The Use of Three-Minute Pause Strategy in Improving the Students’ Reading Comprehension at the Eight Grade at SMP Neg. 1 Segeri Kab. Pangkep (An Experimental Research)
Randika Dhani Saputra, 2013. The Use
of Three-Minute Pause Strategy in Improving the Students’ Reading Comprehension
at the Eight Grade at SMP Neg. 1 Segeri Kab. Pangkep
(An Experimental Research), under the
thesis of English Education Department, the Faculty of Teachers Training and
Education, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, guided by Bahrun Amin and Yassir Mallapiang.
This research aimed to explain
how the effectiveness of Three-Minute Pause Strategy is able to
improve the students’ reading
comprehension at the eight grade at SMP Neg. 1 Segeri Kab. Pangkep.
The researcher used quasi-experimental design with two group pretest and posttest design. The
population was the eight grade students of SMP Neg. 1 Segeri Kab. Pangkep, in academic year 2013/2014, which consisted
of seven
classes. The sample was taken by
random sampling technique and the total number of sample was 60 students.
It employed of eight meetings. It
employed reading test as instrument.
The
result of the data indicated that there was a significant difference between
students’ post-test in experimental class and controlled class. The mean score of post-test (83.91) in
experimental class was greater than the mean score of post-test (46.91) in
controlled class. From t-test, the researcher found that the value of t-test
(16.68) was greater than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance 0.05 with
degree of freedom (df) = 58. Thus, the alternative
hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected.. It
means that
there was a significant difference in the students’ reading comprehension
before and after being taught by using Three-Minute Pause Strategy.Curriculum vitae
Randika Dhani Syaputra is the last child of Abd. Kadir. B and Halifa. He was born on June 20th 1991 in Segeri, Pangkep. He has five brothers and four sisters. He lives in Pangkep, Province South Sulawesi.
She
graduated her elementary school
in 2003 at SD. Negeri I Segeri Kab. Pangkep. She
continued his study at SMP Negeri I Segeri
Kab. Pangkep and graduated in 2006. Her senior high school was at SMA Negeri I Segeri Kab. Pangkep and graduated in 2009. At the 2009 years He
was continued her study at
the University and at that year He was accepted at Muhammadiyah University of
Makassar as a student of English Educational Department.
At
the end of his study, He could finish his thesis with title “The Use of
Three-Minute Pause Strategy in Improving the Students’ Reading Comprehension at
the Eight Grade at SMP Negeri 1 Segeri Kab. Pangkep (An Experimental Research).”
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