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Abstract

This C lassro om Ac ti on

R e se a rc h wa s int e nd e d to im pr ove

c lass V II I

E students’ re a din g c ompre he nsion

a c hiev e ment a nd

their

a c ti ve

pa rticipa ti on b y

usin g pictur e s in se rie s a t S MP N 1 Ka li ba ru B a n y u wa n g i in the 2012/2013 a c a d e mi c

y e a r. B a se d on the pr e li mi na r y

stud y

in the for m of

se mi

struc ture d int e rvie w with

the

Eng li sh tea c h e r of

S MP N 1 Ka li ba ru B a n y uwa n g i, it

wa s found

tha t the students of

c lass V II I

E sti ll

fa c e d di ff iculti e s in c ompre he ndi ng

tex ts.

B e sides, the y

a lso ha ve

a pr oblem de a li n g

with the a c ti ve

p a rticipa ti on in joi ning

the re a din g

c lass.

Tha t

thi n g

ha ppe ns be c a use the y

do

not ha ve

e noug h knowle dg e

of

En g li sh, lac k of

b a c k g round

knowle dge , a nd la c k of v oc a bular y .

The

da ta

c oll e c ti on met hods invol ve d re a ding c ompre he nsion

test a nd

the obser va ti on in the for m of

c he c kli st to g e t the pr im a r y

da t a . The

a c t ion wa s im pleme nted in two c y c l e s in or d e r

to a c hieve

the

ob jec ti ve s o f thi s c lassr oom a c ti on re se a rc h. The

fi r st c y c le w a s done

in

thre e

mee ti n g s include d

t he

re a din g

c ompre he nsion

test. Th e

re sult

of

the c lassro om obser va ti on showe d th a t 65.62%

in mee ti ng

1 a nd 74.19%

i n mee ti ng

2, of

the students we re

a c ti ve

dur in g

the tea c hin g lea rnin g

pr oc e ss. I t sho we d that ther e

wa s im pr ove ment of

the stud e nts’ a c ti ve

pa rticipa ti on fr om

mee ti ng

1

to mee ti n g

2,

but it

ha d not a c hieve d

the obj e c ti ve

of

the re se a rc h

that w a s 75%

or

more

o f the

students wh o we r e

a c ti ve

in

re a din g

a c ti vit y . I n

a ddit ion, the re sult

of

r e a ding

c ompre h e nsion

tes t in the fir st c y c le h a d n ot a c hieve d ii

the c riter ia of

succ e ss of

the re se a rc h that

wa s 75 %

or

more

of

the students g ot ≥ 75 in

the re a din g

c omp re he nsi on test. The

pe rc e nta g e

of

the students who g ot

sc or e

≥ 75

wa s onl y

23 students or

74.19%

of

32 students. B a se d on the r e sult

of

the fir st c y c le

a bove , the se c ond c y c le

wa s ne c e ssa r y

to be

c onduc ted. S ome re visi on ha d be e n made

to solve the

pr oble ms found

in the fir st c y c le. The

c lassro om obse r va ti on a nd re a din g

c ompre h e nsion

test in the se c ond c y c l e

showe d a n im pr ove ment. I n the

c lassro om obse rva ti on, the students’ a c ti ve

p a r ti c ipation showe d that

74.19%

in mee ti ng

1 a nd 86.20%

in mee ti ng

2 of

the students

a c ti ve l y

pa rticip a ted in the

tea c hin g

lea rnin g

pr oc e s s. S o, the re sult

of

the

o bser va ti on in mee ti n g

1 a nd mee ti n g

2 ha d a c hieve d the obj e c ti ve s of

the re se a rc h. In re a din g

c ompre h e nsio n test, th e

pe rc e nt a g e

o f the

studen ts who

g ot sc o re

≥ 75 w a s 29 students, o r 93 . 54 %

of

32

students. B a se d on the r e sult s, it

c a n be

c onc lud e d that the a c ti ons in c y c le 2 we r e

succ e ssful b e c a us e

the r e sult s of

c lassro om obs e rva ti on a nd r e a din g

c ompre he nsion

test a c hieve d the obj e c ti v e s of the r e s e a r c h.

F inall y ,

it

c a n be

summ a riz e d that the us e

of

pict ur e s in s e rie s c ould im pr ove

the c lass V II I

E stude nts’ re a din g c ompr e he n sion a c hieve m e nt a nd

their a c ti ve

pa rticipa ti on a t S MP N 1 K a li ba ru B a n y uw a n g i.