THE COMPARISON BETWEEN USING NEWSPAPER AND CONVENTIONAL MEDIA TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMA 11 MAKASSAR
Keywords:
Newspaper, Coventional, media, reading, abilityAbstract
This research aimed to see the effect of using newspaper and conventional media (textbook) in reading ability at the first grade of SMA 11 Makassar 2014/2015 Academic Year. Then the researcher compared both of these media to know which one is more effective.
This research employed the quasi experimental design, with two groups as the sample. They were experimental class (X3) and controlled class(X9). This research consists of two variables including the Students’ Reading ability as dependent variable and the independent variables were newspaper and conventional media (textbook).
The population of this research was the first grade of SMA 11 Makassar which consisted 10 classes. Each class consisted 38 pupils. The total number of population was 380 pupils. The number of respondent chosen to be the sample was 76 pupils by using purposive sampling; it was equal to 20% of the population. 38 pupils were taken as experimental class and 38 pupils were taken as controlled class.
The instrument of this research was a written test used in pre-test and post-test. 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 (92.1) in experimental class was higher than the mean score of post-test (80) in controlled class. From t-test, the researcher found that the value of the t-test (3.667) was higher than t-table (1.992) at the level of significance
0.05 with degree of freedom (df) = 74.
Based on the finding and discussion of the research, the researcher concluded that the re is a significant difference between the students’ reading ability taught using newspaper and those taught using conventional media (textbook).
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