THE EFFECT OF USING EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT OF THE SECOND YEAR AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 TELUK KUANTAN

Abstrak / Ringkasan

Being able to read in English is very important as it is known that success in
reading is the most necessary one because it is a basic tool of education. Based on
the syllabus of Senior High School 2 Teluk Kuantan, it is hoped that students
should comprehend monolog texts in narrative, spoof and hortatory exposition
forms well in daily life. After doing preliminary observation at Senior High
School 2 Teluk Kuantan, some of the students of the second year still had low
ability in their reading. The dominant factors are the lack of vocabulary and the
strategy of teaching reading comprehension. From the two of dominant factors,
the researcher is interested in investigating about teaching reading comprehension.
Thus, the researcher conducted a research entitled The Effect of Using Explicit
Instruction on Students’ Reading Comprehension of Hortatory Exposition Text of
the Second Year Students at Senior High School 2 Teluk Kuantan.
The purpose of this research was to find out students’ reading comprehension
taught by Explicit Instruction strategy and taught using conventional strategy, and
to find out significant effect of the using Explicit Instruction strategy in students’
reading comprehension of hortatory exposition text.
The design of this research was Quasi experimental non-equivalent research
by pre-test and posttest. The subject of this research was the second year students
of Senior High School 2 Teluk Kuantan. The total population was 105 students
and the sample of the research was 48 students. In collecting the data, the
researcher used test and observation checklist. The test used was multiple choices.
In analyzing the data, the researcher used T-test.
Finally, based on the analysis, it was found 2.02 <2.729>2.68. So, H0 was
rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that there was a significant effect of using
Explicit Instruction toward students’ reading comprehension on hortatory
exposition text at the Second Year Students of Senior High School 2 Teluk
Kuantan.

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