DIAN PUSPITA SARI, THE USE OF DIRECTED READING- THINKING ACTIVITY IN TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXT READING

Identitas Mahasiswa - NAMA : DIAN PUSPITA SARI - NIM : PRODI : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris - JURUSAN : BAHASA & SASTRA INGGRIS - FAKULTAS : Bahasa dan Seni - adekenglish pada domain hotmail.com - PEMBIMBING 1 : Prof. Dr. Mursid Saleh, M.A - PEMBIMBING 2 : Drs. La Ode M. - TGL UJIAN :

Judul THE USE OF DIRECTED READING- THINKING ACTIVITY IN TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXT READING

Abstrak This final project was conducted based on a study that attempted to examine the use of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity in teaching narrative text reading. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the use of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity Method had a contribution to improve students reading skill in narrative text or not. The problem investigated in this study whether any significant difference in students’ reading narrative between students were taught using Directed Reading- Thinking Activity method and students were taught using conventional method. And to know the improvement of students reading skill in narrative text after participating in learning process by using Directed Reading-Thinking Activity method. The obtained data were carried out in three steps. The first step was the pretest. The second step was treatment. The writer gave treatments to the students twice. The last step or the third step was the post-test as an assessment. In analyzing the data, the writer used quantitative measurement The result of the research showed that the average score pre-test of the experimental group was 62, 67 and the post test was 75, 78. Meanwhile, the average score pre-test of control group was 60, 53 and post test was 68, 56. From the result of pretest, it could be said that the ability of the two groups was relatively the same before the treatments were given. In addition, the result improvement of average score in experimental group was higher that control group, it meant that there was any significant difference between experimental group an control group. Based on the result above, Directed Reading-Thinking Activity method gave a great contribution to improve reading skill in narrative. Moreover, the writer suggested the use of the DRTA as a new method in teaching reading skill in narrative text.

Kata Kunci The Use of Directed Reading-Teaching Activity Method, Narrative Text, Reading

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