The Effect of Using Herringbone Technique on the Eleventh Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement at SMAN 1 Pesanggaran

Abstract

This research is to know the effect of using Herringbone’s Technique on the eleventh grade students' reading comprehension achievement at SMAN 1 Pesanggaran. The research design was experimental. The experimental class was taught by using Herringbone Technique while the control class was taught by using Reading Aloud Technique. The research area was chosen by using purposive method. The research respondents were selected by using cluster random sampling by lottery. The research data were collected by test, and the result showed that the t-test value was 2.44 (>1.995) with the significant level of 5%. The t-test value 2.44) was higher than the t-table value (1.995). This means that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected while the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted. In conclusion, there was a significant effect of using Herringbone Technique on the eleventh grade students' reading comprehension achievement at SMAN 1 Pesanggaran.