Improving the Tenth Year Students’ Active Participation and Reading

Abstract

This classroom action research was intended to improve the tenth year students' active participation and reading comprehension achievement of narrative text by using pictures in series at SMAN Rambipuji, Jember. It was done in two cycles. The subjects were the students of class X2 chosen purposively. The data collection methods were a reading comprehension test, observation, documentation, and interview. The collected data were analyzed statistically. The students’ active participation improved from 69.86% in Cycle 1 to 81.49% in Cycle 2. The mean score of the students’ reading comprehension test score also improved from 75.03 in cycle 1 to 79.39 in cycle 2. Moreover, the percentage of the students that got score at least 75 also improved from 69.69% in cycle 1 to 78.78 % in cycle 2. In conclusion, the use of Pictures in Series could improve the tenth year students' active participation and reading comprehension achievement of narrative text.