IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH READING SKILLS BY USING PEER ASSISTED LEARNING STRATEGIES OF GRADE VII STUDENTS OF SMP 1 JOGONALAN KLATEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014
Pangestu, Adi Wiyasa · Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
Abstrak / Ringkasan
The objective of this research is to improve students’ reading skill of grade VII in SMPN 1 Jogonalan through PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Strategies) in the academic year of 2013/2014.
This study was classroom action research. The subject was the students of
VII-C class. The English teacher, the researcher, and the students of VII-C class were the team members of the research. The data were obtained through observations, interviews with the students and the collaborators, and the test. The qualitative data were in the forms of field notes and interview transcripts. To support the qualitative data, quantitative data were obtained from the pre-test and the post- test scores. The actions implemented in this research were applying PALS in reading activity to improve students’ reading skill. There were some stages in applying PALS, they are; tutor and tutee role-play, retelling, paragraph shrinking, and prediction relay. The texts used in the teaching and learning process of reading were about descriptive texts. The research was conducted in two cycles. Every cycle consisted of some steps, they are, planning, acting and observing, and reflection.
The result shows that the implementation of the PALS in this study was
successful to improve the students’ reading skill. The indicators of the success of the implementation were that: 1) by answering questions given correctly, the students showed good comprehension about the text of the given topic, 2) by conducting every stage enthusiastically, the students showed good motivation in reading activity, 3) the students were able to practice reading through various given topics. By looking at the scores, it was found that the students’ reading skill improved significantly. There was a significant improvement, from the mean of the pre-test (64) to that of the post-test (75).
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