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IMPROVING STUDENTS? ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING GROUP MAPPING ACTIVITY (GMA) TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMP N 2 PLUMPANG
ABSTRACT
Indah Ratna, 2015 : IMPROVING STUDENTS? ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING GROUP MAPPING ACTIVITY (GMA) TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 2 PLUMPANG
Advisor : Drs. Budi Susatyo M.Pd.
Key Words : Reading Comprehension, Narrative Text, Group Mapping Activity Technique
This research conducted in order to improve the students' ability in reading comprehension narrative text by using group mapping activity technique at the eighth grade of SMP N 2 PLUMPANG and describing the students? responses toward the use GMA technique in reading comprehension narrative text. This research used a Classroom Action Research (CAR) which conducted to solve the students' problem in reading comprehension narrative text.
The researcher did two cycles in which each cycle consist of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The data gathered through qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative gained by analyzing the observation sheet and field note. Then quantitative data obtained from questionnaire and the students' reading comprehension score of cycle I and cycle II. The finding of this research showed an improvement in students' reading comprehension of narrative text from the average of reading test narrative text in cycle 1 was 76.96 to 82,57 the average of reading comprehension in cycle 2.
The total response of the questionnaire for items A responded by 41.8% (very absolutely agree or definitely like this technique), items B responded by 28.5 (they agree or like this technique), items C responded by 16.4% (they are okay with this technique), and the last items D responded by 13.3% (they do not like this technique at all). Clearly, the obtained comparative percentages of the items of the questionnaire indicated the subjects? positive changing attitude and motivation in learning reading comprehension narrative text through GMA technique. the researcher suggests that English teacher could implement group mapping activity technique in teaching reading comprehension narrative text to improve the students? ability in reading comprehension narrative text and motivate students in learning English.
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