THE EFFECT OF PICTURE SERIES IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT AT SMP KARTINI YASRI

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of using Picture Series on the reading comprehension of first year students at SMP Kartini Yasri . The method used in this research is quantitative research and quasi-experimental design because the research was conducted in two classes, the experimental class and the control class. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique to select the sample. From a total population of 40 students, class VII A was chosen as the experimental class and class VII B was selected as the control class. The instrument of this research is multiple choice for pre-test and post-test. This test is a narrative text and consists of 30 multiple choice questions in each test. The researcher used the t-test formula to analyze the data. The results of this study indicated that there is a significant difference in students reading comprehension of narrative text by using picture series and without using picture series. The average value in the experimental class is 50.75 (pre-test) and 71.50 (post-test). The average value in the control class is 60.10 (pre-test) and 68.50 (post-test). It can be seen that df = 38 at the 5% significance level, the value of this significance level is 1.69 comparing the values of to and tt , the results showed that t0 is higher than tt5% = t0>tt = 21.96> 1.69. The alternative hypothesis is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect of the use of picture series on the reading comprehension of first year students at SMP Kartini Yasri.