@thesis{thesis, author={Wafiroh Azizatul}, title ={THE USE OF CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING READING FOR SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Study of SMA Negeri 1 Donorojo in The Academic Year 2021-2022)}, year={2022}, url={http://eprints3.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/3213/}, abstract={Wafiroh, Azizatul. 2022. The Use of Content-Based Instruction in Teaching Reading for Second Grade of Senior High School (Study of SMA Negeri 1 Donorojo in the Academic Year 2021-2022). Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1: Dr. Sukma Nur Ardini, S.S., M.Pd., Advisor 2: Fitri Yulianti, S.Pd., M.Pd. Keywords: Content-Based Instruction, teaching reading, reading comprehension. The aims of this study were to find out the effectiveness of Content-Based Instruction method in teaching reading for second grade of SMAN 1 Donorojo Jepara and to find out the reading comprehension ability of the second grade of SMAN 1 Donorojo Jepara. The investigation of population of this study was all second grade MIPA at SMA Negeri 1 Donorojo Jepara in the academic year 2021/2022, which consist of 143 students coming from four classes. The sample of this study were class XI MIPA 2 consisting of 36 students was treated as control group and class XI MIPA 4 consisting of 36 students was treated as experimental group. The samples were selected by a simple random sampling. The instrument used in this study consisted of reading pre-test and post-test. The methods of data collection were observation and reading comprehension test. The data were analyzed statistically in the form of t-test, arithmetic mean and standard deviation. In finding a significant improvement of students? reading comprehension average score from pretest to posttest taught using Content-Based Instruction (CBI) method, the researcher conducted t-test using Paired Sample t- test, it showed that the sig. (2-tailed) of experiment is 0.00 and control group is 0.02. 0.000 < 0.05 and 0.02 < 0.05. If the significance < 0.05 (H0) is rejected and (Ha) is accepted, it means that there is a significance difference in the result of students' learning scores between the experiment and control group. The students' ability in reading comprehension in second grade of senior high school in SMA Negeri 1 Donorojo Jepara in comprehending English text is poor, after taught using Content-Based Instruction method, the frequency of post-test increased from poor to very good. Based on the research results of this study, CBI method is effective and innovative teaching method that can improve students' reading comprehension, but it would be better if CBI method is combined with other teaching methods, so that the achievement in learning will be more maximal.} }