| dc.description.abstract | This classroom action research was intended to improve the eighth grade
(VIII C) students’ reading comprehension achievement of historical recount text
and their participation at SMP Negeri 5 Bondowoso. Based on the result of
preliminary study at SMP Negeri 5 Bondowoso, it was known that the students of
VIII C had difficulties in reading comprehension. The students of VIII C had
difficulties in comprehending a text, less motivation to read the text, less
motivation to look for the meaning of difficult words in dictionary, lack of
vocabularies, passive in reading activity, and they do not show positive attitude
during reading activity. They also got low score in the reading comprehension
achievement. Based on the result of documentation from SMP Negeri 5
Bondowoso, there were only 11 students who achieved the standard score that was
70, while 9 students got scores below 70. Thus the research tried to overcome the
students’ problem in reading by using authentic reading materials in teaching
reading. In this research, the researcher collected the data using observation
checklist and the reading comprehension test. The data were analyzed
quantitatively to know the result of the 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. In each
cycle, there were 2 meeting and a test.
The result of the students’ participation in each meeting in cycle 1 showed
improvement. In the first meeting of cycle 1, there were 65% or 13 students of 20
students who participated actively in teaching and learning process. In the second
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meeting of cycle 1, there were 75% or 15 students of 20 students who actively
participated during teaching and learning process of reading. The average results
of the students’ participation in meeting 1 and meeting 2 of cycle 1 was 70%.
Thus, it could be concluded that the results of students’ active participation in
cycle 1 fulfill the target percentage of the research, that was 70% of the students
involved actively in the class. In addition, the results of the reading
comprehension test in cycle 1 showed that there were 70% or 14 students of 20
students achieved the target scores ≥70. It means that the results of the reading
comprehension test in cycle 1 achieved the target percentage of the research, that
was 70% of the students got score ≥70 in reading comprehension test. Eventhough
the result of the first cycle showed that the required target score was achieved but
Cycle 2 was done to know the accuracy and consistency of the test result.
The data showed that there was better improvement in the students’
participation and also the use of authentic materials proved that it consistently
improved the students’ comprehension in the reading test of cycle 2. The average
percentage of the students’ participation in cycle 1 and cycle 2 increased from
70% in cycle 1 to 77.5% in cycle 2. Thus, it can be said that the results of the
students’ participation had achieved the target percentage of the research.
Furthermore, the results of the students’ reading comprehension test in cycle 2
also showed the consistency of improvement. There were 80% or 16 students of
20 students achieved the target score ≥70 and 20% or 4 students of 20 students got
score ≤70. It can be concluded that the results of the students’ participation and
reading comprehension test in cycle 2 had achieved the research objectives, so the
research was successful.
Based on this result, it means that there were improvemets of using
authentic reading materials in teaching reading on the eighth grade students’
reading comprehension achievement at SMPN 5 Bondowoso in the 2018/2019
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