IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING POSTER AT SMA NEGERI KOTA BAHAGIA ACEH SELATAN
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Acquiring the ability to read properly or to understand the whole passage is difficult for students especially for students who use English as a foreign language. Poster is one of media which is considered can be used to assist the students in improving their reading comprehension skill. The purpose of this research is to find out whether the use of poster may improve the students' reading comprehension skill or not. Located in SMAN Kota Bahagia in South Aceh, the samples were chosen to be 20 students in the school. The researcher used quantitative research specialized in pre-experiment research as the research method. The instruments used in this research namely teaching experiment and tests. After conducting the research, the result was obtained that Asymp.Sig value was 0,00 which was lower than predetermined significant value (α = 0.05). It indicated that the implementation of posters in descriptive text improved students' reading comprehension skill. Therefore, the use of poster could improve students' reading comprehension skill in SMAN Kota Bahagia.
Keywords
Reading Comprehension, Poster, Improvement, Students
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