A Study On The Use Of Jigsaw Technique To Improve Reading Comprehension Ability Of The Second Grade Students Of SMPK Sta. Familia Kupang In The School Year 2018/2019

TO, Arcelaus Mola (2018) A Study On The Use Of Jigsaw Technique To Improve Reading Comprehension Ability Of The Second Grade Students Of SMPK Sta. Familia Kupang In The School Year 2018/2019. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira Kupang.

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Abstract

This study is entitled A Study on the Use of Jigsaw Technique to Improve Reading Comprehension Ability of Second grade Students’ of SMPK santa Familia Kupang in the School Year 2018/2019. This study was conducted to answer the following questions: (1) Is using jigsaw technique effective to improve reading comprehension ability of the second grade students of SMPK Santa Familia Kupang? (2) How was jigsaw technique used to improve reading comprehension ability of the second grade students of SMPK Santa Familia Kupang? This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this study was the second grade students of SMPK Santa Familia Kupang in the school year 2018/2019. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this study was class VIIIA of SMPK Santa Familia Kupang based on total number of students there were 26 studens, but when the writer doing the research only 25 students were present. This study was conducted in two cycles. The instruments used in this study were test and lesson plans. There were three tests conducted in this study, they were pre-test, post-test I and post-test II. The methods used in this study were quantitative and qualitative. The result of the study shows that (1) using jigsaw technique is effective to improve the reading comprehension ability of SMPK Santa Familia Kupang. It was shown by the score of pre-test (59.2), post-test I (45.76) and post-test II (69.92). It means that there is improvement of students’ reading comprehension ability after being taught using jigsaw technique. (2) Jigsaw technique was implemented in cycle two. For the first, the reseracher opened the class by greeted the students and then checked the students attendance list. Then, the writer asked some questions related to the previous study. Before start the lesson, students were divided into some groups, the researcher chose one student as a leadder, deviding the text in some segments, assingn the student to learn one segmen, giving student time to read the topic, the students’ made make a new group or expert group. The student who had the same segment must be the same group. In expert groups give student time to discuss the main point of their segment, bring the students’ back into their jigsaw group, and in their jigsaw group present their segment who their get from expert group. Based on the result it can be concluded that the implementation of the effectiveness of jigsaw technique can improve reading comprehension ability in narrative text of the second grade students of SMPK Santa Familia Kupang in the school year 2018/2019.

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