COLLABORATIVE LEARNING METHOD: ENHANCING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A Classroom Action Research at Ninth Grade Students of Ciwaru One Junior High School Kuningan Regency West Java in the Academic Year of 2015/2016)

Pupu, Pujiati (2016) COLLABORATIVE LEARNING METHOD: ENHANCING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A Classroom Action Research at Ninth Grade Students of Ciwaru One Junior High School Kuningan Regency West Java in the Academic Year of 2015/2016). Masters thesis, Universitas Widya Dharma.

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Pupu Pujiati. NIM. 14PSC01615. Collaborative Learning Method: Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension (A Classroom Action Research at Ninth Grade Students of Ciwaru One Junior High School Kuningan Regency West Java in the Academic Year of 2015 / 2016). Thesis. Language Education Programme, Graduate programme, Widya Dharma University Klaten, 2016. The objectives of this research are to find out whether the collaborative learning method able to enhance students’ reading comprehension and students’ motivation in reading. The researcher uses classroom action research as her research methodology. The research has been conducted at Ciwaru One Junior High School which is located at Siliwangi street number 55 Ciwaru Kuningan Regency West Java. The subject and object of the research is the students of Ciwaru One Junior High School class 9.4 in the academic year of 2015/2016. They are chosen as the subjects of the research because after doing interview with the English teacher of this class, it is found that English subject in this class has crucial problems in reading comprehension. Technique of collecting data is observation, interview and questionnaire. The research is divided into 2 cycles, and every cycle consists of 2 meetings. Each meeting consists of four interconnected activities; they are planning, action, observation, and reflection. The results of the research are as follows: 1) Collaborative learning method can enhance students’ reading comprehension about 62,5%. Here are the details of the results: in pre-cycle the number of students who could reach the minimum passing grade are 7 students (21,87%), and the mean score is 64; in cycle I, the number of students who could reach the minimum passing grade are 20 students (62,5%), and the mean score is 74,75; in cycle II, the number of students who could reach the minimum passing grade are 27 students (84,37%), and the mean score is 82,5. 2) Collaborative learning method can enhance students’ motivation in reading. Here are the details of the results: in cycle I the total average score of students’ motivation is 3,20 (the criteria was quite good), in cycle II the total average score of students’ motivation is 3,69 (the criteria was good). The result shows that there is significant improvement of the students’ reading comprehension and students’ motivation in reading by using collaborative learning method. Based on the result of the research, it is suggested to use collaborative learning as a learning method in enhancing students’ reading comprehension and students’ motivation in reading. Key Words: Collaborative Learning, Reading Comprehension, SMPN 1 Ciwar

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Program Pasca Sarjana > Pendidikan Bahasa
Depositing User:	Unwidha Perpustakaan Unwidha
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2019 01:52
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2019 01:52
URI:	http://repository.unwidha.ac.id/id/eprint/644

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