THE INFLUENCE OF USING READERS’ THEATRE TOWARDS STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION

Yunika, Nurul Janah (2024) THE INFLUENCE OF USING READERS’ THEATRE TOWARDS STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION. Diploma thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Reading is one of the language skills that English as a Foreign Language students should develop while learning English. The objective of this research is to know whether there is or not an influence the use of readers' theatre on student‘s reading comprehension on narrative text of the eighth grade at MTs Al�Ma‘ruf Margodadi in 2023/2024. Based on preliminary research, it shows that students‘ reading comprehension in narrative text is still low. In addition, there were various issues found by the researcher such as the students find difficulties understanding the meaning of narrative text. In this research, a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design was used by the researcher. The sample for this research was chosen via cluster random sampling.These samples consisted of VIII A with 30 students as the experimental class and VIII B with 30 students as the control class. This research took place from January 05, 2024 to March 13, 2024. There were also pre- and post-tests for both classes. The test was in the form of multiple-choice question consisted of 33 items for pre-test and 34 items for post�test. The results were analyzed by using SPSS 25 to compute The Mann Whitney U test to test the hypothesis. After giving Post-Test, the data were analyzed by using The Mann Whitney U test. Based on the Test Statistics output, it was known that the Asymp Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05. So it can be concluded that the hypothesis was accepted. It can be said that there was a difference in students' reading comprehension between the Experiment Class and the Control Class. Because there are significant differences, it can be said that there was an influence of Reader's Theater on students' reading comprehension in narrative texts of the eighth grade at MTs Al-Ma‘ruf Margodadi in 2023/2024. Keywords: Narrative text, Reading comprehension, Readers’ Theatre.

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