NIM 200832241 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
THE READING COMPREHENSION
OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM
WELAHAN JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
BY USING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
By
AKHSAN SOBIRIN
NIM 200832241
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2013
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THE READING COMPREHENSION
OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM
WELAHAN JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
BY USING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana
Program in English Education
By:
AKHSAN SOBIRIN
NIM 200832241
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2013
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
∞ Let’s start the day with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim
∞ Never give up and keep trying.
∞ Don’t judge the book by the cover
DEDICATION
This skripsi is dedicated to:
1. His beloved parents
2. His beloved sister and brother
3. His best friends (Adis, Resha Adi N, Yongky
SAN, Machfaud, Choirul Annam)
4. For all his lecturers on Muria Kudus University
5. All of His friends in UMK
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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Akhsan Sobirin (200832241) has been
approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the Examining
committee.
Kudus,
September 2013
Advisor I
Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd
NIS. 061071320001020
Advisor II
Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum
NIS. 0610701000001160
Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd
NIP. 196212191987031001
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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Akhsan Sobirin (200832241) has been
approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree in
the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
Kudus,
September 2013
Examining Committee
Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001190
Chairman
Agung Dwi N. S.S, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001187
Member
Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001146
Member
Rusiana, S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001226
Member
Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd
NIP. 196212191987031001
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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 Comprehensionof The Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013
by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications.”
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. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty University of Muria Kudus.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department
of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus University.
3. Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, 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. Ahdi Riyono, SS, 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 2012/2013.
7. His beloved parents who always give prayer, support, motivation and
moral encouragement to finish his skripsi.
8. His beloved sister and brother, who always give support and affection.
9. All of his beloved best friends, Adis, Resha Adi N, Yongky SAN,
Machfaud, Choirul Annam, 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.
Kudus, September 2013
Akhsan Sobirin
200832241
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ABSTRACT
Sobirin, Akhsan. 2013. The Reading Comprehension of The Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2012/2013 by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications. Skripsi. English
Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria
Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd (ii) Ahdi
Riyono, SS, M.Hum.
Key words: Reading Comprehension, Recount Text, Hot Potatoes Software
Applications
Reading is one of important skills in learning language. It is also a means
of recreation and enjoyment. At the same time, it enlarges knowledge and
improves the technological achievement. Students can know information of the
text by reading comprehension. However, many students get difficulties in
reading material, for example recount text. Because of that, teacher should use
media of teaching that can develop the reading comprehension of the students.
Hot potatoes software applications is one of the teaching media that can be used
in teaching reading to develop the students’ reading skill. Therefore, the
researcher applies hot potatoes software applications media for the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 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 the eighth grade students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before and
after being taught by using hot potatoes software applications as a media. 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 2012/2013.
The researcher took VIII B as the quasi experiment research as the sample by
using cluster random sampling. The quasi experiment research taught with hot
potatoes software applications media.
The researcher uses Recount text as the material, because based on the
KTSP curriculum, the reading material for the eighth grade students in MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 in the even semester. The
researcher prepares 25 questions of completing sentence of narrative text. The
result of the experiment shows that the calculation of t-test, with the level of
significance 5%, the Degree of freedom (Df) 27, and t-table (tt) 2.06, the tobservation (to) obtained is 12.37. In other words, t-observation is higher than ttable (to>tt). In detail, the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 after being
taught by using hot potatoes software applications categorized is “good”. It is
showed by the mean of the test is 85.18 and standard deviation is 5.42. It is higher
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than the Mean of the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before being taught
by using hot potatoes software applications is 69.5 and standard deviation is 7.39.
It is categorized as “sufficient”.
Based on the result above, it means that hot potatoes software applications
media works well to develop student’s reading comprehension. It can be
concluded that there is a significant difference between the reading
comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara
in the academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using hot
potatoes software applications. Thus, the researcher suggests that the teachers can
use hot potatoes software applications as a media in teaching reading material
because it proved that it works well in improving the reading comprehension of
students. The students should motivate and improve their comprehension, so they
can do the task well.
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ABSTRAKSI
Sobirin, Akhsan. 2013. Kemampuan Membaca Siswa Kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum
Tahun Ajaran 2012/2013 Diajar dengan Menggunakan Hot Potatoes
Software Applications sebagai sebuah Media. Skripsi. Program Studi
Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan,
Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd
(ii) Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum.
Kata Kunci: kemampuan Membaca, Teks Recount, Perangkat Aplikasi Hot
Potatoes
Membaca adalah salah satu keterampilan penting dalam belajar bahasa. Ini
juga merupakan sarana rekreasi dan kenikmatan. Pada saat yang sama,
memperluas pengetahuan dan meningkatkan pencapaian teknologi. Siswa dapat
mengetahui informasi dari teks dengan kemampuan membaca. Namun, banyak
siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam bahan bacaan , misalnya teks recount. Karena
itu, guru harus menggunakan media pembelajaran yang dapat mengembangkan
kemampuan membaca siswa. Perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes adalah salah satu
media pembelajaran yang dapat digunakan dalam pengajaran membaca untuk
mengembangkan keterampilan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, peneliti
menggunakan media perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes untuk siswa kelas VIII MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 untuk
mengembangkan kemampuan membaca teks recount mereka karena mereka
kebingungan dalam memahaminya.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang
signifikan antara kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan
dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media.
Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimental. Hal ini dilakukan
pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik
2012/2013. Peneliti mengambil VIII B sebagai sampel penelitian eksperimen
kuasi dengan menggunakan cluster random sampling (pengambilan sample secara
acak). Penelitian quasi eksperimen diajarkan dengan media perangkat aplikasi Hot
Potatoes. Setelah mereka diajarkan selama lima pertemuan mereka mengerjakan
post test untuk membandingkan hasilnya.
Peneliti menggunakan Recount teks sebagai materi, karena berdasarkan
atas kurikulum KTSP dengan bahan bacaan untuk siswa kelas VIII di MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 di semester genap.
Peneliti mempersiapkan 25 pertanyaan pilihan ganda berdasarkan teks recount.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa perhitungan t -test, dengan
tingkat signifikansi 5 %, Derajat kebebasan ( Df ) 27, dan t-tabel (tt) 2,06, tobservasi (to) yang diperoleh adalah 12.37. Dengan kata lain, t-observasi lebih
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besar dari t-tabel (to>tt). Secara rinci, kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 setelah diajarkan
dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes dikategorikan "baik". Hal
ini ditunjukkan oleh rata-rata dari tes ini adalah 85,18 dan standar deviasi 5,42. Ini
lebih tinggi dari hasil rata-rata dari kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum diajarkan
dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes adalah 69,5 dan standar
deviasi adalah 7.39. Hal ini dikategorikan sebagai "cukup".
Berdasarkan hasil di atas, itu berarti bahwa media perangkat aplikasi hot
Potatoes yang bekerja dengan baik untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca
siswa. Oleh karena itu, guru bahasa Inggris dapat menerapkan media perangkat
aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media alternatif dalam proses pembelajaran. Hal ini
dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kemampuan
membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun
akademik 2012/2013 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan
perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes. Dengan demikian, peneliti menyarankan bahwa
guru dapat menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media dalam
bahan bacaan mengajar karena terbukti bahwa itu bekerja dengan baik dalam
meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Para siswa harus termotivasi dan
meningkatkan kemampuan mereka, sehingga mereka dapat melakukan tugas
dengan baik .
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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.................................................................. ........
4
1.3 Objective of the Research ......................................................................
4
1.4 Significance of the Research .................................................................
5
1.5 Limitation of the Research ....................................................................
5
1.6 Operational Definition ...........................................................................
6
CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND
HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..........................
7
2.1.1 The Curiculum of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
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2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
9
2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
10
2.1.4 The Strategis of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
11
2.1.5 Characteristic of the Eight Grade Students of Mts Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara ....................................................................................
12
2.2 Teaching of Reading ..............................................................................
14
2.2.1 Reading as a Language Skill ................................................................
15
2.2.2 Reading Comprehension ......................................................................
16
2.2.3 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension..............................................
16
2.3 Genre .....................................................................................................
17
2.3.1 Types of Genre ....................................................................................
18
2.3.2 Recount Text .......................................................................................
19
2.4 Computer Assisted Language Learning ..................................................
20
2.5 Hot Potatoes Software Application .........................................................
23
2.5.1 The Steps of Using HPSA as a Media in Teaching Reading .................
25
2.6 Previous Research ..................................................................................
26
2.7 Theoretical Framework .........................................................................
26
2.8 Hypothesis ............................................................................................
28
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research ...........................................................................
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29
3.2 Population and Sample ...........................................................................
31
3.3 Instrument of the Research .....................................................................
31
3.4 Data Collection ......................................................................................
35
3.5 Data Analysis .........................................................................................
36
CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 The Significant Difference of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before and after
being Taught Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................
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4.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013St ..........
40
4.1.2 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .............
43
4.2 Hypothesis Testing .................................................................................
46
CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION
5.1 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013................
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5.2 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013................
49
5.3 The Significant Difference between the Reading Comprehension of
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before
and after being Taught Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................
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CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................
53
6.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................
54
BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................................
APPENDICES .............................................................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE ..............................................................................
56
57
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
Page
3.2
The Assessment Criteria of the Reading Comprehension...............
30
4.1.1.1
The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by
Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 .....................................................................................
39
Frequency of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes
Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ....................
40
The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using
Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 .....................................................................................
42
Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara
after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software
Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ...................................
42
The Summary of T-Test Result of Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in Academic Year
2012/2013 .....................................................................................
45
4.1.1.2
4.1.2.1
4.1.2.2
4.3.1
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
Page
3.1
Design of One-Group Experiment .................................................
28
4.1.1.1
The Bar Chart of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being
Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................
40
The Bar Chart of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being
Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................
43
4.1.2.1
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
1
Page
The Syllabus Reading Material of the Eighth Grade of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic year 2012/2013 .......................................
56
Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by using Hot potatoes
software Applications...........................................................................
59
3
Students Worksheet .............................................................................
62
4
Key Answer of Student Worksheet ......................................................
66
5
The Pre Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2012/2013 ............................................................................................
70
6
Key Answer of Pre Test .......................................................................
75
7
The Table Specification of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text .......................................................................................
76
The Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2012/2013 ...................................................................................
77
9
Key Answer of the Post Test ................................................................
82
10
Index of Reliability ..............................................................................
83
11
The Calculation of Reliability of the Try Out Test ...............................
84
12
The Score of the Reading Comprehension of the Eeighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught
by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 ...........................................................................................
85
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Pre Test Score
of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eeighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being
Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic
Year 2012/2013 .................................................................................
86
2
8
13
14
The Score of the Reading Comprehension of the Eeighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught
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by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 ...........................................................................................
89
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test
Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the
Eeighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara
before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications
in Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................................................
90
Table of T-observation of Significant Difference between Pre-Test
and Post-Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software
Applications as a Media ......................................................................
92
The List of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using
Hot Potatoes Software Applications .....................................................
95
18
Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan.............................................................
96
19
Statement .............................................................................................
97
15
16
17
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LIST OF FORMULAS
Formula
Page
3.1
Formula of Calculating Reliability of the Test ......................................
32
3.2
Formula of T-test technique .................................................................
34
3.3
Formula of Calculating Mean...............................................................
35
3.4
Formula of Calculating Deviation Standard..........................................
35
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OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM
WELAHAN JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
BY USING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
By
AKHSAN SOBIRIN
NIM 200832241
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2013
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ii
THE READING COMPREHENSION
OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM
WELAHAN JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
BY USING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana
Program in English Education
By:
AKHSAN SOBIRIN
NIM 200832241
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2013
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
∞ Let’s start the day with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim
∞ Never give up and keep trying.
∞ Don’t judge the book by the cover
DEDICATION
This skripsi is dedicated to:
1. His beloved parents
2. His beloved sister and brother
3. His best friends (Adis, Resha Adi N, Yongky
SAN, Machfaud, Choirul Annam)
4. For all his lecturers on Muria Kudus University
5. All of His friends in UMK
iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Akhsan Sobirin (200832241) has been
approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the Examining
committee.
Kudus,
September 2013
Advisor I
Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd
NIS. 061071320001020
Advisor II
Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum
NIS. 0610701000001160
Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd
NIP. 196212191987031001
v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Akhsan Sobirin (200832241) has been
approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree in
the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
Kudus,
September 2013
Examining Committee
Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001190
Chairman
Agung Dwi N. S.S, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001187
Member
Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001146
Member
Rusiana, S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001226
Member
Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd
NIP. 196212191987031001
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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 Comprehensionof The Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013
by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications.”
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. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty University of Muria Kudus.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department
of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus University.
3. Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, 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. Ahdi Riyono, SS, 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 2012/2013.
7. His beloved parents who always give prayer, support, motivation and
moral encouragement to finish his skripsi.
8. His beloved sister and brother, who always give support and affection.
9. All of his beloved best friends, Adis, Resha Adi N, Yongky SAN,
Machfaud, Choirul Annam, 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.
Kudus, September 2013
Akhsan Sobirin
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ABSTRACT
Sobirin, Akhsan. 2013. The Reading Comprehension of The Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2012/2013 by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications. Skripsi. English
Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria
Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd (ii) Ahdi
Riyono, SS, M.Hum.
Key words: Reading Comprehension, Recount Text, Hot Potatoes Software
Applications
Reading is one of important skills in learning language. It is also a means
of recreation and enjoyment. At the same time, it enlarges knowledge and
improves the technological achievement. Students can know information of the
text by reading comprehension. However, many students get difficulties in
reading material, for example recount text. Because of that, teacher should use
media of teaching that can develop the reading comprehension of the students.
Hot potatoes software applications is one of the teaching media that can be used
in teaching reading to develop the students’ reading skill. Therefore, the
researcher applies hot potatoes software applications media for the eighth grade
students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 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 the eighth grade students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before and
after being taught by using hot potatoes software applications as a media. 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 2012/2013.
The researcher took VIII B as the quasi experiment research as the sample by
using cluster random sampling. The quasi experiment research taught with hot
potatoes software applications media.
The researcher uses Recount text as the material, because based on the
KTSP curriculum, the reading material for the eighth grade students in MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 in the even semester. The
researcher prepares 25 questions of completing sentence of narrative text. The
result of the experiment shows that the calculation of t-test, with the level of
significance 5%, the Degree of freedom (Df) 27, and t-table (tt) 2.06, the tobservation (to) obtained is 12.37. In other words, t-observation is higher than ttable (to>tt). In detail, the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 after being
taught by using hot potatoes software applications categorized is “good”. It is
showed by the mean of the test is 85.18 and standard deviation is 5.42. It is higher
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than the Mean of the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before being taught
by using hot potatoes software applications is 69.5 and standard deviation is 7.39.
It is categorized as “sufficient”.
Based on the result above, it means that hot potatoes software applications
media works well to develop student’s reading comprehension. It can be
concluded that there is a significant difference between the reading
comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara
in the academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using hot
potatoes software applications. Thus, the researcher suggests that the teachers can
use hot potatoes software applications as a media in teaching reading material
because it proved that it works well in improving the reading comprehension of
students. The students should motivate and improve their comprehension, so they
can do the task well.
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ABSTRAKSI
Sobirin, Akhsan. 2013. Kemampuan Membaca Siswa Kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum
Tahun Ajaran 2012/2013 Diajar dengan Menggunakan Hot Potatoes
Software Applications sebagai sebuah Media. Skripsi. Program Studi
Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan,
Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd
(ii) Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum.
Kata Kunci: kemampuan Membaca, Teks Recount, Perangkat Aplikasi Hot
Potatoes
Membaca adalah salah satu keterampilan penting dalam belajar bahasa. Ini
juga merupakan sarana rekreasi dan kenikmatan. Pada saat yang sama,
memperluas pengetahuan dan meningkatkan pencapaian teknologi. Siswa dapat
mengetahui informasi dari teks dengan kemampuan membaca. Namun, banyak
siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam bahan bacaan , misalnya teks recount. Karena
itu, guru harus menggunakan media pembelajaran yang dapat mengembangkan
kemampuan membaca siswa. Perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes adalah salah satu
media pembelajaran yang dapat digunakan dalam pengajaran membaca untuk
mengembangkan keterampilan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, peneliti
menggunakan media perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes untuk siswa kelas VIII MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 untuk
mengembangkan kemampuan membaca teks recount mereka karena mereka
kebingungan dalam memahaminya.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang
signifikan antara kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan
dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media.
Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimental. Hal ini dilakukan
pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik
2012/2013. Peneliti mengambil VIII B sebagai sampel penelitian eksperimen
kuasi dengan menggunakan cluster random sampling (pengambilan sample secara
acak). Penelitian quasi eksperimen diajarkan dengan media perangkat aplikasi Hot
Potatoes. Setelah mereka diajarkan selama lima pertemuan mereka mengerjakan
post test untuk membandingkan hasilnya.
Peneliti menggunakan Recount teks sebagai materi, karena berdasarkan
atas kurikulum KTSP dengan bahan bacaan untuk siswa kelas VIII di MTs Nurul
Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 di semester genap.
Peneliti mempersiapkan 25 pertanyaan pilihan ganda berdasarkan teks recount.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa perhitungan t -test, dengan
tingkat signifikansi 5 %, Derajat kebebasan ( Df ) 27, dan t-tabel (tt) 2,06, tobservasi (to) yang diperoleh adalah 12.37. Dengan kata lain, t-observasi lebih
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besar dari t-tabel (to>tt). Secara rinci, kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 setelah diajarkan
dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes dikategorikan "baik". Hal
ini ditunjukkan oleh rata-rata dari tes ini adalah 85,18 dan standar deviasi 5,42. Ini
lebih tinggi dari hasil rata-rata dari kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum diajarkan
dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes adalah 69,5 dan standar
deviasi adalah 7.39. Hal ini dikategorikan sebagai "cukup".
Berdasarkan hasil di atas, itu berarti bahwa media perangkat aplikasi hot
Potatoes yang bekerja dengan baik untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca
siswa. Oleh karena itu, guru bahasa Inggris dapat menerapkan media perangkat
aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media alternatif dalam proses pembelajaran. Hal ini
dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kemampuan
membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun
akademik 2012/2013 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan
perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes. Dengan demikian, peneliti menyarankan bahwa
guru dapat menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media dalam
bahan bacaan mengajar karena terbukti bahwa itu bekerja dengan baik dalam
meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Para siswa harus termotivasi dan
meningkatkan kemampuan mereka, sehingga mereka dapat melakukan tugas
dengan baik .
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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.................................................................. ........
4
1.3 Objective of the Research ......................................................................
4
1.4 Significance of the Research .................................................................
5
1.5 Limitation of the Research ....................................................................
5
1.6 Operational Definition ...........................................................................
6
CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND
HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..........................
7
2.1.1 The Curiculum of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
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8
2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
9
2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
10
2.1.4 The Strategis of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan
Jepara ..................................................................................................
11
2.1.5 Characteristic of the Eight Grade Students of Mts Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara ....................................................................................
12
2.2 Teaching of Reading ..............................................................................
14
2.2.1 Reading as a Language Skill ................................................................
15
2.2.2 Reading Comprehension ......................................................................
16
2.2.3 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension..............................................
16
2.3 Genre .....................................................................................................
17
2.3.1 Types of Genre ....................................................................................
18
2.3.2 Recount Text .......................................................................................
19
2.4 Computer Assisted Language Learning ..................................................
20
2.5 Hot Potatoes Software Application .........................................................
23
2.5.1 The Steps of Using HPSA as a Media in Teaching Reading .................
25
2.6 Previous Research ..................................................................................
26
2.7 Theoretical Framework .........................................................................
26
2.8 Hypothesis ............................................................................................
28
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research ...........................................................................
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29
3.2 Population and Sample ...........................................................................
31
3.3 Instrument of the Research .....................................................................
31
3.4 Data Collection ......................................................................................
35
3.5 Data Analysis .........................................................................................
36
CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 The Significant Difference of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before and after
being Taught Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................
39
4.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013St ..........
40
4.1.2 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .............
43
4.2 Hypothesis Testing .................................................................................
46
CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION
5.1 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013................
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48
5.2 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs
Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot
Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013................
49
5.3 The Significant Difference between the Reading Comprehension of
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before
and after being Taught Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................
50
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................
53
6.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................
54
BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................................
APPENDICES .............................................................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE ..............................................................................
56
57
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
Page
3.2
The Assessment Criteria of the Reading Comprehension...............
30
4.1.1.1
The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by
Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 .....................................................................................
39
Frequency of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes
Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ....................
40
The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using
Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 .....................................................................................
42
Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of
Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara
after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software
Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ...................................
42
The Summary of T-Test Result of Eighth Grade Students of
MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in Academic Year
2012/2013 .....................................................................................
45
4.1.1.2
4.1.2.1
4.1.2.2
4.3.1
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
Page
3.1
Design of One-Group Experiment .................................................
28
4.1.1.1
The Bar Chart of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being
Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................
40
The Bar Chart of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being
Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in
Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................
43
4.1.2.1
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
1
Page
The Syllabus Reading Material of the Eighth Grade of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic year 2012/2013 .......................................
56
Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text
in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by using Hot potatoes
software Applications...........................................................................
59
3
Students Worksheet .............................................................................
62
4
Key Answer of Student Worksheet ......................................................
66
5
The Pre Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year
2012/2013 ............................................................................................
70
6
Key Answer of Pre Test .......................................................................
75
7
The Table Specification of the Reading Comprehension of
Recount Text .......................................................................................
76
The Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2012/2013 ...................................................................................
77
9
Key Answer of the Post Test ................................................................
82
10
Index of Reliability ..............................................................................
83
11
The Calculation of Reliability of the Try Out Test ...............................
84
12
The Score of the Reading Comprehension of the Eeighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught
by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 ...........................................................................................
85
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Pre Test Score
of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eeighth
Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being
Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic
Year 2012/2013 .................................................................................
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2
8
13
14
The Score of the Reading Comprehension of the Eeighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught
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by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year
2012/2013 ...........................................................................................
89
The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test
Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the
Eeighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara
before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications
in Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................................................
90
Table of T-observation of Significant Difference between Pre-Test
and Post-Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic
Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software
Applications as a Media ......................................................................
92
The List of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum
Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using
Hot Potatoes Software Applications .....................................................
95
18
Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan.............................................................
96
19
Statement .............................................................................................
97
15
16
17
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LIST OF FORMULAS
Formula
Page
3.1
Formula of Calculating Reliability of the Test ......................................
32
3.2
Formula of T-test technique .................................................................
34
3.3
Formula of Calculating Mean...............................................................
35
3.4
Formula of Calculating Deviation Standard..........................................
35
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