TEACHING AND LEARNING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING A CLOSE READING STRATEGY AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 4 NATAR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2022/2023

NINGSIH, RAHAYU (2022) TEACHING AND LEARNING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING A CLOSE READING STRATEGY AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 4 NATAR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2022/2023. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT TEACHING AND LEARNING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING A CLOSE READING STRATEGY AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 4 NATAR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2022/2023 BY : NINGSIH RAHAYU Reading is a process which is done by the reader to get information and understand the writer means in printed words or written symbol. This research was about teaching and learning reading comprehension by using a close reading strategy at the first semester of the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 4 Natar in the academic year of 2022/2023. The objectives of the research were to know the teaching and learning reading comprehension by using close reading strategy, to know the teacher’s problem in teaching reading comprehension by using close reading strategy, and to know the students’ problem in learning reading comprehension by using close reading strategy. This research was qualitative research. The researcher selected the people or participants who know the phenomenon of the problem. The researcher chose the English teacher and the students of the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 4 Natar as the participant of this research. There are two classes which consist of 62 students. The researcher used purposive sampling technique to determine the sample. The researcher chose class VIII C as the sample because class VIII C had the lowest score. The data were gained by doing observation, interviewing the teacher, and giving interview to the students. The researcher used three major phases of the data analysis, they were: data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing verification. After analyzing the data, there were three points of the result. The first, there were some points in teaching reading comprehension by using close reading strategy that were skipped by the teacher. It could be seen from process in whilst activity the teacher did not model the Close reading by using think aloud talk using questions and after reading passage 3, The second, the problems faced by the teacher were iii the teacher had difficulty in choosing the teaching materials, had difficulty in modifying the exercise for the students, had difficulty in stimulating the students, had difficulty in giving feedback, and had difficulty in manage the time. Third, the problems by the students were students had lack vocabulary mastery, had problem to decode words, had habit of slow reading, had problem in making inference, had problem in working memory and had problem to follow teacher’s direction. Keywords : Close Reading Strategy, Qualitative Research, Teaching and Learning, Reading Comprehension.

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