THE IMPLEMENTATION GROUP DISCUSSION IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 LABUHAN HAJI ACEH SELATAN
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The method used in teaching influences the success of teaching learning process. If the method used by teachers in teaching learning process is not comfortable thus it will make the students get problem in learning English especially in learning reading comprehension. Therefore many students get still difficulties in mastering reading comprehension. This problem is also faced by the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Labuhan Haji in mastering reading comprehension. Next, the aim of this research is to find out if the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Labuhan Haji who are taught reading comprehension by using group discussion get better result than those who are taught without using group discussion. Then, this research is conducted by using quantitative research in case of experiment research method. Next, the design used in this research is pre-experiment; one group: pre-test – post-test. In this design, there is one class; pre-test is conducted before treatment and post-test is conducted after treatment. This treatment is made for experiment to determine the effects of a given treatment. The population of this research is the tenth grade students of SMA negeri 1 Labuhan Haji in academic year 2022/2023. The total population is 175 students who are composed of six classes; class X IA 1 , class X IA 2 , class X IA3, class X IS 1 , class X IS 2 , and class XII IS 3 . Every class consisted around 28 - 30 students. Meanwhile, the sample of this research is the students of class X IA 1 which was taken purposively. The students of class X IA 1 was taken as the sample of this research because the students were active and enthusiastic than the students of the other classes. The class X IA 1 consisted of 28 students. Thus, the total sample was 28 persons. In addition, the result of the research shows that the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Labuhan Haji who are taught reading comprehension by using group discussion get better result than those who are taught without using group discussion. It is proved by It is proved by the result of N-Gain score calculation and the result calculation is 0.65. Therefore, the students' ability in mastering reading comprehension increases 65% after they are taught by using group discussion. Furthermore, based the result of the reserach, the teachers are suggested to apply group discussion in teaching reading comprehension because it can improve the students' ability in mastering the lesson and it is more effective than conventional methods.
Keywords
Reading Comprehension, Group Discussion
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