Reading Comprehension through Sustained Silent Reading Method

ABSTRACT

ZULFIKAR, 2012. Improving the Students’ Reading Comprehension through Sustained Silent Reading Method (A classroom action research at the eleventh year students of SMKN 1 Pattallassang Kab. Gowa), under the thesis of English Education Department the Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Makassar Muhammadiyah University (guided by H. Bahrun Amin and Nur Qalby).

            This research aimed to explaining the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and interpretive comprehension dealing with prediction of outcomes and conclusion.

To explain the improvement, the researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken at the eleventh year students of SMKN 1 Pattallassang with a number of the subject were 23 students.

            The research findings indicated that the application of Sustained Silent Reading Method was significant in improving the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension and interpretive comprehension. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 64.65. It was classified as fair then improved to be 74.16. It was classified as good in cycle II. It was higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 54.23 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension in terms of literal comprehension dealing with main ideas and sequence of details and interpretive comprehension dealing with prediction of outcomes and conclusion.

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