| dc.description.abstract | Reading is the essential part in teaching learning activities especially in
Indonesian English classroom. The students start, almost all the activities, in English
teaching learning activities by reading. In other words, reading almost dominates all
the students’ activities before having other language skills. To read English texts is
not easy. That is why the English teacher’s role is needed to take part in selecting
ways to help students get better understanding. One of the ways that can be used and
applied by the teacher is using pictorial material. Pictorial material has proven
effective to enhance students’ understanding of the text (Pan and Pan, 2009).
Moreover, pictures especially pictures in series increase comprehension (Chih, 2005).
At last, the presence of pictures in series along with text made the students able to
answer the questions that related to the text. In other words, the presence of pictures
especially picture in series facilitates comprehension of the text.
The design of this research was experimental research that purposed to
investigate whether or not there was a significant effect of using pictures on reading
comprehension achievement of grade 8 students of SMP Negeri 5 Tanggul Jember in
2011/2012 academic year. The respondents of this research were grade 8 students of
SMP Negeri 5 Tanggul Jember that were determined by using cluster random
sampling by lottery. The total number of the respondents was 77 students. The
experimental group consisted of 38 students who were taught reading by reading
aloud and lecturing technique using pictures in series. While the control group
consisted of 39 students were taught reading by using reading aloud and lecturing
technique and without pictures in series.
The primary data of this research were gained from the students’ reading
comprehension achievement in the form of post test scores. The mean score of
experimental group was 71.05 while the control group was 61.02. The supporting
data was gained from the interview with the English teacher and documentation. The
primary data that had been collected was analyzed statistically by using the t-test
formula. The result of this research showed that the statistical value of t-test was 5.74
while the value of t-table at significance level 5% with df (75) was 2.00. It indicated
that the value of t-statistic was higher than that of the t-table (5.74>2.00). It meant
that the alternative hypothesis (h
) that was formulated: “there is a significant effect
of using pictures in series on reading comprehension achievement of grade 8 students
of SMP Negeri 5 Tanggul Jember” was accepted.
a
Based on the explanations above, it can be concluded that; there is a
significant effect of using pictures in series on reading comprehension achievement
of grade 8 students at SMP Negeri 5 Tanggul Jember. | en_US |
