The Effect of Using Composite Pictures on the Eighth Grade Students' Reading Comprehension Achievement at SMPN 2 Banyuwangi

Abstract

This research was intended to know the effect of using composite pictures on the eighth grade students’ reading compr ehension achievement. The research design was experimental The research area was SMPN 2 Banyuwangi which was chosen purposively. The data were collected by posttest, interview, and documentation. The result the posttest was analyzed statistically by using SPSS with independent sample t-test to know whether the mean difference between the experimental group and the control group was significant or not. Based on the calculation, the mean score of the experimental group was higher than the mean score of the control group (76,2>71.1). This means that the statistical value of ttest

was higher than t-table, or there is a significant effect of using Composite Pictures on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMPN 2 Banyuwangi.