THE EFFECT OF USING WEBBING TECHNIQUE ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT AT SMP NEGERI 9 JEMBER

Abstract

This article presents research findings on the effect of using Webbing Technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehensiontense achievementat SMP Negeri 9Jember. The population of this research was all of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 9Jember in the 2013/2014academic year. The research respondents were determined by cluster random sampling based on the result homogeneity test. The number of the respondents were 82 students, consisting of 40 students of grade VII-F as the experimental group and 42 students of VII-E as the control group .The homogeneity test and post test have been used to determine the class homogeneity and the students’ reading comprehension achievement . The research data were analyzed by using independent sample T-Test (SPSS).T he result of this research showed that there was a significant effect of using Webbing Technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement . This means that the null hypothesis (H 0 ) of this research was rejected.This means the alternative hypothesis: “Webbing Techniquehasa significant effect on the eighth students’ reading comprehension achievement tat SMP Negeri 9Jember ” was accepted.