IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOZE PROCEDURE (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE EIGHTH B GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 CILACAP IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012) - repository perpustakaan
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH
CLOZE PROCEDURE
(A Classroom Action Research at the Eighth B Grade Students of SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH 1 CILACAP in Academic Year 2011/2012)
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirement for S.Pd. Degree
By:
MEGA KARTIKASARI
0801050070
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
2012
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
- My beloved mother
Thank you for your endless love, prayer and support that make me realize that I have to be the best for you. I LOVE YOU MOM. . . .
- My beloved father
You have given me love, support and prayer until now. I always love and
remember you all the time. I LOVE YOU DAD. . . . Thanks for all.- My beloved brother “Dimas” Thanks for your prayer and support. . . . .
My best friends (Lik upi, Om Yono, Izma, Lilis, Pipit, Nju, Desi, Septi)
thanks for your joke and support .
I’ll miss you all.. . . . . . . I LOVE YOU ALL
All my beloved friends in the English Department. Thank you very much.
. . .
MOTTO
"Imagination is more important than knowledge.” (Albert Einstein) “You can if you think you can” (George Reeves)
“There is not a success without a struggle” “Be stronger than yesterday”
PREFACE
Assalamu’alaikum, Wr. WbAlhamdulillah, firstly and mainly the writer would like to say her thanks to Allah SWT, who has given His mercy and blessing so that the writer could finish this thesis as partial fulfillment for the requirements of S.Pd. Degree at English Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
Secondly, the writer wishes to express his great appreciation and gratefulness to:
1. Drs. H. SyamsudinIrsyad, SH, M. H, the rector of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
2. Drs. JokoPurwanto, M.Si. The Dean of Teacher Training and education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
3. Endang Kusrini, S.Pd., M.Hum the Head of English Department of Teacher Training and education Faculty who gave the writer permission to conduct the research.
4. Dra. Hj. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd. And Listiani, M.Pd. as the first and second consultant who gave guided the writer correcting the thesis patiently and wisely.
5. All lecturers who have delivered their knowledge that very valuable and useful for his life.
6. Chairul Anwar, S.Pd. The Headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Cilacap who has given permission to the writer to conduct the research.
7. Devi Widiastuti, S.Pd. The English teacher of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Cilacap who helped the writer as the collaborative teacher in the research.
8. All of the students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Cilacap especially class VII B who has participated in the research.
9. The writer’s parents who have supported and given support and love to the writer.
10. All of my friends who helped and gave aids to finish this thesis. The writer believes that this research is still far from being a perfect one. Therefore, the writer would appreciate and like to invite constructive criticism and also suggestion from the readers. The writer hopes that this thesis will give valuable things especially to educational field and also those are interested in it.
Wassalamu’alaikum, Wr.Wb.
Purwokerto, 2012 The writer
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE ............................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ................................................................................................. iii MOTTO ........................................................................................................... iv PREFACE...................................................................................................... .. v TABLE OF CONTENT.................................................................................. . vii LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................... x LIST OF FIGURE............................................................................................ xi LIST OF APENDICES .................................................................................... xii ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... xiii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A.
1 The Background of Research ....................................................................
B.
3 The Reason of Choosing the Topic ...........................................................
C.
3 The Problem Statement .............................................................................
D.
4 The Aim of Research ................................................................................
E.
4 The Contributions .....................................................................................
F.
4 The Focus of Research......................................................................... .....
G.
5 The Clarification of Terms ........................................................................
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW A. Reading 1.
6 The Definition of Reading ..................................................................
2.
6 The Importance of Reading.................................................................
3. The Aim of Reading ............................................................................
7 4. The Reading Types...............................................................................
8 5. Assessing Reading ..............................................................................
9 B. Reading Comprehension 1.
The Definition of Reading Comprehension ........................................ 12 2. The Components of Reading Comprehension .................................... 12 C. Cloze Procedure 1.
The Definition of Cloze Procedure ..................................................... 14 2. The Types of Cloze Procedure..................................................... ....... 14 3. The Criteria of Good Cloze Procedure ............................................... 15 4. How to Prepare Cloze Procedure ........................................................ 15 5. The Advantages of Cloze Procedure ................................................... 16 6. The Disadvantages of Cloze Procedure .............................................. 16 D. Teaching Reading Using Cloze Procedure ............................................... 17 E. Basic Assumption ..................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. The Method of Research ........................................................................... 21 B. The Place and Time of Research .............................................................. 21 C. The Subject of Research ........................................................................... 22 D. Research Design ........................................................................................ 22 E. The Technique of Collecting Data ............................................................ 25 F. The Technique of Data Analysis ............................................................... 29 G. The Criteria of Action Success ................................................................. 33