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SKRIPSI

READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE TENTH

GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 KARANGANYAR DEMAK IN

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 TAUGHT BY USING SMALL GROUP

DISCUSSION (SGD)

By:

UNI ZULFA

NIM 201332009

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2018

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READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE TENTH

GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 KARANGANYAR DEMAK IN

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 TAUGHT BY USING SMALL GROUP

DISCUSSION (SGD)

SKRIPSI

By:

UNI ZULFA

NIM 201332009

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2018

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

Do the best and Allah will give the rest

When there is no way, Allah will make a way

Be a proud one for parents and family

DEDICATION

In the name of Allah the

Beneficent And the Merciful, the

final project is

dedicated to:

To Heroes in my life,

“Mr.Sutikno & Mrs.Chaswah

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, Thanks to Allah SWT who has given mercies and blesses

so the writer can accomplish this skripsi entitled “Reading Comprehension of

Recount text of the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in

Academic Year Taught by Using Small Group Discussion”

There are many people who give contribution during the writer struggle to

complete this skripsi. So that in this special occasion, the writer would like to

express her greatest gratitude and appreciation to:

1. Titis Sulistyowati, S.S., M.Pd as the first advisor who always gives supports,

suggestions, and helpful input for accomplishing this skripsi.

2. Agung Dwi NurCahyo, S.S, M.Pd as the second advisor who has given his

guidance, correction, and suggestion in accomplishing this skripsi.

3. Drs. Mulyani M. Noor,M.Pd as the principal of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak

for his permission and helps.

4. Nanik Suryaningsih S.Pd as the English teacher of SMAN 1 Karanganyar

Demak who gives support during this research.

5. Her lecturers in Teacher Training and Education Faculty UMK especially

English Education Department.

6. Her beloved family who always give much support, prayer, spirit.

7. Her beloved best friends. “Risna Dewi, Fitriana Intan Sari, Chindi Fatika Sari,

Hestiati Isma”and Her special someone “Denny Trias Widiantara”

Finally, the writer realizes that this skripsi is far from perfectness. So, the

writer hopes the criticism and suggestion from the readers to make this skripsi

perfect.

Kudus, January 2018

The writer

Uni Zulfa

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ABSTRACT

Zulfa, Uni. 2018. Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Tenth Grade

Students of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in Academic Year 2017/2018

Taught by Using Small Group Discussion. Skripsi. English Education

Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus

University. Advisor: (1) Titis Sulistyowati, S.S.,M.Pd (2) Agung Dwi

NurCahyo, S.S.,M.Pd

Reading is an important way to get more information in the world. By

reading, many people can get many knowledge to share with other people. There

are many students who get some difficulties in understanding the text. Thus, it

means that the English teacher should use an interesting way of teaching that can

make the students more active in the classroom. Small Group Discussion is one of

technique that can be used by the teacher in teaching to make students more active

in classroom.

The purpose of the problem is to find out the significant difference

between the reading comprehension of recount text of the tenth grade students of

SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018 before and after taught

by using Small Group Discussion.

The design of this research is experimental research by giving pre-test and

post-test. The sample is X IPS-1 of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak that consist of

40 students. The research instrument is a test that consists of 20 questions of

multiple choice. To analyze the data the writer use Mean (average), Standard

Deviation, and hypothesis testing using t-test.

The outcome proved that the mean of pre-test is 58.91 and the standard

deviation (SD) is 8.52. It can be classified as “Average”. While the mean of post-

test is 81.47 and the standard deviation (SD) is 4.89. it can be classified as

“High”. For hypothesis testing gets to =17.67 and tt = 2.042, and the level of

significant is 0.05. the writer concludes that the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected

and Ha (alternative hypothesis) is confirmed, because t(obtained) falls in the

critical region. And, there is a significant difference between the reading

comprehension of recount text of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1

Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018 before and after being taught by

using small group discussion. So, it is a best technique that effective to develop

the students reading comprehension of recount text of the tenth grade students of

SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak

Based in the result above, the writer suggested that the teacher can use

Small Group Discussion as a technique to teach reading to the students, because it

can make the students interested in teaching learning process.

Key words: Reading Comprehension, Small Group Discussion, Recount Text

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ABSTRAK

Zulfa, Uni. 2018. Kepahaman Membaca Terhadap Recount teks pada kelas X

SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak Tahun Ajaran 2017/2018 Mengajar dengan

Menggunakan Diskusi Kelompok Kecil. Skripsi. Pendidikan bahasa inggris .

Universitas Muria Kudus.Pembimbing: (1) Titis Sulistyowati. S.S., M.Pd

(2) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo. S.S., M.Pd

Membaca merupakan suatu cara yang sangat penting untuk mendapatkan

banyak informasi di dunia, Dengan membaca, semua orang dapat memperoleh

pengetahuan untuk berbagi kepada orang lain. Ada banyak siswa yang mengalami

kesulitan dalam memahami sebuah teks. Jadi, itu berarti bahwa guru bahasa

Inggris harus menggunakan cara mengajar yang menarik sehingga siswa dapat

membuat kelas lebih aktif. Kerja kelompok merupakan salah satu teknik yang bisa

digunakan oleh guru dalam mengajar untuk membuat siswa lebih aktif di kelas.

.Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah

terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara kepemahaman membaca terhadap

recount teks pada kelas X SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak Tahun Ajaran

2017/2018 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan diskusi

kelompok kecil.

Model penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen dengan memberikan pre-

test dan post-test pada satu kelas. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah kelas X IPS-1

dengan jumlah siswa 40. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan test dengan jumlah

soal 20 yang terdiri dari pilihan ganda. Untuk menganalisa data menggunakan

Mean (Rata-rata), Simpangan pokok,dan uji hipotesis menggunakan t-test.

Hasil dari penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa rata-rata dari pre-test adalah

58.91 dan simpangan pokok 8.52. Hal tersebut dapat diklasifikasikan sebagai

“seimbang” sedangkan rata-rata dari post-test adalah 81.47 dan simpangan pokok

4.89. hal tersebut diklasifikasikan sebagai “tinggi”. Untuk uji hipotesis

memperoleh t(obtained) 17.67 dan t-table= 2.042 dan tingkat signifikan 0.05.

penulis menyimpulkan bahwa null hipotesis (Ho) ditolak dan alternative hipotesis

(Ha) diterima, karena t(obtained) jatuh pada critical region. Dan terdapat

perbedaan yang signifikan antara kepemahaman membaca terhadap recount teks

pada kelas X SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak tahun ajaran 2017/2018 sebelum dan

sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan diskusi kelompok kecil. Jadi ini adalah

teknik yang efektif untuk mengembangkan kepemahaman membaca siswa.

Berdasarkan hasil diatas, penulis berpendapat bahwa guru bisa

menggunakan tehnik diskusi kelompok kecil untuk mengajar membaca pada

siswa, karena dapat membuat siswa tertarik pada pembelajaran.

Kata Kunci: Kepemahaman Membaca, Diskusi Kelompok Kecil, Recount Teks

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Pages

COVER ................................................................................................................... i

LOGO ..................................................................................................................... ii

TITLE .................................................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ............................................................................. iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ..................................................................................... v

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ................................................................................ vi

ACKNOWLEDGE ............................................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ viii

ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................... x

LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................. xi

LIST OF APPENDICES ....................................................................................... xii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research .......................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Research .............................................................................. 2

1.3 Objective of the Research ............................................................................... 2

1.4 Significance of the Research .......................................................................... 3

1.5 Limitation of the Research.............................................................................. 3

1.6 Operational Definition .................................................................................... 3

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Teaching English in SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak ...................................... 4

2.2 Definition of Reading ..................................................................................... 5

2.3 Recount text .................................................................................................... 6

2.4 Definition of Small Group Discussion ........................................................... 8

2.5 Review of Previous Research ....................................................................... 10

2.6 Theoretical Framework ............................................................................... 10

2.7 Hypothesis ................................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER III METHODE OF THE RESEARCH

3.1 Design of the Research ................................................................................. 12

3.2 Population and Sample ................................................................................. 12

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3.3 Data Collecting ............................................................................................. 12

3.4 Instrument of the research ............................................................................ 13

3.5 Data Analysis ................................................................................................ 14

3.6 Hypothesis testing ......................................................................................... 16

CHAPTER IV FINDING RESEARCH

4.1 Reading Comprehension of recount text of the tenth grade students

of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018

taught by using Small Group Discussion ..................................................... 18

4.2 Reading Comprehension of recount text of the tenth grade students

of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018

taught by Using Small Group Discussion ..................................................... 21

4.3 Hypothesis Testing ....................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION

5.1 Reading Comprehension of recount text of the tenth grade students

of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018

taught by Using Small Group Discussion ..................................................... 25

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 28

6.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................... 28

6.3 References.................................................................................................... 30

6.4 Appendices .................................................................................................. 31

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List of Tables

Table

3.3 The Criteria of Measuring Score ...................................................................... 13

4.1 Reading Comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1

Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018 before being taught

by using Small Group Discussion .. 18

4.2 The Frequency Distribution of Reading Comprehension of the tenth

grade students of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in academic year

2017/2018 before being taught by using Small Group Discussion ................... 19

4.3 Reading Comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1

Karanganyar Demak in academic year 2017/2018 after being taught

by using Small Group Discussion .. 20

4.4 The Frequency Distribution of Reading Comprehension of the tenth

grade students of SMAN 1 Karanganyar Demak in academic year

2017/2018 After being taught by using Small Group Discussion ..................... 22

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List of Appendices

Appendix Page

1. Lesson Plan K-13 ....................................................................................... 31

2. Pre-test and Post-test .................................................................................. 36

3. The table of Specification .......................................................................... 43

4. The Score of Try-out test ........................................................................... 45

5. The Table of Reliability of Try-out ............................................................ 46

6. The Calculation of Try-out ........................................................................ 50

7. The Score of Pre-test .................................................................................. 51

8. The Calculation of Pre-test ........................................................................ 52

9. The Score of Post-test ................................................................................ 55

10. The Calculation of Post-test ....................................................................... 56

11. The Calculation of T-test ........................................................................... 59

12. The Value of T-test for Any Number Degree of Freedom ......................... 61

13. Daftar Nama Siswa X-IPS 1 ...................................................................... 62

14. Daftar Nama Siswa X-MIPA 2 .................................................................. 64

15. Statement .................................................................................................... 65

16. Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan .................................................................. 66

17. Permohonan Ujian Skripsi ......................................................................... 67

18. Surat Keputusan Judul Skripsi ................................................................... 68

19. Surat Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan ......................................................... 69

20. Kartu Bimbingan ........................................................................................ 70

21. Curriculum Vitae ........................................................................................ 71