IMPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BY USING WEBBING TECHNIQUE AT SMP NEGERI 1 BANYUPUTIH SITUBONDO

Abstract

This Classroom Action Research was intended to improve class VIII-F students’ active participation and their reading comprehension achievement by using Webbing Technique at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih Situbondo in the 2015/2016 academic year. This research was started by conducted a preliminary study in the form of interview with the English teacher of class VIII-F students at SMP Negeri 1 Banyuputih Situbondo. Based on the interview, it was known that class VIII-F still faced difficulties in comprehending reading texts including finding the general and specific information from the texts. On the other hand, most of the students had low motivation and interest in the teaching learning process in class. Based on the school documentation, it was known that the students’ mean score of the English final test of class VIII-F students was only 65.5. Therefore, this class was chosen as the research subjects in this research