Improving the Eighth Grade Students` Active Participation and Their Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using Authentic Reading Materials from Internet at SMPN 9 Jember in the 2015/2016 Academic Year

Abstract

This classroom action research was conducted to improve the VIII-C students` active participation and their reading comprehension achievement by using authentic reading materials from internet at SMPN 9 Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year. It was done collaboratively with the eighth grade English teacher. It was done in two cycles in which each cycle consisted of three meetings. The research area was chosen by using purposive method. The data collection methods were a reading comprehension test, observation, interview, and documentation. The research subjects were the students of VIII-C at SMPN 9 Jember consisting of 39 students chosen purposively. The results of observation showed that the students` participation was improved from 77% in Cycle 1 to 82% in Cycle 2. Then, the students` reading comprehension achievement was also improved from 77% in Cycle 1 and 89% in Cycle 2. It can be concluded that the use of authentic reading materials from internet can improve the eighth grade students` active participation and their reading comprehension achievement. Therefore it is suggested that the English teacher to use authentic reading materials from internet to teach reading comprehension.