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Abstract

R e a di ng i s

one

o f

t he

l a ng ua ge

s ki l l s

t ha t

s houl d be

m a s t e r e d b y

t he

s t ud e nt s i n j uni or

hi g h s c hool s who s t ud y

t h e

l a n g u a g e ,

e s pe c i a l l y

t h e

s t ude nt s

a t

S M P N 6 J e m be r . As i nf or m e d b y

t he

Eng l i s h t e a c h e r , t he s t ude nt s of t e n f e l t

bor e d i n t he

c l a s s e s pe c i a l l y

whe n t he

t e a c he r

t a u g ht

r e a di n g . S om e t i m e s

t he y

c oul d not

c onc e nt r a t e

on t he

l e a r ni n g a c t i vi t y .

As

t he

r e s ul t , t he y a l w a y s

m i s i nt r e pe t e d t he

t e x t

be c a us e

t h e y di d not

unde r s t a nd

t he

m a i n i de a

a nd d e t a i l s

of

t he

t e x t . Thi s

wa s be c a us e of

t he m e di a t ha t

wa s us e d by

t he

En g l i s h t e a c he r w a s

t oo m onot onous

a nd not qui t e i nt e r e s t i ng . The r e f o r e ,

t he En g l i s h t e a c h e r s houl d us e t he

a ppr opr i a t e t e c hni que i n t he r e a di n g c l a s s

t ha t c a n h e l p t he

s t ude nt s t o c om pr e he nd t he

t e x t

a s

we l l

a s

pos s i bl e . One

of

t he

wa y s

t ha t

m a y

ha ve

a

s i g ni f i c a nt t o i nc r e a s e

s t ude nt s ’

r e a di n g c om pr e he ns i on i s J i g s a w T y pe

I I t e c hni que . Thi s

r e s e a r c h

wa s a

q ua s i e x pe r i m e nt a l

r e s e a r c h. The

pur pos e

of

t hi s

r e s e a r c h wa s

t o know whe t h e r

or

not t he

us e of J i g s a w T y pe

I I

t e c hni que

ha s

a

s i g ni f i c a nt e f f e c t

on t he

r e a di ng c om pr he ns i on a c hi e v e m e nt

of

t he

s e v e nt h y e a r

s t ude nt s

a t S M P N 6 J e m be r . The

a r e a

of

t hi s

r e s e a r c h wa s

S M P

Ne ge r i 6 J e m be r . I t

wa s

c ho s e n pur pos i ve l y b e c a us e t he

us e

of J i g s a w

T y pe

I I

t e c hni que ha d

ne ve r

be e n a ppl i e d i n t e a c hi n g l e a r ni ng p r oc e s s i n t hi s s c hool . The r e s ponde nt s of

t hi s

r e s e a r c h we r e

t he s e ve nt h y e a r s t ude nt s

of

S M P N 6 J e m be r i n t he

201 2 /

201 3 a c a de m i c

y e a r .

The

r e s e a r c h

r e s ponde nt s

w e r e

de t e r m i ne d b y

c l us t e r

r a ndom

s a m pl i ng

t hr ou g h a

l ot t e r y . T he

t ot a l

num be r

of t he

r e s ponde nt s wa s 68 s t ud e nt s

t ha t c o ns i s t e d of 3 4 s t ud e nt s

o f

V I I

C

a s

t he

e x pe r i m e nt a l

g r oup