The Effectiveness of Using Computer Based Reading towards Reading Comprehension Ability of the First Grade Students of MTsN Bandung

Septiani, Widya (2014) The Effectiveness of Using Computer Based Reading towards Reading Comprehension Ability of the First Grade Students of MTsN Bandung. [ Skripsi ]

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Abstract

Keywords: effectiveness, computer based reading, reading comprehension ability As an English skill, the ability on reading comprehension is very important. However, in fact many students are still having difficulty in reading so it is highly needed for teacher to teach reading which motivating to help students have a better ability on the comprehension of reading skill. One of the ways is by using computer based reading. Computer based reading is the application of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in reading teaching-learning. In this case, as a kind of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), computer is used as assistive media in a computer learning environment. The formulation of the research problems are: 1) How is the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung before being taught by using computer based reading? 2) How is the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung after being taught by using computer based reading? 3) Is there any significant difference of the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung before and after being taught by using computer based reading? The objectives of this study are to: 1) Find out the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung before being taught by using computer based reading, 2) Find out the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung after being taught by using computer based reading, 3) Find out whether there is any significant difference of the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung before and after being taught by using computer based reading. The research design in this study is pre-experimental research that uses one group pretest and post-test design with quantitative approach. The population of this study was all of first grade students of MTsN Bandung on second semester. The sample was VII D class consisting of 46 students, but the researcher took only 20 of them to collect the data regarding to the delimitation of the research in which only there are 20 computer units in the computer laboratory. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling. The data was got by administering pre-test and post-test and then analyzed by using paired sample T-test through SPSS 16.0. The result of data analysis showed that the mean of students’ score in reading comprehension before they are taught using computer based reading was 59.25, while the mean of students’ score after they are taught using computer based reading was 73.00. The statistical analysis using SPSS 16.0 showed that the value of tcount is -7.452 and the significance value is 0.000. The value of ttable with significant level (α) 5% was 2.093. Since tcount is higher than ttable (7.452 >2.093) and significance value is lower than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05), so the null hypothesis (Ho) which states that there is no significant difference of the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung before and after being taught by using computer based reading is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) which states that there is significant difference of the reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung before and after being taught by using computer based reading is accepted. It means that the use of computer based reading is effective towards reading comprehension ability of the first grade students of MTsN Bandung and it is suggested to be used in teaching reading skill.

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