| dc.description.abstract | This classroom action research was intended to improve the eleventh Agama 6
students’ reading comprehension achievement of analytical exposition text and students’
participation at MAN Bondowoso. The preliminary study was conducted by interviewing
the English teacher of MAN Bondowoso. The interview was done on March, 24th 2017.
Based on the preliminary study, the eleventh grade students of MAN Bondowoso also
found a problem on the English subject. The English teacher said that almost all of the
eleventh Agama 6 students had low achievement in English especially in reading. To
overcome the problem, the researcher implemented Numbered Heads Together (NHT)
Technique in teaching reading, and the type of text is an analytical exposition text. In
collecting the data, the researcher used observation checklist and reading comprehension
achievement tests. The data were analyzed quantitatively to know the results of students’
reading comprehension achievement and their participation after conducting the
research. The action was implemented in two Cycles in order to achieve the criteria of
success. There were three meetings in each Cycle, it means that there were 2 meetings
for the actions and one meeting for reading comprehension achievement test.
In each meeting in Cycle 1, the result of the students’ participation showed
improvement. In the first meeting of Cycle 1, there were 13 active students or 30% of 43
students. In the second meeting of Cycle 1, there were 25 active students or 58% of 43
students. The average results of the students’ participation in meeting 1 and meeting 2 of
Cycle 1 were 44%. Therefore, it can be concluded that the students’ active participation
in Cycle 1 was not successful, with the target minimum percentage in this research that
was 75%. The results of the reading comprehension achievement test in Cycle 1 showed
that there were 46.5% or 20 students of 43 students who achieved the target scores ≥ 75
and 53.48% or 23 students of 43 students who got scores ≤ 75. The passing grade of
English in MAN Bondowoso is 75.
The result indicated that the students’ reading comprehension achievement test had
not been achieved yet in the Cycle 1. It can be said that the actions were not successfully
done in the Cycle 1.
Based on the results mentioned in Cycle 1, the researcher did the reflection to revise
some weaknesses found in Cycle 1; that was why, Cycle 2 was necessary to be conducted.
Based on the data in Cycle 2, it can be said that by implementing NHT technique could
improve the students’ reading comprehension achievement and participation. The
average percentage of the students’ participation in the first meeting and the second
meeting of Cycle 2 improved from 44% in Cycle 1 up to 81.5% in Cycle 2. Therefore,
the students’ active participation in the teaching learning process of reading
comprehension through NHT technique had achieved the target. Then, the results of
students’ reading comprehension achievement test also showed the improvement. There
were 77% or 33 students of 43 students who achieved the target scores ≥ 75 and 23.25%
or 10 students of 43 students who got score ≤ 75. The results of the students’ reading
comprehension achievement test improved from 46.5% in Cycle 1 up to 77% in Cycle 2.
The result indicated that the students’ reading comprehension achievement test had been
achieved in the Cycle 2. In another words, the actions were successfully done in the Cycle
2. It can be concluded that the research was successful.
Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the implementation of
NHT technique could improve the XI Agama 6 students’ achievement in reading
comprehension of an analytical exposition text. In addition, students’ participation in the
teaching learning process was also successful. By regarding the results of the research,
hopefully it is suggested for the English teacher to implement NHT technique to improve
students’ reading comprehension achievement and students’ active participation in
teaching learning process. This research could be used for future researchers who will
implement NHT technique in his or her research. It also could be used as information and
references to conduct a further research dealing with the implementation of NHT
technique in teaching reading comprehension achievement to the students or other
different skill, participants and school. | en_US |
