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The Use of Picture Series to Improve Students' Reading Comprehension: A Case Study at 9th Grade of SMP N 1 Rowosari-Kendal
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Universitas PGRI Semarang
Author
Mundhiyanti, Siti
Subject
PE English 
Datestamp
2024-01-05 07:00:07 
Abstract :
The title of this final project is "The Use of Picture Series to Improve Students' Reading Comprehension: A Case Study at 9th Grade of SMP N 1 Rowosari?Kendal" The objectives of the study are :1) To find out the implications of using picture series media in improving reading comprehension of students' descriptive texts in class, 2) To explain the benefits that students get in class related to the use of picture series media to improve reading comprehension in descriptive texts. In this study, researchers used a qualitative design. The qualitative method explains the analysis of the data obtained through the description, where the data obtained is analyzed and explained in the form of words. This analysis is supported by data collected during the study. The subjects used were 30 grade 9E students. The instruments used for data collection were pre-test, post-test, and questionnaires. Following are the study's findings: The researcher distributes pre-test questions before learning begins, then the researcher explains the descriptive text material in detail, then instructs students in groups to assemble the generic structure of the text descriptive text using the picture series that has been provided and after that, the students are asked to read the text. Post-test questions are distributed after being taught using the picture series, and questionnaires are distributed after the lesson is over and the responses obtained have been collected. And the results obtained show that the mean pre-test score is 63.67 and the post-test mean is 81.33. It is also supported that picture series are very effective in being used and reveals that the benefits that grade Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Picture Series, Descriptive Text9E students can get from using picture series media can contribute to increasing students' grades and reading comprehension. 
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Universitas PGRI Semarang