IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION USING CLOZE TECHNIQUE FOR THE ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MADRASAH ALIYAH NURUL ISLAM TENGARAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

Fakhrur, Rozi (2017) IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION USING CLOZE TECHNIQUE FOR THE ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MADRASAH ALIYAH NURUL ISLAM TENGARAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017. Bachelor (S1) thesis, Universitas Widya Dharma.

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Abstract

Fakhrur Rozi, No: 1011202549, English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Widya Dharma University Klaten, 2017. Thesis: “Improving the Students’ Reading Comprehension Using Cloze Technique for the Eleventh Year Students of MA Nurul Islam Tengaran in Academic Year 2016/2017”. The problems of this study are: 1) Can the use of cloze technique improve the students’ reading comprehension for the eleventh year students of MA Nurul Islam Tengaran in Academic Year 2016/2017? and 2) How is the students’ response to the use of cloze technique in teaching and learning reading for the eleventh year students of MA Nurul Islam Tengaran in Academic Year 2016/2017? This study aims 1) To improve the students’ reading comprehension by applying cloze technique to the eleventh year students of MA Nurul Islam Tengaran in Academic Year 2016/2017, and 2) To contribute those who are related to the teaching and learning English to get more knowledge to improve reading comprehension using cloze technique. This study is classroom action research consisting of two cycles. The strategy used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data are field notes, interview scripts and tests. The sources of data are the students, the English teacher, and the process of teaching and learning reading using cloze technique for the eleventh year students of Madrasah Aliyah Nurul Islam Tengaran in academic year 2016/2017. The technique of collecting data are observation, interview, and test. To validate the data, the researchers use source triangulation, researchers’ triangulation, and method triangulation. The researchers use qualitative and quantitative analysis to analyze the data. The result of the data analysis shows that the implementation of cloze technique can improve the students’ reading comprehension of the eleventh year students of MA Nurul Islam Tengaran in Academic Year 2016/2017. From the reading comprehension test, the mean score of the students test before the implementation of cloze technique is 67.92. While, the students’ pre-test mean score is 69.58, increasing to 77.50 in the first post-test and increasing again to 86.67 in the final post-test. Furthermore, the use of cloze technique gets the studnts’ positive response. The students are more active, more challenged and enjoy the learning process. The students follow the lesson and do the task well. The implementation of asking the students to find the difficult words and their meaning can improve the students’ vocabulary. Key words: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Technique

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor (S1))
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pend. Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Unwidha Perpustakaan Unwidha
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2019 01:05
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2019 01:05
URI:	http://repository.unwidha.ac.id/id/eprint/822

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