IMPROVING GRADE TEN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS AT SMA N 11 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

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IMPROVING GRADE TEN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS AT SMA N 11 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014 DEWI YUNIANTI 09202244040 ABSTRACT This research was aimed to improve grade ten students‘ reading comprehension of SMA N 11 Yogyakarta through the use of graphic organizers. The subjects of the study were 32 students of X H at SMA N 11 Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2013/2014. The data were collected by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the action, interviewing the students and the English teacher, giving pre-test and post-test to the students, and taking pictures of the teaching and learning process. The instruments used in this research were interview guidelines, observation checklist, and reading comprehension tests. The result of the two cycles showed that the use of graphic organizers was effective to improve the students‘ reading comprehension. The use of this technique in the teaching and learning process of reading skills was effective when it was used with the question and answer activities, skimming and scanning strategies and provided with communicative reading activities. Moreover, communicative reading activities involved the students in designing graphic organizers and provided interaction among the students. The activities gave the students experience in learning reading in concise ways that highlighted the important information and relationships of ideas. After the actions were implemented, the students showed some improvements. They experienced reading activity in effective, efficient and interesting ways. They also became more focused on the lesson and more active in the teaching and learning activities. They got familiar with some reading strategies and applied them in dealing with reading texts.

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