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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAKE A MATCH METHOD
TO IMPROVE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF
SMP NEGERI 2 JETIS PONOROGO
IN 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
THESIS
By:
SRI RATNAWATI
NIM.08331263
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PONOROGO
2012
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAKE A MATCH METHOD
TO IMPROVE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION
AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 2 JETIS PONOROGO
IN 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
Presented to
Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo
in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
Sarjana
in English Language Education
By:
SRI RATNAWATI
NIM.08331263
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PONOROGO
2012
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Motto
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Always effort to be a success and better life
Because where there is a will, there is a way
So, no harm to try
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Alhamdulillah, thank to God, Allah SWT, the Almighty, Beneficial
and
Merciful for the guidance and blessing that has given
opportunity to the writer
succeeded in finishing this thesis with title the Implementation
of Make a match
Method to Improve Students Reading Comprehension at the Eight
Grade of SMP
Negeri 2 Jetis Ponorogo in 2012/2013 academic year. This thesis
is to fulfill the
requirement for completing the Sarjana Degree in English
Education. The writer
realizes that the study will never become completed without the
guidance,
motivation, and kindness from many people. Thus, the writer
would like to say
thanks to:
1. Bambang Harmanto, M.Pd. Dean Faculty of Teacher Training and
Education
Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo.
2. Niken Reti Indriastuti, S.S. The head of English Department
Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of
Ponorogo.
3. Diyah Atiek Mustikawati, M. Hum. The first advisor who
gives
encouragement for finishing this thesis and who has given her
guidance,
advice, and information from the beginning until the completion
of this thesis.
4. Siti Asiyah, M.Pd The second advisor who gives her profound
guidance,
suggestion, and direction carefully in completing this
thesis.
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5. Drs. H. Dandun Santoso, M.Pd as the head master of SMP N 2
Jetis, who
gives her permission in conducting the research.
6. Tumirin, S.Pd as the English teacher at the eighth grade
students of SMP N 2
Jetis, who gives her support, help and forget spare time in this
research.
7. All of the lecturers of English Department who taught her as
a student of
Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo.
The writer realizes that this thesis still has many weaknesses;
therefore the
writer expects the criticisms and suggestions that are able to
build or develop this
thesis for perfecting. The writer also hopes that this thesis
will be useful for the
readers.
Ponorogo, September 5 2012
The Writer
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ABSTRACT
Ratnawati, Sri. 2012. The Implementation of Make a match Method
to Improve
Students Reading Comprehension at the Eight Grades of SMPN 2
Jetis
in the 2012/2013 Academic Year. Thesis. English Education
Department
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. Muhammadiyah
University
of Ponorogo. Advisors: (1) Diyah Atiek Mustikawati, M.Hum. (2)
Siti
Asiyah, M.Pd.
Key words: Improving, Reading Comprehension, Make a match
In Indonesia teaching English is from elementary school grade
until
university. Reading is one of important basic language skills
used by students in
English lesson. Method is a very important component in the
learning process that
must be developed creatively by teachers. In the development of
learning, a
teacher is free to modify it based on the students needs or
classes condition. But
teaching reading skill usually still emphasize on monotonous
strategy. The
learning process just translating the text and answering the
question based on the
text.This process absolutely make the student bored. Usually the
students were
afraid to make a mistake when they read the text. To solve the
problem of reading
skill the writer tries to find the solution through Make a match
method.
This research discusses about the implementation of Make a match
method
effective to improve the students reading comprehension at the
eighth grade of SMPN 2 Jetis in the 2012/2013 academic year. The
purpose of study is to know
the result of the implementation of Make a match in order to
improve the
students reading comprehension especially in descriptive at the
eight grade of SMPN 2 Jetis in the 2012/2013 academic year.
The research was done in SMP N 2 Jetis started on 28th July 2012
until 9th August
2012. The subject in this research is class VIII B. The research
was done in two
cycles. The writer used three instruments. There are
Observation, Questionnaire,
and Test. The Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal(KKM) of the test is
75.
Based on the result of the Test in cycle one was found that the
student who
got score above 75 were 7 students or 63,42%. But 14 of students
got score under
KKM. Therefore, after conducting cycle two, all of students got
score 75. From
the observation showed that students more active in the class.
It showed from the
result of observation that from 46,42% to 82,14%.The result of
questionnaire
showed that the improving students reading comprehension in SMP
2 Jetis in the
2012/2013 in the academic year ran effective and successfully
from 57,44% to
85,26%.
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Finally the researcher suggests for the English teacher to be
creative and
innovative and always be able to develop their thought to create
enjoyable
learning for the students. And for the next researcher, it is
hoped to conduct the
action research and present the result better than this.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE
..................................................................................................................i
APPROVAL PAGE
............................................................................................ii
AGREEMENT PAGE
.........................................................................................iii
MOTTO...............................................................................................................iv
DEDICATION
....................................................................................................v
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
.....................................................................................vi
ABSTRACT
........................................................................................................viii
TABLE OF CONTENT
.....................................................................................ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of
Study..........................................................1
1.2 Statement of Problem
.........................................................4
1.3 Purposes of Study
...............................................................4
1.4 Significance of Study
.........................................................4
1.5 Scope and Limitation
.........................................................5
1.6 Definition of Key Terms
....................................................5
CHAPTER II REVIEW AND RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Reading
..............................................................................7
2.1.1 Definition of
Reading........................................................7
2.1.2 Purposes of Reading
........................................................8
2.1.3 Definition of reading comprehension
...............................9
2.1.4 Teaching reading
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2.2 Cooperative Learning
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2.2.1 Make a match
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
.................................................................33
3.2 Setting and Subject of Research
.........................................35
3.3 Research Procedure
............................................................36
3.3.1 Planning
..............................................................................36
3.3.1.1 Designs Lesson Plan
........................................................36
3.3.1.2 The Criteria of Success
....................................................36
3.3.1.3 Research Instruments
.......................................................37
3.3.1.3.1 Observation
...................................................................37
3.3.1.3.2 Test
...............................................................................38
3.3.1.3.3 Questionnaire
................................................................38
3.3.2 Acting
.................................................................................38
3.3.3 Observation
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3.3.4 Reflecting
...........................................................................39
3.3.4.1 Data Analysis
..................................................................39
3.3.4.1.1 Data Classification
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3.3.4.1.2 Data Presentation
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3.3.4.1.3 Data Interpretation
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CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Finding
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4.1.1 Cycle 1
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4.1.1.1 Acting
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4.1.1.1.1 First meeting
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4.1.1.1.2 Second meeting
...........................................................44
4.1.1.2 Observing
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4.1.1.3 Giving questionnaire
...................................................45
4.1.1.4 Reflecting
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4.1.2 Cycle 2
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4.1.2.1 Revised plan
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4.1.2.2 Acting
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4.1.2.2.1 Third meeting
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4.1.2.2.2 Four meeting
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4.1.2.3 Observing
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4.1.2.4 Reflecting
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4.2 Discussion
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion
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5.2 Suggestion
............................................................................53
5.2.1 To students
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5.2.2 To English teacher
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5.2.3 To school
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5.2.4 To next researcher
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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APPENDIXES
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Study
Language is one of the most important things in communication.
As an
international language, English is very important and has
interrelationship with
various aspects of life owned by human being. In Indonesia,
English considered as
the first foreign language and it has been taught formally from
elementary school
up to the university level.
In English, there are four skills that should be mastered by the
students,
they are: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The reading
skill is very
important in the education field, because the students need to
be exercised in order
to have a good skill in reading.
Reading is about understanding written texts. It is complex
activity that
involves both perception and thought. Reading consists of two
related processes:
word recognition and comprehension. Word recognition refers to
the process of
perceiving how written symbols correspond to ones spoken
language.
Comprehension is the process of making sense of word, sentences
and connected
text. Readers typically use of background knowledge, vocabulary,
grammatical
knowledge, experience with text and other strategies to help
them understand
written text. Learning to read is an important educational goal.
For both children
and adults, the ability to read open up new worlds and
opportunities. It enables us
to gain new knowledge, enjoy literature (Bernhardt, 1991:
6).
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Reading is also something crucial and indispensable for the
students
because the success of their study depends on the greater part
of their ability to
read. If their reading skill are poor, they are like to fail in
their study or at least
they will have difficulty in making progress. On the other hand,
if they have a
good ability in reading, they will have a better chance to
success in their study.
Based on the observation, the teacher should be creative to find
out the
method in order to help the students to master the four basic
skills of English
language, especially reading. To increase students reading
comprehension, there
are many methods that can be used, one of them is make a match
method. Make a
match method is method to apply. Make a match is learning using
card. It consists
of questions card and the other card consists of answer from
this question
(Suprijono, 2009: 94). In make a match method, the teacher
should prepare two
cards with the topic, they are question card and answer card.
Every student has
one card. Every student thinks about question or answer that
they have. Every
student looks for a couple that have a match card with the
question. From some
steps that above mentioned, make a match is one of the
appropriate method that
can be used in teaching reading because make a match is not only
teaching
learning process that is emphasized but also fun. Many problems
in teaching
reading, they are; the student doesnt understand about the
meaning of text, low
motivation to read, and feel bored to read.
Based on the previous research, for example Tarmizi (2008) the
result of
his research showed that there are weaknesses when learning
process in the class,
there is no active interaction between student and teacher. The
student is not
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active to answer the teachers question. To improve this learning
process, we need
on appropriate method. The researcher uses the make a match
method in learning
process. Make a match method is able to increase the result of
study the students.
Make a match have the benefit for students, they are: create the
active and fun
situation, the students have more attention with material, and
increase the students
score.
Based on the previous research, by Taufik (2011), the make a
match
method can increase the ability of students in speaking. The
students will feel easy
to understand about material in the learning process and
students, because more
active in learning process.
SMP Negeri 2 Jetis is one of favorite schools in Jetis.
Although, they have
been junior high school but there are still many students do not
understand about
the meaning of text. The teacher should apply interesting
method, so make a
match may be the right method to improve their reading
comprehension.
Based on the background above, the researcher will conduct a
research
entitled The Implementation of Make a match Method to Improve
Students
Reading Comprehension at the eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 2 Jetis
in 2012/2013
Academic Year (Classroom Action Research). Hopefully, the result
of this
research will improve the knowledge of teaching for the teacher
and also give a
benefit for the education in this country.
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1.2 Statement of Problem
Based on the background above, the statements of the problem
is:
How is the implementation of make a match method to improve
students
reading comprehension at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Jetis
in 2012/2013
academic year?
1.3 Purposes of The Study
Based on the statement of the problem above, the purposes of
this research
is:
To know the implementation of make a match method to improve
students
reading comprehension at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Jetis
in 2012/2013
academic year.
1.4 Significance of study
The researcher hopes that the result of the research can give
significances to:
a. The students
The student will get new interesting method and can build
the
comprehension
b. The English teacher
This method can be alternative way to enjoy learning, which
can
be developed, especially for the English teacher to teach
reading in
the class
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c. The Institution
It becomes a source of consideration for the official
institutional
policy as effort to produce better outcomes especially in
improving
students English reading comprehension
d. The researcher
To get new experience about teaching reading through make a
match and apply her knowledge that she got at the university
1.5 Scope and limitation
The scope of this research is method in teaching English to
improve
students reading skill. There are many kinds of teaching reading
method such as
story map, guided reading procedure, think pair share, and make
a match method.
This study is limited on teaching reading skill through make a
match method to
the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Jetis in 2012/2013 academic
year.
1.6 Definition of Key Terms
To make easier in understanding this research, the writer
defines the
definition of key terms as follows:
Reading Comprehension: is a useful term to contrasts with
decoding, otherwise it
is best perhaps taken as the product resulting from a
particular reading task, and evaluated. Comprehension
frequently mentioned in cognitive and educational
psychology, as well as, of course, the pedagogical
literature. There is often an assumption in the literature
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that it is the goal of the reading process (Urquhart,
1998: 88).
Make a match : is learning using card. It consists of questions
card and
the other consist of answer from this question
(Suprijono, 2009: 94). This model can generate student
learners to engage actively in the learning process. The
division of the group make a match and there are two
groups of problems and holding group answers. Make a
match can be made for all subjects and at all levels of
education starting from elementary through high
school.
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