VTHE EFFECT OF GIVING NON VERBAL REINFORCEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE SEVEN THE EFFECT OF GIVING NON VERBAL REINFORCEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE SEVEN THE EFFECT OF GIVING NON VERBAL REINFORCEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE SEVEN STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 MUMBULSARI JEMBER STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 MUMBULSARI JEMBER STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 MUMBULSARI JEMBER

Abstract

The experimental research was intended to know whether or not there was a significant effect of giving non verbal reinforcement on reading comprehension achievement of grade seven students at SMP Negeri 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013 academic year. In this research, the researcher applied Reinforcement in teaching Reading as it is believed to be a good way because of their advantages in teaching learning process. In this research, the researcher used Non Verbal Reinforcement in teaching reading. it was used as treatments for the experimental group, while verbal reinforcement was used for the control group. This research was conducted to investigate the effect of giving non verbal reinforcement on reading comprehension achievement of grade seven students at SMPN 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013 academic year. The population of this research was all of grade seven students of SMP Negeri 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013 academic year. The research respondents were determined by using cluster random sampling by administering a homogeneity test. Then, it was analyzed by using ANOVA. Based on the result of ANOVA, the population of the research was homogeneous. Then the two classes were determined as the experimental and the control groups randomly by using lottery. Those two classes were VII D as the experimental group and VII B as the control group. The number of the respondents was 74 students, consisting of 38 students of grade VII-D of grade VII-B The primary data of this research were collected from the students’ scores of reading test. The primary data were collected from the post-test to compare the reading’ achievement of the two groups after the treatment, and then the result was analyzed by using Independent sample t-test formula. Based on the calculation, the result of this research showed that there was a significant effect of giving non verbal reinforcement on the seventh grade students’ reading achievement. It was proved by the value of t-test which was 2, while the value of t- table with the significant level of 5% and the degree of freedom 72 was 1.99. It indicated that the value of t-test was higher than that of t-table The research results proved that there was a significant effect of giving non verbal reinforcement on reading comprehension achievement of grade seven students at SMPN 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013 academic year. Therefore, it is recommended for the English teacher to give non verbal reinfoecement as an alternative skill in teaching reading.