The Effectiveness Of Reciprocal Teachingn To Teach Reading Viewed From Students’ Self Esteem (An Experimental Study At The Eighth Grade Students Of Smp Negeri 2 Semanding Tuban In The Academic Year Of 2011/2012)

Oleh :
Joko Prayoga - S891008045 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

This research aims at finding out whether: (1) Reciprocal Teaching is more effective than lecture method to teach reading; (2) students who have high self-esteem have better reading skill than those who have low self-esteem; and (3) there is interaction between teaching methods and students‘ self-esteem in teaching reading This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Semanding Tuban in the academic year of 2011/2012 which consists of five classes. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. There are two classes used as samples, namely VIII-D as the experimental class taught using reciprocal teaching and VIII-E as control class taught using lecture method. The data of the research were collected using two valid and reliable instruments, namely questionnaire and reading test. The questionnaire is used to classify students into two groups: the students who have high-self-esteem and those who have low self-esteem. The reading test is used to know the students‘ reading skill. After the normality and homogeneity test were conducted, the hypothesis test was done. The data of reading test were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of variance 2 x 2 and Tukey test. Based the data analysis, there are some research findings that can be drawn. First, Reciprocal Teaching is more effective than Lecture Method to teach reading. Second, the students who have high self-esteem have better reading skill than those who have low self-esteem. Third, there is interaction between teaching methods and students‘ self-esteem in teaching reading. The effectiveness of the teaching method is influenced by the degree of students‘ self-esteem. As Reciprocal Teaching is an effective method to teach reading, it is recommended to use reciprocal teaching in teaching reading in order to achieve a good result.