THE USE OF AN ECLECTIC READING METHOD TO READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTs ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 20072008
THE USE OF AN ECLECTIC READING METHOD TO READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTs ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2007/2008
Graduating Paper
Submitted to the Board o f Examiners as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree o f Sarjana Pendidikan Islam (SPd.I) in the English Department of Education Faculty State Islamic Studies Institute
(STAIN) Salatiga
By:
HAFIDZ ZAEN AHMAD
NIM 113 00 029
ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT OF EDUCATION FACULTY
Ruwandi, M.A The Lecture o f Educational Faculty State Islamic Studies Institute o f Salatiga
Salatiga, September 18th,
ATTENTIVE COUNSELOR NOTES 2007
C ase: Hafidz Zaen Ahmad’s Graduating Paper Dear The Head o f State Islamic Studies Institute o f Salatiga Assalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb.
After reading and correcting Hafidz Zaen Ahmad’s Graduating Paper entitled “THE USE OF AN ECLECTIC READING METHODS TO READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTs ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2007/2008” I have decided and would like to propose that if it could be accepted by educational faculty I hope it would be examined as soon as possible. Wassalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb.
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STATEM ENT O F C ER TIFIC A TIO N
THE USE OF AN ECLECTIC READING METHOD TO READING
COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS
OF MTs ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC
YEAR OF 2007/2008
HAFIDZ ZAEN AHMAD
NIM. 113 00 029
Has been brought to the board of examiners in October 2nd 2007/20* Ramadhan 1428 H and hereby considered to completely fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Saijana in the English and Educational Faculty.
Salatiga, October. 2nd 2007 M Ramadhan, 20th 1428 H
Board o f Examiners
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DEDICATION
This graduating paper is dedicated to
1. My God the Almighty
2. My dearest mother and father, who teach me to love Allah SWT and who always give me support, guidance, care and everlasting prayer.
3. My dearest sisters Choniek and my brother Endra, Salm an,, Aji, thank you for kindness and love.
4. My families in Magelang and Purbaligga, there is no more word left in this world to express, I signs thanks to you all, cause attention, guidance and encourage materials and spiritual and love in my life.
5. All lecturers of English Department of Education Faculty
6. Nana who always gives me favour, affection, and attention, and Someone who always gives me support, care, affection and happiness.
7. All of my friends in English Department ‘2000
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful. Thank to Him for His blessing so the writer can finish this graduating paper. Blesses and praises also go to Prophet Muhammad SAW.
This graduating paper entitled “THE USE Of AN ECLETIC READING METHODS TO READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2007/2008”. This is presented as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for Saijana Degree in English Department of State Islamic Studies Institute (STAIN) Salatiga. In writing this paper, the writer is guided and supported by several people so it can be finished, although this is not absolutely perfect. Hence the writer would like to thank to :
1. Drs. Imam Sutomo, M.Ag., as the head of State Islamic Studies Institute (STAIN) of Salatiga.
2. Ruwandi, M.A as the head o f English Department and the counselor in writing this thesis.
3. His dearest mother and father.
4. All lectures and staffs of State Islamic Studies Institute (STAIN) Salatiga.
5. His beloved brothers and sisters Salman, Endra, Aji, Aas, Choniex and Nur Azizah
TABLE OF CONTENS
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION
ABSTRACT
Reading is one of the language existing skill. Achievement in learning can be influenced significantly by the meaningful deed of students in reading comprehension. English is one of the lessons included in subjects which must be taken into account in trellis of education including in junior high school. Studying is a deliberate activity. That is actually done under commanding of hard intention and this is arranged in brain because it is mental activity.
Teaching reading successfully needs a good method. The method of teaching reading is always changeable. It is due to teaching itself is a complicated process that never possible gives absolute rule, which will ensure success. At this point, teacher is necessary to best guide. An eclectic reading method represents a multisensory multifaceted approach suitably needed by different readers. Departing from this point, the writer puts proclivity to examine well with the research paper entitled “THE USE OF AN ECLECTIC READING METHODS TO READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2007/2008. The benefits from this research are: (1).
To know the scaffold of an Eclectic Reading Method to reading comprehension achievement of the students. (2). That is to develop and enrich knowledge in method of reading English teaching.(3). This to add discourse of effective studying English for increasing students’ achievements in general and reading achievement in particular. The object of this research is In this research the population is the all of academic members of MTS Aswaja Tengaran in the academic 2007-2008. the sample of the study is students of the second year students o f MTs Aswaja Tengaran There is called total sample, because it just one class, there are 24 students of this school. To gets the data for writing down this thesis the writer applied several methods and can be divide for three types there are: document study, field research, and statistical methods.
Document study applied with studied about documents which are available in the second year of MTs Aswaja Tengaran in the academic year of 2007/2008. Field research applied which consist of questioner, test and observation. The researcher used data from field research to analyze the problems which will be answered in this thesis. The last analysis is used statistical methods The writer uses formula of product moment correlation to measure how significant of the influence eclectic reading method to ward reading comprehension achievement. (1). Based on applied several methods above the researcher discovered the result that: The score of eclectic reading
(X) and students’ English reading comprehension achievement (Y) is refused, because after consulting the critical r in the level o f significant of 5% found that critical r for the number o f samples 24 is 0,404. In other word, it can be said that research hypothesis says there is significant correlation between eclectic reading method and students’ English reading comprehension achievement is proved.
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of Study Books are part of the way to get knowledge to reach the world, and
reading is the most interaction skill that will bring about i t It is frequently captured by ear and encourages us to read. Most people read without giving much tough to how they do it. What is reading? Edmund Huey, a pioneer in research on reading, in the early 1900s, wrote:
.And so to completely analyze what we do when we read would almost be the acme of a psycholinguist’s achievements, for it would be to describe very many o f the most intricate working o f the human mind, as well as to unravel the tangled story of the most remarkable specific performance that civilization has learned in all its history 1
Dechant says that readings are divided into two major types: first those that equate reading with interpretation of experience generally and the second those that equate reading with interpretation o f graphic symbol1
2 Reading is one of the language existing skill beside speaking, writing, and listening. Achievement in learning can be influenced significantly by the meaningful deed of students in reading comprehension. English is one o f the lessons included in subjects which must be taken into account in trellis of education including in junior high school. In statisticians Studying something is a natural and must be on forward for developing. Studying is a deliberate
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activity. That is actually done under commanding of hard intention and this is arranged in brain because it is mental activity.
Teaching reading successfully needs a good method. The method of teaching reading is always changeable. It is due to teaching itself is a complicated process that never possible gives absolute rule, which will ensure success. At this point, teacher is necessary to best guide. By an exact studying method and effective assignment, he /she would give desirable attainment. On other hand, time management plays an important factor. Sometimes, students study with improper way and pile up it when they have exam soon. Studying method for overnights when they have exam is inappropriate way for the students.
An eclectic reading method represents a multisensory multifaceted approach suitably needed by different readers. Departing from this point, the writer puts proclivity to examine well o f “THE USE O f AN ECLECTIC READING METHODS TO READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS ASWAJA TENGARAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2007/2008”
B. Statement of the Problem The writer proposes the statement o f the problem as follow:
1. How far is the eclectic reading method and reading comprehension o f the
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2. Is there any correlation of the use o f eclectic reading method toward reading comprehension of the second year students of MTS ASWAJA Tengaran in the academic year o f 2007-2008?
C. Objective and the Benefit of the Study
1. Objectives o f the Study:
a. To describe eclectic reading method and reading comprehension achievement o f the second year students o f MTS ASWAJA Tengaran in the academic year o f2007-2008
b. To find out the influence an Eclectic Reading Method toward reading comprehension achievement of the second year students of MTS ASWAJA Tengaran in the academic year o f 2007-2008
2. Benefit of the Study
a. To know the scaffold of an Eclectic Reading Method to reading comprehension achievement of the students.
b. That is to develop and enrich knowledge in method of reading English teaching. c This to add discourse o f effective studying English for increasing students’ achievements in general and reading achievement in particular.
D. Review of Related Research
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research paper entitled:“77ie Influence o f Students Interest Toward Their
English Reading Comprehension M astery (A case study of the second year
students of MTsN 1 Salatiga in the academic year of 2003/2004). She said there was a positive and significant correlation between students interest and students English reading comprehension mastery.
The second research was conducted by Agus Johar Mudhofar with his research paper entitled “A Correlation between Reading Speed and Their
Achievement in Reading Comprehension ” (A case study of the second year
students of MAN 1 Kalibawang Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2001/2002). The result of the correlation analysis shows there was a significant correlation between the student reading speed and their achievement in the reading comprehension.
And the third was conducted by Anis Mawati with her research paper entitled: “A Study on The Factors Influencing Failure o f Reading English Text (A case study o f the second year students of MTsN
In English Learning”
Gondangrejo in the academic year o f 2004/2005). She concluded that there were excessive factors which influenced the failure o f reading text toward achievement in English learning.
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Outline of Research Paper
This research paper composed systematically into five chapters as follows:
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statement of the problem, objective and benefit of the study, review related researcher, and outline of the research.
Chapter II is review related literature. In this chapter the writer will discourse about Reading, an eclectic reading method, some theories of reading comprehension, possible relation between those methods toward reading comprehension and hypothesis
Chapter III is research method. In this chapter consist of: research approach, type of the research, research setting, object o f research, data collection method, data analysis and statistical hypothesis
Chapter IV is discussion. In this chapter the writer will discuss variables, hypothetical conclusion, review on the research result, and the writer will analyze and measure the correlation of an eclectic reading method toward reading comprehension achievement by product moment correlation formula.
Chapter V is Closure. In this chapter the writer will review conclusion and Suggestion. And the last past is appendix and bibliography.
CHAPTER H
REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE
A. Reading
1. Definition of Reading There are two main skills in reading decoding skill and encoding skill. Some linguist gives some other different definition o f reading that may help us to get clearer description.
Reading is the meaningful interpretation o f printed or written verbal symbol that represents language and the reader’s language skills and knowledge o f the world.1 Rivers says that reading is the most important activity in any language does not only as source of information and pleasurable activity, but also as means o f consolidating and extending one’s knowledge o f the language.1
2 A student who stands up in class and enunciates in the conventional way the sounds symbolized by the script may be considered to be “reading”. The reading may be comprehensible to listener, without the reader drawing much in the way o f meaning from what is He or She is enunciating. Such an activity is one o f fact of reading for which the student may usefully be trained, but it is a minor goal. The student must also be taught to derive meaning from the word, combination in the text
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necessarily vocalizing what is being read. This is reading for comprehension.3 From the definition above it can be concluded that reading is language process to get meaning of the text or understanding text and the result of interaction between the perception of graphic symbols and knowledge o f the world. Beside that reading text also provides opportunities to study language vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and the way to construct sentences, paragraphs and text. And then reading text can introduce interesting topics, stimulates discussion, excite imaginative responses and be the spring board for well rounded, fascinating lesson.4
2. Principles o f Teaching Reading There are the principles behind the teaching of reading namely: a. Reading is not passive skill.
b. Students should be engaged with what they are reading.
c. Students should be encouraged to respond the content o f reading text, not just to the language.
d. Prediction is a major factor in reading.
e. Match the task to the topic.
f. Good teacher explore reading text fully.5
8 Some of the aspects of reading which deserve both specific
3. Aspect of Reading
attentions in isolated learning situation and at other time, more balanced attention in more normal reading situation are word recognition, comprehension and reflection. There are three aspects of reading as follows: a. Word Recognition
Reading is chiefly skill in recognizing words, continues to enjoy support in respectable and influential quarters. Today the favorite expression of adherents to this view of reading is decoding the printed page -that is, recognizing the oral equivalent of the written symbol.
b. Comprehension The vast majority of teachers do not endorse the claim that the individual who can recognize words can read. To them, comprehension is an absolute necessity in reading.
c. Reflection Many educators have pointed out that word recognition and comprehensions do not comprise the total of the reading act, during the process of reading when defined as gaining meaning from the printed page. It is necessary to be able to hold ideas as they occur and
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4. Types of Reading Reading skill can be distinguished at least four type namely:
a. Scanning: is making quickly over view o f passage, looking for specific information.
b. Skimming: is making uses the same approach, expert that instead of concentrating on specific information, we are looking for the main idea or the general gist of passage.
c. Extensive reading: is rapid reading for main ideas of a large amount of text.
d. Intensive reading: is reading for complete understanding of entire text.7
5. Reading Process Many specialists defined that reading is the process of putting the reader in contact and communication with ideas. As a matter of fact, human’s beings are preprogrammed to perform language acts such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. Some students may make better readers than others, but everyone can learn and everyone can improve. Therefore it is the teacher’s job to facilitate what is essentially a natural process and to do this most effectively, she or he must develop some understanding of the reading process.
a. The first to be made about the reading process is reading
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means, it is relating to what we do not know or new information. To what already known comprehension is always controlled by the needs and purposes of individual.
b. Reading is primarily a cognitive process, which means that the brain does most of the work.
c. The process of identification and interpretation of the complex reading process consists of two major sub processes. The first level is identification and the second level is interpretation. The process of identification is the way of determining rapidly and accurately just what the text says.
6. Three Models of the Reading Process There are three models of the reading process that will be o discussed here.
a. Bottom- up model The bottom- up model of the reading process is that, reading is a precise process involving exact, detailed, sequential perception and identification of letters, words-spelling pattern and larger language units.
b. The Top Down model deals with the general notion of reading as the reconstruction of meaning based on a skillful sampling of the text. In the top-down model, the process of comprehension deals with the
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a reader will need a text by reading sentences, then tries to find the information by guessing the meaning, c. The interactive models of the reading process
It deals with a particular type of cognitive behavior, which is based on certain kinds o f knowledge which form part of the reader’s cognitive structure.
7. Principles Learning to Reading Effective teaching procedures are to be well known as principles of learning. The teacher must know how to incorporate principles of learning into daily teaching procedures, and the teacher must guide the students daily in techniques and habits o f efficient learning. Some of the principles of learning as they apply to reading are: a. Reading requires purposes and motivation (interest need).
b. Reading requires the meaning for the learner.
c. The teacher must bring much background information to any reading task.
d. Reading is an active process.
e. Reading skill needs the forming of habit.
f. Acknowledge of syntactic structure and vocabulary is important.
g. Reading requires practice time on task.
h. Favorable attitudes are important for effective reading. i. Reading capabilities are different for each student.
12 B. An Eclectic Reading Method
1. Methods The word method is so famous in teaching learning process. The way of the teacher to teach can be a method. Edward Anthony states that method is an overall plan for the orderly presentation of language material, no part of which contradicts, and all of which is based on the selected approach10 1
1 In the Longman dictionary of applied linguistic, methodology is defined as follow: (1) . ... the study of the practice and procedure used in teaching, and the principles and beliefs that underlie them.
(a) study of the nature o f LANGUAGE SKILL( e.g. reading, writing, speaking listening) and procedure for teaching them. (b) study of the preparation of LESON PLANS material, and textbooks for teaching language skill (c) the evaluation and comparison of language teaching methods (e.g. the AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD
(2) such practice procedures, principles, and beliefs themselves. One can, for example, criticize or praise the methodology of particularly language course.
(Richard 1985)11 From the explanation above methods are all conduct in teaching learning activity and organized in the step of the learner and teacher activity.
2. Eclectic reading method Eclectic mean choosing from several methods and combine them into teaching learning activity. Eclectic reading methods represent a
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writer will not talk more about these methods, but how to use these methods into classroom activity, because it is more important than discussing the method. Dechant presents the following steps of these methods as follows:
1. Present the spelling pattern in either manuscript or cursive form in a sentence of the chalk board, underlined, framed, or colored word. Later individual pupil transmits the word to a 4-by-6 inch card
2. Pronounce the word for the pupil
3. Have the pupils pronounce the word
4. Present another word exemplifying the same spelling pattern and pronounce it. Align this second word under the first word
ex: run, man The second word should be a contrastive word
which is only minimally different (beginning consonant) from the first word
5. Have the pupil pronounce the word
6. Spell the word and again pronounce them
7. Have the pupils spell the word orally, pointing to each letter as they say the name of the letter, and have them say the word
8. Have the pupils trace the words with forefinger or pencil , making certain that the pupils pronounce the word while
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9. Have the pupils write the words from memory ,again making certain that they say the words while writing them
10. Present the words in written sentence contexts:
a. Read the sentence to the pupils
b. Have the pupils read the sentence aloud
c. Have the pupils identify the words and then underline ( or frame trace) them in color
11. Have the pupils make sentences using the words learned
a. Have the pupils read the sentence aloud
b. Have the pupil identify the specific words learned
c. Have the pupils underline, frame, or trace the words in color
12. Present the words again in isolation12
C. Reading Comprehension
a. Term of reading comprehension Reading comprehension is a complex cognitive process. It is an effect, not a single skill, but a collection of skill. This process consists of determining what a source says literally (translation), what the author means by what he or she says (Interpretation) and what the source means to the reader (extrapolation), application, synthesis, or evaluation. In reading, we seek
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on the other hand in relating what we read to what we already know and expect or wish to find. We infer meanings have positive relationships and uncover bids and unstated assumption. We evaluate what we read and seek meanings in terms of our own perceptions and past knowledge. In short, reading comprehension involves a complex processing of information and ideas, this in effect, is thinking.13 Comprehension includes the correct association of meanings with word symbols, the selection o f the right meanings suggested by the context, the organization and retention of meanings, the ability to reason one’s way through smaller idea segments and the ability to grasp the meaning of a larger unitary idea.
Comprehension is thinking process, it is through reading. As such, it is dependent upon the learner’s basic cognitive and intellectual skill upon the background of experience (vocabulary, knowledge, concepts and ideas) and upon their language skills (knowledge of morphology, syntax and grammar).14 b.Level of comprehension
Learning to comprehend involves complex skills. Various writers have attempted to categorize these into three or four levels.
1) Literal comprehension requires the identification, recognition and recall of ideas, information, or happenings that are explicitly stated in the selection.
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2) Reorganization requires the analysis and synthesis or organization of ideas or information explicitly stayed in the material read. It includes classifying, outlining, summarizing, synthesizing. 3) Inferences require an integration of the content of a selection which alone can lead to inferences about the material, it involves a combination of conjecture and explanation based on a synthesis of the literal content, personal knowledge, intuition, and imagination.
4) Evaluation or critical reading requires the reader to make evaluative judgments about the content, using external or internal criteria as points of reference. 5) Appreciation requires the reader to become aware of the literary techniques, forms and styles employed by the writer to stimulate emotional response. It includes the emotional response to the plot of theme, identification with the characters and incidents and reaction to the author’s use of language and imagery. Reading comprehension is in all levels, but especially when it involves units larger than a single word, it is obviously a complex of abilities. The good comprehension possesses the ability to:15
1) Associate a meaning with the graphic symbol (have an adequate vocabulary).
2) Understand word in context and select the meaning that fits the
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3) Give meanings to units of increasing size: the phrase, clauses, sentences, paragraph and the whole selection.
4) Develop literal and denotative meaning (be able to answer literal question about a passage).
5) Develop an understanding of the organization (be able to answer the question called for an analysis, synthesis, or organization of ideas and information explicitly). 6) Develop inferential interpretative, or connotative of the material read.
7) Make judgments or critical evaluation about the material. 8) Read for learning. 9) Read for appreciation,
c. Factor affecting comprehension Teachers must understand the factors that affect comprehension. They must help individual overcome their short comings in comprehending what they read. Moreover knowledge of the causes may help the teachers to prevent the occurrence of serious differences.
1) Difficulty of material 2) Intelligence 3) Environment
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reads is determined by various factors.16 1) Lack of skill in word recognition
The person who has difficulty in recognizing words quickly and accurately is likely to be slow reader.
2) Lack of sufficient practice in reading at different rates An error of omission in some instructional programs is the lack of emphasis on differential rates of reading.
3) Lack of interest and purpose The ability to read rapidly is only a part of a matter of habit and skills. d.Developing comprehension in the classroom
The widely accepted requirements for the development of comprehension in the classroom are (1) establishing a purpose error to reading and (2) asking question before, during and after the reading. Other technique for developing comprehension includes:
1) Having pupils show by an illustration o f the event, by retelling the story, or by demonstration.
2) Having pupils identify and state the topic sentence, write a title for the paragraph or story on sequence of material read.
3) Having pupils develop a formal outline of what they have read.
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5) Having pupils provide the ending for a story which has not been read to completion.
6) Having pupils match the pictures with sentences.
D. An Eclectic Reading Methods and Reading Comprehension
According to the theory of learning psychology about the factors influencing learning, it shows that that the achievement of someone’s learning is influenced by internal and external factors. External factors are the factors which come from out side of the learner. The methodology of teaching is a few external factor, the pupil (student) will have new environment with new method. Any activity that will open new field of exploration to children can help to expand a pupil’s received the lesson.
The eclectic reading method combines methods into a set of teaching learning activity. With many activity and experience that the pupil does in the teaching learning activity will give many chances into pupil to have reading comprehension. If the teacher uses these methods, those will influence their English reading comprehension mastery. Based on the theory above, the writer purposes the theoretical hypothesis saying that “There is any influence between an eclectic reading methods into comprehension achievement of the
Students of MTs ASWAJA Tengaran . The truth of the hypothesis will be tested in the field based on the data which will be collected.
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Hypothesis is tentative answers to a research problem. The eclectic method that will be give to students is hoped give useful contribution to the maximal achievement of students, especially in reading comprehension. Based on the upper consideration, the writer gives upcoming hypothesis saying that the use of eclectic reading method influences reading comprehension achievement of the second year students of MTs Aswaja Tengaran in the academic year of 2007 - 2008.
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD A. Research Approach In this research the writer would like present how to carry out research. The way used in the investigation is, o f course, stated in the research
methodology. Research is defined as the systematic and objective analyses and recording of controlling observations that may lead to the development of generalization, principle on theories resulting in prediction possibly to the ultimate control of event.1
This belongs to describe quantitative research. The writer is going to describe the correlation between eclectic reading method and reading comprehension o f the second year students of MTs Aswaja Tengaran in the academic year of 2007/2008. To understand the level o f correlation the data obtained use quantified by arithmetical and statistical calculations.
B. Type of Research
This is descriptive correlation research. There are no experimental and control groups such as found in comparative study. Instead, it aids to describe what exists. Research can be defined as the process o f solving the problems. In this case, the writer going to investigate the influence of eclectic reading method to reading comprehension of the second year students of MTs Aswaja
Tengaran in the academic year of 2007/2008
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C. Research Setting
1. The Location of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
MTs ASWAJA Tengaran is an educational college with Islamic characters, it has the same level as Junior High School. The exact address is at Dusun Krajan RT 10 RW 02 Tengaran or in Jalan Masjid Besar No 32 CodePost 50775 Phone 0298 610015. School area occupies 294 m2. MTs Aswaja is in the middle of Tengaran village and in the center of Tengaran sub-district of Semarang regency
There are other schools around MTs ASWAJA Tengaran, they are:
a. Elementary School: 1) . SDN 1 Tengaran, it’s for about 0.5 km from MTs Aswaja tengaran
2) . SDN 2 Tengaran it’s for about 0.7 km from MTs Aswaja tengaran 3) . SDN 3 Tengaran it’s for about 1 km from MTs Aswaja tengaran
4) . Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Tengaran it’s for about 1 km from MTs Aswaja Tengaran
b. Junior High School 1) . SMP N 1 Tengaran its for about 0.5 km from MTs Aswaja tengaran
2) . SMP Islam Sudirman I Tengaran its for about 0.5 km from MTs Aswaja Tengaran
c. Senior High School 1.) MAN 1 Tengaran its for about 1 km from MTs Aswaja Tengaran
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In its environment, the school has made collateral evidence for safety, silence and peaceful atmosphere for students in undertaking learning - teaching process. The school is near to sub-district office and Tengaran traditional shopping
2. The History of MTs ASWAJA Tengaran
MTs Aswaja was found by Mr Ahmad Nazari who also donated his field to establishment. Before changing into MTs Aswaja, the name of the school was: PGA 4 tahun conducting teaching learning activities in the morning (1967), PGA A, than changed into PGA 6 Tahun consisting of Islamic Junior High School (MTs) and Islamic Senior High School ( MA) then, the MA taken over by government and changed into MAN 1 Tengaran and while the former keep becoming MTs Aswaja Tengaran (1977), under supervision of LP Ma’arif. The headmaster succession is chronological as follows: Mr. Muh Amin, Mr. Dawam Badarudin, Mr. Khamil Yasin, Mr. Muh Ghufron and Mr. Muh amin until now.
3. The Organization Structure of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
The organization structure is a composition of people’s position in a cluster of job. They are arranged based on regularly job patterns, and responsibilities having a goal for retrieving general target from its cluster.
The organization structure of Madrasah Tsanawiyah ASWAJA
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a. Headmaster : Mr. Muh Amin
b. Vice head master : Mrs. Habibah, S.Ag
c. Vice Head Master of Student Affair : Mr. Hafidz Zaen Ahmad
d. Vice Head Master of Curriculum Affair : Mr. Rahmat, S.Ag
e. Vice Head Master of Mediums Affair : Mrs.Dra. Muniroh
f. Vice Head Master of Public Relation Affair : Mr. Dimyati Amin
g. Official Head : Mrs.Witriyani, Amd
h. Counseling coordinator : Mrs. Marifah, S.Pdl i. Intra School Student Organization (OSIS) Counselor: Mr.Hafidz Zaen A j. Treasurer : Mrs. Evi Laila F, Amd k. Head of Librarian : Mrs. Witriyani, Amd
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The following chart is the organization structure of Madrasah Tsanawiyah ASWAJA Tengaran
THE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE MTs Aswaja Tengaran
Information: _____________: command lines / coordinator / consultation
Headmaster/ HM : The Headmaster of Madrasah Vice Headmaster/VHM The Vice Headmaster of Madrasah.
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4. Committee of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
Committee is the independent department that has function to control the headmaster and all officers program. The organization structure committee of Madrasah Tsanawiyah ASWAJA Tengaran, is as follows:
Chief : Nur Hayati Secretary : Dawam Badarudin
Treasurer : Habibah, S.Ag Members : M. Zaenal
Dra. Yasiroh Rohmat, S.Ag Witriyani, Amd
5. Visions of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
Being the excellence to improve the qualified human resource both in science and religious awareness
(Memposisikan Madrasah sebagai pusat keunggulan yang mampu menyiapkan dan mengembangkan sumber daya insani yang berkualitas dibidang IPTEK dan IMTAQ)
6. Missions of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
Conducting education orienting knowledge, social and moral qualities to produce human resource qualified in science and religious awareness.
(Menyelenggarakan pendidikan yang berorientasi mutu baik secara
27 mengembangkan sumber daya insani yang mempunyai kualitas dihidang
IPTEK dan IMTAQ)
7. Facilities of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
List of equipment is:
a. Building Construction
: Permanent Status
: Right the Ownership Headmaster Office
: 1 Room Structure of Exertion Room
: 1 Room Teacher’s room
Teaching and learning process need enough equipment. Equipment is all facilities prepared to ease and accelerate teaching and learning process.
: 4 Rooms Library
: 1 Unit Computer and skill rooms
: 1 Room Intra School Students Organization (OSIS and) Scout Room : 1 Room Unit of Healthy School room
: IRoom Mosque
: 1 Unit Bathrooms/WC
: 3 Rooms Storehouse
: 1 Room : 1
: 1 Room Classrooms
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b. Office Equipments Computer - printer : 5 units
: 1 unit (0298) 610015 Telephone - internet TV
: 2 units UHV : 1 unit
: 2 units Typewriter machines Strongbox : 2 units Calculator : 4 Units
: 2 units Tape Recorder Dispenser : 1 unit
8. Teachers of MTs Aswaja Tengaran Teachers of MTs ASWAJA Tengaran, are growing up in the recent years.
MTs ASWAJA Tengaran has 10 teachers consist of religious department permanent teacher: 2 person and 9 non-permanent teachers they as follow.
Teachers of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
Teacher Subject No
Science
1 Dra. Muniroh Inonesian Language
2 Dra. Yasiroh
Alquran Hadisth, SKI
Dimyati Amin
3 Hafidz English
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No Teacher Subject
9. Office Staffs of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
The students who join MTs ASWAJA TENGARAN come from villages around the school. The sum of students of MTs ASWAJA TENGARAN in the last 4 year is:
3 Siti Munasikah Gardener
2 Evi Laila Fauziani, AMd Treasurer
Librarian
No Name Possition
The staffs of MTs Aswaja Tengaran can be seen in table as follow:
10 Mahmud Yudi S.H Sociology
9 Ngadino JAVA Language
8 Nayin Civic Education, Physic
7 Tasmiyah, S.Pd Mathematics
Fiqh
6 Rahmat, S.Ag
5 Guretno, S.Pd English, Art Education
1 WITRIYANI, AMd
10. Students of MTs Aswaja Tengaran
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20
14
12
20
15
40
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87 2006/2007
10
12
14
13
12
36
12
45
81 2007/2008
15
10
12
19
13
12
37
44
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b. The graduates of MTs Aswaja Tengaran in the last five year;
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89 2005/2006
a. Distribution of Students
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Year boy ; | ™ 1» 2nd 3rd
j St
2" r n Boy Girl SUM 2002/200312
8
20
14
13
21
40
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88 2003/2004
14
12
15
49
14
13
34
42
76 2004/2005
14
14
12
20
15
14
40
Year Percentages of Graduaties 2002/2003 95.12% 2003/2004 90% 2004/2005 50% 2005/2006 66% 2006/2007 76.47%
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D. The Object of the Research
1. Population Population is the whole subjects investigated.2 In the encyclopedia of education evaluation, population is defined as a set of all elements possessing one or more attributes or interest. The population of this research is second year students of MTS Aswaja Tengaran in the academic year of 2007-2008