The Effect of Using Context Clues on Reading Comprehension Achievement of the Second Year Students of MTs Baitul Argom Balung Jember in the 2005 / 2006 Academic Year

Abstract

This research was intended to know whether or not there was significant effect of using context clues on reading comprehension achievement of the second year students of MTs Baitul Arqom Baiting Jember in the 2005/2006 academic year. Quasy experimental with randomized control group only design was used by the researcher. The respondents of the research were the second year students of MTs Bailtul Arqom Balung Jember in the 2005 / 2006 Academic year that consisting of 77 students. Two of the three classes that had the closest mean difference were chosen as the respondents of the research by using cluster random sampling by lottery. Regarding to the fact, the population was not homogenous. Then, one of them was treated as the experimental group and the other as the control group. Context clues were given to teach reading comprehension. Test was administered to obtain the primary data Meanwhile, the supporting data was obtained by interview and documentation guide. To analyze the data, t-test formula was used with the significance level of 5%, the result shows that the statistical computation value of t table (5.828 >2.000). It means that there was a significant effect of using context clues on reading comprehension achievement of the second year students of MTs Baitul Arqom Balung Jember in the 2005 / 2006 academic Year. Based on the research results, teaching reading comprehension through context clues help the students comprehend the English text.