USING PICTURE IN SERIES TO IMPROVE THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENT ON READING PROCEDURE TEXT AT SMP N 1 AMBULU-JEMBER

Abstract

This Classroom Action Research was intended to improve the seventh grade students’ participation and their achievement on reading procedure text by using picture in series at SMPN 1 Ambulu-Jember in the 2012/2013 Academic Year. Based on the preliminary study in the form of interview with the English teacher of SMPN 1 Ambulu-Jember, it was known that the students of class VII-G had difficulties in comprehending reading texts because they lacked of vocabularies and also were not interested in reading class. Besides, the students also did not participate actively in the classroom during the teaching learning process of reading. Their score of the last English test showed that only 13 on 39 students who got score 75 or higher while the rest did not achieve the passing grade that was 75. The researcher tried to overcome the problem by using picture in series as the teaching media in teaching reading procedure text. The data collection methods used reading comprehension test and the observation in the form of checklist to get the primary data. The data were analyzed statistically. The action was implemented in two cycles in order to achieve the criteria of success of this classroom action research. The first cycle was done in three meetings including the test. The result of the classroom observation showed that 31.6% in meeting 1 and 43.6% in meeting 2 of the students were active during the teaching learning process. It showed that there was improvement of the students’ active participation from meeting 1 to meeting 2, but it had not achieved the target criteria of success of the research that was 65% or more of the students were active in 3

the teaching learning process of reading. In addition, the result of the reading comprehension test in the first cycle had not achieved the criteria of success of the research that was 65% or more the students got 75 or higher in the reading comprehension test. The percentage of the students who got score ≥ 75 was only 19 of 39 students or 48.7%. Based on the results of the first cycle above, the second cycle was necessary to be conducted. Some revisions had been made to solve the problems found in the first cycle. The classroom observation and reading comprehension test in the second cycle showed an improvement. In the classroom observation, the students’ active participation improved from 57.9% in the first meeting to 71.8% in the second meeting. The result of reading test revealed that 69.2% of students got score >75 or higher. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the actions in the second cycle had achieved the criteria of success of the research. The results of the first cycle to the second cycle showed an improvement as well as achieved the criteria of success. Finally, it can be summarized that the use of picture in series could improve the seventh grade students’ participation and their achievement on reading procedure text at SMPN 1 Ambulu-Jember.