The Use of 3-2-1 Reading Strategy to Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension Skill of Second Grade Students at SMK Al Munawaroh Tempurejo.

Ermawati, - (2021) The Use of 3-2-1 Reading Strategy to Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension Skill of Second Grade Students at SMK Al Munawaroh Tempurejo. Undergraduate thesis, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training English Education Department.

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Ermawati, 2020. The Use of 3-2-1 Reading Strategy to Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension Skill of Second Grade Students at SMK Al Munawaroh Tempurejo. Reading is one of the important skills that must be mastered by the students. It contributes to the success of language learning in general or a foreign language in particular. Unfortunately, there are many problems faced by the students of second-grade students at SMK Al Munawaroh Tempurejo in reading comprehension. Such as lack of vocabulary, difficulty to comprehend the text in finding the topic, main idea, and also stated and unstated details. To solve the problem, the appropriate strategy must be chosen and applied by the teacher in teaching reading. In this research, the researcher used a 3-2-1 reading strategy to face the students’ problems. The 3-2-1 reading strategy enables the students easier in comprehending the text, paragraph, sentence, and word comprehension. This action research aimed to investigate how the 3-2-1 reading strategy can increase students’ reading comprehension of second-grade students at SMK Al Munawaroh Tempurejo. The design of the research was classroom action research. The steps of this research were planning, conducting action, observation, and reflection. This classroom action research was done in two cycles. Each cycle was conducted in three meetings and one post-test. In planning, the researcher with the collaborator teacher prepared the lesson plan, observation sheet, and material. In the acting step, the researcher taught the students using the 3-2-1 reading strategy. Then in the observation, the researcher and the collaborator observed everything that happened and the students’ behavior during the teaching and learning process. In the reflection, the researcher and the collaborator evaluated and analyzed the data taken from observation and post test. The criterion of success using this strategy was 70. This research took place at SMK Al Munawaroh Tempurejo. The participants in this research were the second grade students, consisting 16 men and 13 women. The research findings of implementation 3-2-1 reading strategy could increase the students’ reading comprehension aspects of word, sentence, paragraph as wel as text comprehension. It was proven by the data showed that the mean score of Pre-Test was 50.20, Cycle I 70.75, and after conducted Cycle II improved to 80.41. It means that there was an improvement in students reading comprehension after conducted the action research. Based on the students’ mean score, the researcher found the percentage improvement from Pre-Test to Cycle I was 31.03% and from Cycle I to Cycle II was 24.14%, and Pre-Test to Cycle II 55.17%. Therefore, this research indicated that using the 3-2-1 reading strategy could be increased students reading comprehension.

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