Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension by Using Card Sort (A Classroom Action Research in the Second Year of SMA BATIK 2 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012)

Penulis Utama : Afifah Sari Rachmawati
NIM / NIP : S890809302
× Afifah Sari Rachmawati, S890809302. 2014. Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension by Using Card Sort (A Classroom Action Research in the Second Year of SMA BATIK 2 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012). Thesis. 1st consultant: Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd.; 2nd consultant: Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd. English Education Department, Graduate School, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University Surakarta. The aim of this thesis is to identify whether Card Sort can improve students’ reading competence for the students of class XI IPA 1 SMA BATIK 2 Surakarta or not, and to identify the classroom situation when Card Sort is implemented in the reading class. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems on identifying main idea, finding detail information, understanding word meaning, understanding sentence meaning, finding reference, identifying text organization, and identifying communicative purpose. This classroom action research was done in SMA BATIK 2 Surakarta from August 2011- February 2012. The subject of the study was the students of class XI IPA 1 SMA BATIK 2 Surakarta consisting of 30 students. I did some steps for each cycle. They were planning, action, observation, and reflection. In collecting the data, I applied several techniques including observation, interview, questionnaire, research diary, and test. The quantitative data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. It was compared between the scores of pre-test (before implementing card sort) and post-test (after implementing card sort), while the qualitative data were analyzed by using constant comparative method which consisted of comparing incidents applicable to each category, integrating categories into their properties, delimiting theory, and writing theory. The result of the research showed that: (1) card sort can improve students’ reading comprehension, which covered: identifying main idea, finding detail information, understanding word meaning, understanding sentence meaning, finding reference, identifying text organization, and identifying communicative purpose. The improvement can also be seen from their results of post-test. The averages of the scores improved from cycle to cycle. The average score of pre-test was 61.39. Then, it increased to 69.18 in post-test 1 and 79.28 in post-test 2, and (2) The students became more active and enthusiastic in learning process. They were brave to come to in front of class to present their discussion using English language. Besides, the class became active and alive. Moreover, they could collaborate with others well. In conclusion, card sort is able to improve students’ reading comprehension. It stimulates students to be responsible and active. Therefore, it was recommended that the English teachers use card sort in teaching reading competence, so that it can be students’ own reading strategy in order to improve their reading competence. Keywords: card sort, reading comprehension, classroom action research
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Penulis Utama : Afifah Sari Rachmawati
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NIM / NIP : S890809302
Tahun : 2014
Judul : Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension by Using Card Sort (A Classroom Action Research in the Second Year of SMA BATIK 2 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012)
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Imprint : Surakarta - Pascasarjana - 2014
Program Studi : S-2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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Sumber : UNS- Pascasarjana Prodi Bahasa Inggris S890809302-2014
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Jenis Dokumen : Tesis
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Status : Public
Pembimbing : 1. Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd
2. Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd
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Fakultas : Sekolah Pascasarjana
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