IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS THROUGH INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA OF THE 8th GRADE AT SMP RADEN FATAH CIMANGGU CILACAP IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Abstrak / Ringkasan

The objective of this research was to improve the reading skills of 8th grade students of SMP Raden Fatah Cimanggu, Cilacap in the academic year of 2013/2014 by using Interactive Multimedia. This study was categorized into Action Research (AR). The subjects of the study were the VIII E students of SMP Raden Fatah Cimanggu, Cilacap in the academic year of 2013/2014.
The instruments of the study were observation guidelines and interview guidelines which were supported by the scores of students’ reading skills tests. The data from the observation and interview were analyzed qualitatively and the scores were analyzed quantitatively. The steps of the study were planning, actions, observations, and reflections. The actions were conducted during March-April 2014 in two cycles.
The finding of this study is that the using of the Interactive Multimedia could improve the students’ reading skills at SMP Raden Fatah Cimanggu, Cilacap. The results of the research show that there is improvement of the students’ reading skills through the use of Interactive Multimedia. The students made a good improvement in some aspects of reading skills, such grammatical words classes, system, particular meaning, and task achievement. They were more confident to reading aloud. They actively participated during the teaching and learning process. The research findings were also supported by the result of means of the students’ reading scores that improved from 76.7 in Cycle I to 81.3 in Cycle II.

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