Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Of Narrative Text Through Think Aloud Technique At The Eleventh Grade Students Of MAS Al Washliyah 22 Tembung Academic Year 2019/2020

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This research aimed to find out the improvement of students’ reading
comprehension of narrative text through Think Aloud Technique. The subject of
research were 28 students in grade XI IIS-B MAS Al-WasliyahTembung. This
research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research by Kemmis and Mc
Taggart, which consisted of two cycles. There were two kinds of approach in
analyzing the data, the first was qualitative approach to analyze the data that were
obtained from observation, interview, diary notes and documentation using Miles
and Huberman technique namely data condentation, data display, and conclution
and verification. The second was the quantitative approach to analyze the data
obtained from reading test that was analyzed by using the mean and percentage
scores formula. The result of this research showed that the students’ reading
comprehension of narrative text improved after the implementation of think aloud
technique, which was indicated by the improvement of students’ scores in the
reading test. The students’ mean score was higher after the implemention of the
technique. It can be shown from the result of pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2.
In the pre-test, the students ‘ mean score was 55,7with only three students or
10,71% of 28 students who passed the minimum passing grade. In the post-test I,
the mean of students’ score was 71 with 10 students or 37,5% passing the
minimum of passing grade. At the post-test 2, the mean score of students score
was 84,6 with 23 students or 82,14% who passed the minimum of passing grade.
These results indicated that the think aloud technique can improve students’
reading comprehension in narrative text. In addition to the improvement of
comprehension, the students also showed more participation during the process of
teaching-learning in the class

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