THE EFFECT OF USINGWEBBING TECHNIQUE ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT AT SMP NEGERI 9 JEMBER

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate the effect of using Webbing Technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMP Negeri 9 Jember. The population of this research was all of the eighth year students of SMP Negeri 9 Jember in the 2013/2014 academic year. The research respondents were determined by cluster random sampling based on the result of homogeneity test. The number of the respondents was 82 students, consisting of 40 students of grade VIII-F as the experimental group that was taught reading by using Webbing Technique, and 42 students of VIII-E as the control group, that was taught reading by using lecturing and question-answer. The main data of this research were obtained from the students’ scores of reading test. The scores were analyzed by using independent sample t-test (SPSS) to compare the reading test mean scores of the two different classes after the treatment. Based on the calculation, the result of t-test showed that there was a significant effect of using webbing technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement. It was proven by the value of the significant column in the t-test table that showed the value of 0.045 which is lower than 0.05 (confidence level of 95%). This means that the null hypothesis (H0) formulated: “There is no significant effect of using Webbing Technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMP Negeri 9 Jember” was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis (Ha): “There is a significant effect of using Webbing Technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMP Negeri 9 Jember” was accepted. The research result proved that there was a significant effect of using Webbing technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMP Negeri 9 jember. Therefore, it is recommended for the English teacher to use the Webbing Technique as the technique in teaching reading since it could increase the reading achievement.