| dc.description.abstract | The experimental research was intended to know whether or not there was a
significant effect of giving non verbal reinforcement on reading comprehension
achievement of grade seven students at SMP Negeri 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013
academic year. In this research, the researcher applied Reinforcement in teaching
Reading as it is believed to be a good way because of their advantages in teaching
learning process. In this research, the researcher used Non Verbal Reinforcement in
teaching reading. it was used as treatments for the experimental group, while verbal
reinforcement was used for the control group.
This research was conducted to investigate the effect of giving non verbal
reinforcement on reading comprehension achievement of grade seven students at
SMPN 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013 academic year. The population of this
research was all of grade seven students of SMP Negeri 1 Mumbulsari in the
2012/2013 academic year. The research respondents were determined by using cluster
random sampling by administering a homogeneity test. Then, it was analyzed by
using ANOVA. Based on the result of ANOVA, the population of the research was
homogeneous. Then the two classes were determined as the experimental and the
control groups randomly by using lottery. Those two classes were VII D as the
experimental group and VII B as the control group.
The number of the respondents was 74 students, consisting of 38 students of grade
VII-D of grade VII-B
The primary data of this research were collected from the students’ scores of
reading test. The primary data were collected from the post-test to compare the
reading’ achievement of the two groups after the treatment, and then the result was
analyzed by using Independent sample t-test formula. Based on the calculation, the
result of this research showed that there was a significant effect of giving non verbal
reinforcement on the seventh grade students’ reading achievement. It was proved by
the value of t-test which was 2, while the value of t- table with the significant level of
5% and the degree of freedom 72 was 1.99. It indicated that the value of t-test was
higher than that of t-table
The research results proved that there was a significant effect of giving non
verbal reinforcement on reading comprehension achievement of grade seven students
at SMPN 1 Mumbulsari in the 2012/2013 academic year. Therefore, it is
recommended for the English teacher to give non verbal reinfoecement as an
alternative skill in teaching reading. | en_US |
