehension. Therefore, the English teacher can apply the
power of two strategy as an alternative strategy in teaching process.
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ABSTRAKSI
Annam, Choirul. 2012. Pemahaman Membaca Teks Recount Siswa Kelas VIII
MTs Nurul Ulum Tahun Ajaran 2011/2012 Diajar dengan Menggunakan
The Power of Two sebagai sebuah Strategi. Skripsi. Program Studi
Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan,
Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd (ii)
Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum.
Kata Kunci: Pemahaman Membaca, Teks Recount, The power of Two Strategi
Pemahaman membaca adalah sebuah proses mendapatkan makna dari teks
tulis yang mana pembaca memahami isi dari teks tersebut. Para siswa dapat
mengetahui informasi dari teks dengan membaca secara menyeluruh. Tetapi banyak
siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam materi membaca seperti teks recount. Oleh
karena itu, guru sebaiknya menggunakan strategi mengajar yang dapat
mengembangkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca para siswa. The power of two
adalah salah satu strategi mengajar yang dapat digunakan dalam mengajar membaca
untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, peneliti
menerapkan the power of two untuk siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara tahun ajaran 2011/2012 untuk memperbaiki pemahaman membaca mereka
dalam teks recount karena mereka memiliki kesulitan dalam memahami teks tersebut.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui adakah perbedaan yang
signifikan antara pemahaman membaca teks recount siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012 yang diajar dengan dan tanpa
menggunakan the power of two sebagai sebuah strategi.
Rancangan penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen. Penelitian ini
dilakukan pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran
2011/2012. Peneliti mengambil kelas VIII B (25 siswa) sebagai kelompok
eksperimen dan kelas VIII A (25 siswa) sebagai kelompok kontrol sebagai sample
dengan menggunakan cluster random sampling. Kelompok eksperimen diajar dengan
strategi the power of two dan kelompok kontrol diajar tanpa menggunakan strategi the
power of two. Setelah mereka diajar selama empat pertemuan mereka mengerjakan
post test untuk membandingkan hasil tersebut.
Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada kemajuan secara signifikan
pada siswa dalam pemahaman membaca teks recount yang diajar dengan strategi the
power of two. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan nilai rata-rata dari post test di
kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok control. Kelompok eksperimen yang diajar
menggunakan strategi the power of two mempunyai nilai rata-rata 86.92 dan
simpangan baku 7.43. Dari data itu menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan pemahaman
membaca recount yang diajar dengan strategi the power of two dikategorikan sangat
baik. Tetapi, nilai rata-rata kelompok control yang diajar tanpa menggunakan stategi
the power of two adalah 76.36 dan simpangan baku 10.64. Dari data itu, kemampuan
pemahaman membaca teks recount yang diajar tanpa menggunakan strategi the
power of two dikategorikan cukup. Sehingga, perhitungan dari t-observasi lebih tinggi
pada t-table (to = 4.08 > tt = 2.00). Ini berarti bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan
antara pemahaman membaca teks recount siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum
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Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012 yang diajar dengan the power of two
dan tanpa menggunakan the power of two sebagai sebuah strategi.
Didasarkan pada hasil diatas, itu berarti bahwa strategi the power of two
bekerja dengan baik untuk mengembangkan kemampuan memahami bacaan bagi
siswa. Oleh karena itu, guru bahasa Inggris dapat mengaplikasikan strategi the power
of two dalam proses pengajaran.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ............................................................................................................
i
LOGO...............................................................................................................
ii
TITLE ...............................................................................................................
iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................
iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ..............................................................................
v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ..........................................................................
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. vii
ABSTRACT .....................................................................................................
ix
ABSTRAKSI ...................................................................................................
x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ xii
LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................... xvi
LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................... xvii
LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................. xviii
LIST OF FORMULAS ....................................................................................
xx
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Research ....................................................................
1
1.2 Statement of the Problem.................................................................. ........
6
1.3 Objective of the Research ........................................................................
6
1.4 Significance of the Research ....................................................................
6
1.5 Limitation of the Research .......................................................................
6
1.6 Operational Definition ..............................................................................
8
CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND
HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ...........................
2.1.1 The Curiculum of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
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10
Jepara ......................................................................................................
11
2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ......................................................................................................
12
2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ......................................................................................................
13
2.1.4 The Strategy of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ......................................................................................................
14
2.2 Reading as a Language Skill .....................................................................
15
2.2.1 Reading Comprehension .........................................................................
16
2.2.2 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension ...............................................
17
2.3 Genre .........................................................................................................
17
2.3.1 Types of Genre .......................................................................................
18
2.3.2 Recount Text...........................................................................................
19
2.4 The Power of Two Strategy .......................................................................
21
2.4.1 Definition of Strategy .............................................................................
21
2.4.2 The Steps of The Power of Two Strategy ...............................................
23
2.4.3 The Advantages of The Power of Two Strategy .....................................
23
2.5 Teaching Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text Using The
Power of Two Strategy ..............................................................................
24
2.6 Review of Previous Research ...................................................................
25
2.7 Theoretical Framework ............................................................................
27
2.8 Hypothesis ................................................................................................
28
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CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research...............................................................................
29
3.2 Population and Sample...............................................................................
31
3.3 Instrument of the Research.........................................................................
32
3.4 Data Collection...........................................................................................
35
3.5 Data Analysis .............................................................................................
35
CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 Finding of the Research ............................................................................
40
4.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy ..............
40
4.1.2 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a
Strategy ...................................................................................................
43
4.2 Hypothesis Testing....................................................................................
44
CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION
5.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy ................
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46
5.2 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a
Strategy .....................................................................................................
47
5.3 The Significant Difference of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and
without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy ........................................
49
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion ...............................................................................................
51
6.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................
52
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................
APPENDICES ................................................................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE .................................................................................
54
56
106
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
3.2.1
3.5.1
4.1.1.1
4.1.1.2
4.1.2.1
4.1.2.2
4.2.1
Page
The Number of the Eighth Grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 ..........................
31
The Category of Students Score in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ...............................................................................................
37
The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as
a Strategy .........................................................................................
41
The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012
Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy ..................................
41
The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power
of Two as a Strategy .........................................................................
43
The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012
Taught without using The Power of Two as a Strategy ...................
43
The Summary of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and
without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy ..............................
45
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
4.1.1.1
4.1.2.1
Page
The Bar Diagram of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with
The Power of Two as a Strategy ......................................................
42
The Bar Diagram of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught
without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy ..............................
44
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
1
Page
The Syllabus of Reading Material of the Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 ...............................................................................................
57
Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two
as a Strategy ............................................................................................
60
3
Students Worksheet ................................................................................
63
4
Key Answer of Student Worksheet ........................................................
71
5
Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power
of Two as a Strategy ................................................................................
75
6
Student Worksheet ..................................................................................
78
7
Key Answer of Student Worksheet ........................................................
82
8
The Table Specification of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text...........................................................................................
86
The Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of Recount of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 .....................................................................
87
Key Answer of the Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 .................................
92
11
Index of Reliability .................................................................................
93
12
The Calculation of Reliability of the Try Out Test.................................
94
13
The Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of
Two as a Strategy ...................................................................................
95
2
9
10
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14
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test
Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a
Strategy ..................................................................................................
96
The Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The
Power of Two as a Strategy ...................................................................
98
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test
Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of
Two as a Strategy ...................................................................................
99
T-test of the Mean of Post test Scores Measuring the Reading
Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught with and without Using The Power of Two as a
Strategy ..................................................................................................
101
18
Table Significance at 5% and 1% Level of Significance .......................
103
19
Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan ...............................................................
104
20
Statement ................................................................................................
105
15
16
17
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LIST OF FORMULAS
Formula
Page
3.1
Formula of Calculating Reliability of the Test .......................................
33
3.2
Formula of Spearman Brown..................................................................
34
3.3
Formula of Calculating Mean .................................................................
36
3.4
Formula of Calculating Deviation Standard ...........................................
36
3.5
Formula of Calculating T-test .................................................................
37
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EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN
JEPARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING
THE POWER OF TWO AS A STRATEGY
By
CHOIRUL ANNAM
NIM 200832270
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
i
ii
THE READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE
EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN
JEPARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING
THE POWER OF TWO AS A STRATEGY
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing
the Sarjana Program in English Education
By:
CHOIRUL ANNAM
NIM 200832270
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
∞ Make a good job with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim
∞ We don’t know what is going on the future, but we should try to make it
better.
∞ Never give up and keep trying.
DEDICATION
This skripsi is dedicated to:
1. His beloved parents (Suhirsan and Ismah
Khasanah)
2. His beloved uncle (Drs. Hasan As’ari)
3. His beloved young sister and brother (Amalia
Nurul Shoimah, and Ahmad Saiq)
4. His beloved woman (Nila Aminah)
5. His best friends (Aris Setia Budi, Ardiansyah F.E,
Wulan Sari Al Azwar)
6. All of His friends in UMK
iv
v
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In this occasion, the researcher would like to say thanks to Allah SWT for
all of mercy and blessing to the researcher with health, power and motivation to
finish his skripsi entitled “The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of The
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught by Using The Power of Two as a Strategy.”
Furthermore, the researcher would like to express the sincerity gratitude
and appreciation for the available assistance given by many people in finishing
this research. They are:
1.
Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty University of Muria Kudus.
2.
Fitri Budi Suryani, S.S, M.Pd as the Head of English Education
Department of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus
University.
3.
Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd as the first advisor. Thanks for all your best
suggestions, guidance, advice, and motivation to the researcher in
finishing this final project.
4.
Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum as the second advisor. Thanks for all your
valuable help, advice, guidance, and motivation to the researcher in
finishing this final project.
5.
Shodikin, S.Ag, S.Pd as the Headmaster of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara who has given the researcher a permission to do the research and
support the researcher in writing this skripsi.
vii
6.
The English teacher of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara, Drs. Hasan
As’ari, for help, and all of the students of eighth grade students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012.
7.
His beloved parents Suhirsan and Ismah Khasanah who always give
prayer, support, motivation and moral encouragement to finish his skripsi.
8.
His beloved young sister and brother, Amalia Nurul Shoimah and Ahmad
Saiq who always give support and affection.
9.
All of his beloved best friends, Nila Aminah, Aris Setia Budi, Ardiansyah
Firman Effendi, Wulan Sari Al Azwar Hakim, for prayer, help and
support.
10. All of his friends in UMK
Those cannot be mentioned one by one for the support. The researcher
expects that everything has been writing in this research will be useful for all the
readers and the researcher himself. Some suggestions and criticisms are always
needed to make it better. For detail information, contact the researcher on
085740558496.
Kudus, July 2012
Choirul Annam
200832270
viii
ABSTRACT
Annam, Choirul. 2012. The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught by Using The Power of Two as a Strategy. Skripsi. English
Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria
Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd (ii) Fajar Kartika, S.S,
M.Hum.
Key words: Reading Comprehension, Recount Text, The Power of Two Strategy
Reading comprehension is a process of getting meaning from written text which
readers understand the content of the text. Students can know information of the text by
reading comprehensively. However, many students get difficulties in reading material, for
example recount text. Because of that, teacher should use strategy of teaching that can
develop the reading comprehension of the students. The power of two is one of the
teaching strategies that can be used in teaching reading to develop the students’ reading
skill. Therefore, the researcher applies the power of two strategy for the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 to develop
their reading comprehension of recount text because they confused in understanding it.
The objective of the research is to find out whether there is a significant
difference between the reading comprehension of recount text of the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 taught with
and without using the power of two as a strategy.
The design of this research is experimental research. It is done at the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012. The
researcher took VIII B as the experimental group (25 students) and VIII A as the control
group (25 students) as the sample by using cluster random sampling. The experimental
group taught with the power of two strategy and the control group taught without the
power of two strategy. After they were taught during four meetings they did post test to
compare the result.
The result of the research showed that there is significantly progress for the
students in the reading comprehension of recount text taught with the power of two
strategy. It can be proved the differences of the mean score of post test in the
experimental group and control group. The experimental group that is taught with the
power of two strategy has the mean score 86.92 and the standard deviation7.43. From the
data showed that the reading comprehension of recount text taught with the power of two
as a strategy is categorized as excellent. However, the mean score of control group who
taught without the power of two as a strategy is 76.36 and the standard deviation is 10.64.
From this data, the reading comprehension of recount text taught without the power of
two is categorized as good. So, the calculation of t-observation of score is higher than ttable (to = 4.08 > tt = 2.00). It means that there is a significant difference between the
reading comprehension of recount text of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 taught with and without using the power
of two as a strategy.
Based on the result above, it means that the power of two strategy works well to
develop student’s reading comprehension. Therefore, the English teacher can apply the
power of two strategy as an alternative strategy in teaching process.
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ABSTRAKSI
Annam, Choirul. 2012. Pemahaman Membaca Teks Recount Siswa Kelas VIII
MTs Nurul Ulum Tahun Ajaran 2011/2012 Diajar dengan Menggunakan
The Power of Two sebagai sebuah Strategi. Skripsi. Program Studi
Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan,
Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd (ii)
Fajar Kartika, S.S, M.Hum.
Kata Kunci: Pemahaman Membaca, Teks Recount, The power of Two Strategi
Pemahaman membaca adalah sebuah proses mendapatkan makna dari teks
tulis yang mana pembaca memahami isi dari teks tersebut. Para siswa dapat
mengetahui informasi dari teks dengan membaca secara menyeluruh. Tetapi banyak
siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam materi membaca seperti teks recount. Oleh
karena itu, guru sebaiknya menggunakan strategi mengajar yang dapat
mengembangkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca para siswa. The power of two
adalah salah satu strategi mengajar yang dapat digunakan dalam mengajar membaca
untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, peneliti
menerapkan the power of two untuk siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara tahun ajaran 2011/2012 untuk memperbaiki pemahaman membaca mereka
dalam teks recount karena mereka memiliki kesulitan dalam memahami teks tersebut.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui adakah perbedaan yang
signifikan antara pemahaman membaca teks recount siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012 yang diajar dengan dan tanpa
menggunakan the power of two sebagai sebuah strategi.
Rancangan penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen. Penelitian ini
dilakukan pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran
2011/2012. Peneliti mengambil kelas VIII B (25 siswa) sebagai kelompok
eksperimen dan kelas VIII A (25 siswa) sebagai kelompok kontrol sebagai sample
dengan menggunakan cluster random sampling. Kelompok eksperimen diajar dengan
strategi the power of two dan kelompok kontrol diajar tanpa menggunakan strategi the
power of two. Setelah mereka diajar selama empat pertemuan mereka mengerjakan
post test untuk membandingkan hasil tersebut.
Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada kemajuan secara signifikan
pada siswa dalam pemahaman membaca teks recount yang diajar dengan strategi the
power of two. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan nilai rata-rata dari post test di
kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok control. Kelompok eksperimen yang diajar
menggunakan strategi the power of two mempunyai nilai rata-rata 86.92 dan
simpangan baku 7.43. Dari data itu menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan pemahaman
membaca recount yang diajar dengan strategi the power of two dikategorikan sangat
baik. Tetapi, nilai rata-rata kelompok control yang diajar tanpa menggunakan stategi
the power of two adalah 76.36 dan simpangan baku 10.64. Dari data itu, kemampuan
pemahaman membaca teks recount yang diajar tanpa menggunakan strategi the
power of two dikategorikan cukup. Sehingga, perhitungan dari t-observasi lebih tinggi
pada t-table (to = 4.08 > tt = 2.00). Ini berarti bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan
antara pemahaman membaca teks recount siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum
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Welahan Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2011/2012 yang diajar dengan the power of two
dan tanpa menggunakan the power of two sebagai sebuah strategi.
Didasarkan pada hasil diatas, itu berarti bahwa strategi the power of two
bekerja dengan baik untuk mengembangkan kemampuan memahami bacaan bagi
siswa. Oleh karena itu, guru bahasa Inggris dapat mengaplikasikan strategi the power
of two dalam proses pengajaran.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ............................................................................................................
i
LOGO...............................................................................................................
ii
TITLE ...............................................................................................................
iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................
iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ..............................................................................
v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ..........................................................................
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. vii
ABSTRACT .....................................................................................................
ix
ABSTRAKSI ...................................................................................................
x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ xii
LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................... xvi
LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................... xvii
LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................. xviii
LIST OF FORMULAS ....................................................................................
xx
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Research ....................................................................
1
1.2 Statement of the Problem.................................................................. ........
6
1.3 Objective of the Research ........................................................................
6
1.4 Significance of the Research ....................................................................
6
1.5 Limitation of the Research .......................................................................
6
1.6 Operational Definition ..............................................................................
8
CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND
HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ...........................
2.1.1 The Curiculum of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
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10
Jepara ......................................................................................................
11
2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ......................................................................................................
12
2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ......................................................................................................
13
2.1.4 The Strategy of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ......................................................................................................
14
2.2 Reading as a Language Skill .....................................................................
15
2.2.1 Reading Comprehension .........................................................................
16
2.2.2 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension ...............................................
17
2.3 Genre .........................................................................................................
17
2.3.1 Types of Genre .......................................................................................
18
2.3.2 Recount Text...........................................................................................
19
2.4 The Power of Two Strategy .......................................................................
21
2.4.1 Definition of Strategy .............................................................................
21
2.4.2 The Steps of The Power of Two Strategy ...............................................
23
2.4.3 The Advantages of The Power of Two Strategy .....................................
23
2.5 Teaching Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text Using The
Power of Two Strategy ..............................................................................
24
2.6 Review of Previous Research ...................................................................
25
2.7 Theoretical Framework ............................................................................
27
2.8 Hypothesis ................................................................................................
28
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CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research...............................................................................
29
3.2 Population and Sample...............................................................................
31
3.3 Instrument of the Research.........................................................................
32
3.4 Data Collection...........................................................................................
35
3.5 Data Analysis .............................................................................................
35
CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 Finding of the Research ............................................................................
40
4.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy ..............
40
4.1.2 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a
Strategy ...................................................................................................
43
4.2 Hypothesis Testing....................................................................................
44
CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION
5.1 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy ................
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46
5.2 The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of Two as a
Strategy .....................................................................................................
47
5.3 The Significant Difference of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and
without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy ........................................
49
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion ...............................................................................................
51
6.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................
52
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................
APPENDICES ................................................................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE .................................................................................
54
56
106
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
3.2.1
3.5.1
4.1.1.1
4.1.1.2
4.1.2.1
4.1.2.2
4.2.1
Page
The Number of the Eighth Grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 ..........................
31
The Category of Students Score in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ...............................................................................................
37
The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as
a Strategy .........................................................................................
41
The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012
Taught with The Power of Two as a Strategy ..................................
41
The Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power
of Two as a Strategy .........................................................................
43
The Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012
Taught without using The Power of Two as a Strategy ...................
43
The Summary of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with and
without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy ..............................
45
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
4.1.1.1
4.1.2.1
Page
The Bar Diagram of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with
The Power of Two as a Strategy ......................................................
42
The Bar Diagram of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught
without Using The Power of Two as a Strategy ..............................
44
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
1
Page
The Syllabus of Reading Material of the Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 ...............................................................................................
57
Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two
as a Strategy ............................................................................................
60
3
Students Worksheet ................................................................................
63
4
Key Answer of Student Worksheet ........................................................
71
5
Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power
of Two as a Strategy ................................................................................
75
6
Student Worksheet ..................................................................................
78
7
Key Answer of Student Worksheet ........................................................
82
8
The Table Specification of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text...........................................................................................
86
The Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of Recount of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 .....................................................................
87
Key Answer of the Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 .................................
92
11
Index of Reliability .................................................................................
93
12
The Calculation of Reliability of the Try Out Test.................................
94
13
The Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of
Two as a Strategy ...................................................................................
95
2
9
10
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14
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test
Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught with The Power of Two as a
Strategy ..................................................................................................
96
The Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount
Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The
Power of Two as a Strategy ...................................................................
98
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test
Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught without Using The Power of
Two as a Strategy ...................................................................................
99
T-test of the Mean of Post test Scores Measuring the Reading
Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught with and without Using The Power of Two as a
Strategy ..................................................................................................
101
18
Table Significance at 5% and 1% Level of Significance .......................
103
19
Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan ...............................................................
104
20
Statement ................................................................................................
105
15
16
17
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LIST OF FORMULAS
Formula
Page
3.1
Formula of Calculating Reliability of the Test .......................................
33
3.2
Formula of Spearman Brown..................................................................
34
3.3
Formula of Calculating Mean .................................................................
36
3.4
Formula of Calculating Deviation Standard ...........................................
36
3.5
Formula of Calculating T-test .................................................................
37
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