THE EFFECT OF USING MAGAZINE ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 PEKANBARU

Abstrak / Ringkasan

Based on the researcher’s preliminary observation and information from
the English teacher at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru, it was found that
some of the students had problems in reading comprehension, especially in
descriptive text. They could not reach the passing grade
(KKM). The main focus
of this research was to find out whether there was a significant effect between
using and without using Magazine on students’ reading comprehension of
descriptive text at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru. The researcher
formulated the problems that would be answered by using the quantitative
research. This research had two variables, Magazine as an independent variable
and students’ reading comprehension as a dependent variable. The type of
research was a Quasi-experimental research. The subject of this research was the
seventh- grade students at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru. The researcher
took two classes: experimental and control class. There were 80 students as
sample from 355 students at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru. In collecting
the data, the researcher used multiple choice test. In analyzing the data, the
researcher used an independent t-test formula by using SPSS 23 version. Based on
the analysis of T-test Formula, Ha is accepted because the sig. value is
0.021<0.05. The research concludes that there is a significant effect of using
Magazine on reading comprehension in descriptive text of the seventh-grade
students at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru.
Key words: Effect, Magazine, Reading comprehension.

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