IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH CONTEXT CLUES STRATEGY

Miftah Dewi Indriana; Aminah Aminah; Anjar Kusumua Dewi

doi:10.22487/elts.v9i2.1868

Authors

Miftah Dewi Indriana Universitas Tadulako
Aminah Aminah Universitas Tadulako
Anjar Kusumua Dewi Universitas Tadulako

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22487/elts.v9i2.1868

Keywords:

improving, reading comprehension, context clues

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether the use of Context Clues strategy is effective to improve students’ reading comprehension. The population of this research was the eighth-grade students of SMPN 20 Sigi. The sample was selected by using a purposive sampling technique. There were two groups selected, i.e. class VIII B was the experimental group, and class VIII C was the control group. The data were obtained by using a test of reading comprehension. Both groups were asked to do the test twice as pre-test and post-test. The experimental group got the higher score than the control group after the treatment. To get the deviation score, the researchers calculated each student’s pre-test and post-test scores. From the result of the score deviation, the researchers calculated the mean deviation of both classes to get sum-square deviation score. Then, the researchers continued using the result to find out the t_counted using the t_test formula. After analyzing the data, the result showed that the t_counted (4.3) is higher than the t_table (1.686). It indicates that Context Clues strategy is effective to improve reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMPN 20 Sigi.

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