TEACHING AND LEARNING READING THROUGH THINK-ALOUD METHOD IN RECOUNT TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 7 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/2017

Khunaefi, Hafidz Ali (2017) TEACHING AND LEARNING READING THROUGH THINK-ALOUD METHOD IN RECOUNT TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 7 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/2017. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

Reading is one important skills in teaching English. As we know that reading is needed by people over the world. The students have to read because reading is an important part of education. This research was about teaching and learning reading through think-aloud method in recount text at the first semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 7 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2016/2017. The objectives of this research were to know the teaching and learning process of using think-aloud method in teaching and learning reading, to know the teacher’s problem in teaching reading of using think-aloud method and to know the students’ problem in learning reading of using think-aloud method. Qualitative was used in this research as a research design. Purposive sampling technique was used to determine the sample. The class of VIII K was chosen as a sample which consisted of 37 students. In collecting the data, there were three kinds of data collecting technique, they were: observation, interview and documentation. Three major phases of data analysis were used in this research, they were: data reduction, data display and data conclusion. This research was conducted in two meeting. After analyzing the data, there were three points of the result. The first, the teacher did not apply some of steps in observation checklist. The second, the teacher’s problem in teaching reading through think-aloud method were that the teacher had difficulty to handle the students in giving instruction to ask and also the teacher felt difficulty to manage the time in implementing think-aloud method in teaching reading. The third, the problem faced by the students in learning reading through think-aloud method was that the students could not remember information from the text although they were using think-aloud method.

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