Institusion
Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin
Author
Subject
028.9 Kebiasaan Membaca, Minat Baca
Datestamp
2018-05-30 05:40:15
Abstract :
This research aimed to know the extent to which using picture stories is effective in
improving students’ reading comprehension especially in reading narrative text at the first
years students of SMA Negeri 1 Bungoro and to find out whether using pictures stories
was effective to improve students’ reading comprehension.The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic (frequency, mean score, and
standard deviation) and inferential statistic (independent sample t-test). The research
discovers that the reading skill of the first year students of SMA Negeri 1 bungoro
improved by using picture stories by the increase of mean score of experimental class that
was 36 in the pre-test and 80.25 in the post-test. The result of the t-test also shown that
using picture stories in teaching reading comprehension was effective in improving the
students’ reading skill because the t-test, 6.57, was higher than t-table, 2.024
(5.76>2.024). It meant that alternative hypothesis was accepted and null hypothesis was
rejected.