The Use of Demonstration Learning Method to Improve Students' Reading Comprehension in Learning Procedure Text at Ninth Grade of SMPN 3 Rambipuji Jember

Aini, Raihanu Huril (2024) The Use of Demonstration Learning Method to Improve Students' Reading Comprehension in Learning Procedure Text at Ninth Grade of SMPN 3 Rambipuji Jember. Undergraduate thesis, UIN KH Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Reading is one of four basic skills that is very important to be mastered by English learners in order to comprehend the lesson. Students are categorized as successful readers if they can understand the reading material. However, the researcher found that most students got difficulty in understanding and comprehending the text, some of the factors include to the lack of vocabulary, students’ difficulties to find the meaning of the words, and students are not interested in learning English. Thus, the demonstration learning method could be implemented to overcome students’ reading comprehension difficulties.
The aim of this research was to improve students’ reading comprehension by using demonstration learning method at ninth grade of SMPN 3 Rambipuji Jember. The research questions of this research were (1) how can the demonstration learning method improve students’ reading comprehension in learning procedure text? and (2) how can the demonstration learning method increase students’ participation in reading class?
This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) adopted by Kemmis and Mc. Taggart. The research design was a collaborative classroom action research. The participants of this research were 22 students of IX A of SMPN 3 Rambipuji, it was carried out in 1 cycle. The data collection technique of this research used test, observation, interview, and document review. The research used content validity which involved the English lecturer as validator of the reading test. The criteria of success in this research was the students reached the KKM score (70) are equal to higher than 75% of total students in this research.
The result of this research showed that the students’ average score after the cycle was 76 and there were 19 students or 86% who passed the KKM and for students did not pass the KKM were only 2 students. It could be stated this research was successful. Based on the data analysis, it was concluded that by applying the demonstration learning method, the students could understand and comprehend the reading text correctly and the researcher concluded that the use of demonstration learning method could improve students’ reading comprehension in learning procedure text.

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