Promoting Students’ Reading Comprehension Using Graphic Organizer: A Classroom Action Research

This research was based on the students’ problem in reading comprehension of narrative text, especially in generic structure, purpose, language features and vocabulary. The purpose of this research was to improve reading comprehension in narrative text. The design of this research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). This research consisted of five meetings in one cycle. This research conducted on March 2018. Based on the test result, it was found that the average score of cycle was 80, 09. Furthermore, the data about factors that influence the students’ improvement in reading comprehension in narrative text were obtained by interview, observation checklist, and field note. The factors were interested of media, students’ enjoy and fun during learning process and this strategy was easily to comprehend. In conclusion, the use of FLIP strategy can improve students reading comprehension in narrative text.

The purpose of this research is to reveal the process of teaching reading comprehension of narrative texts, and to find out the teacher's problems in applying story mapping techniques in teaching reading comprehension of narrative texts. This study uses qualitative research with a case study method. Data was collected from observation, interviews, and documentation. The participant in this study was an English teacher for class X IPA who taught narrative texts by applying the story mapping technique. The process of teaching and learning reading comprehension is going well, although not optimal. Meanwhile, there are five problems faced by the teacher in teaching reading comprehension, namely the teacher has difficulty if students cannot achieve basic mastery in reading, the teacher has difficulty if students read very slowly the reading text being taught, the teacher has difficulty if students cannot understand and find. conclusions, implications, and main ideas of the reading text, the teacher has difficulties in choosing teaching materials in teaching reading comprehension of narrative texts, and the teacher has problems in designing or modifying questions and exercises to attract students' interest in learning reading comprehension of narrative texts.

The purposes of this research are to find out whether Reciprocal teaching strategy can improvestudents’ comprehension of narrative text and to find out what factors that influence theimprovement of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text by implementing Reciprocalteaching strategy. The research was a classroom action research which was conducted in twocycles consisting of eight meetings. The research was done from March 17th to April 11th, 2012.There were thirty eight students of Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru, andone collaborator treated as participants of this research. The data of the research were takenfrom reading tests, observation, field notes and interviews. The data were analyzed byquantitative and qualitative technique. The study revealed that the implementing of four stepsof Reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying and summarizing) can help thestudents in comprehending the narrative text. Students’ score increased after they applied fourways and they were able to master all indicators of reading comprehension of narrative textconsisting of theme, orientation, complication, and resolution as well as draw conclusion. Thefactors that influenced the change of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text were theparticipation of students, classroom setting and reading materials used in the process of thisresearch. The researcher concludes that Reciprocal teaching can better improve students’reading comprehension of narrative text at the Grade XI Science one of SMA HandayaniPekanbaru.

In teaching reading comprehension, teaching strategy and motivation influence students’ reading comprehension. Strategy which was used in this experimental research was Questioning strategy. Questioning strategy can be used as a variation of teaching strategy in teaching reading comprehension. The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of questioning strategy and students’ motivation toward reading comprehension of narrative text. This research was an experimental research with factorial design 2x2. It was conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Talamau Pasaman Barat. The population of this research was eleventh grade social science students with total population of 40 students. The sample was taken by using total sampling; so all of population was taken as sample. XI IPS 2 was experimental class and XI IPS 1 as control class. The instruments of this research were reading comprehension test and questionnaire. The data was analyzed by two ways ANOVA (ANOVA 2x2). The results of this research are (1) Reading comprehension of students who are taught by questioning strategy is better than reading comprehension of students who are taught by conventional strategy. Fo = 196.582 > Ft = 2.69, it means that Ha is accepted. (2) There is no interaction between strategy and students’ motivation toward reading comprehension. Fo = 0.012 < Ft = 2.69, it means that Ha is rejected. When no interaction is present it means that these two strategies did not influence each other so we do not need to continue for hypothesis 3 and hypothesis 4. In short; questioning strategy can be used as a teaching strategy in teaching reading comprehension at SMA Negeri 1 Talamau Pasaman Barat. Other researchers are suggested to do futher research about questioning strategy dealing with of the skills.

This research was motivated by several problems of students at the 9th grade of SMPN 2 Rao Selatan related to students’ reading comprehension in narrative text. The problems of this research were students felt difficult to determine the main idea in narrative text. Students were low enthusiastic in learning. This research aimed to know whether there was significant effect of using cartoon film on students’ reading comprehension in narrative text. The researcher used a pre experimental research with one group pretest posttest design. The population of this research was the 9th grade students of SMPN 2 Rao Selatan consist of 2 classes, the sample was in class IX.1 which was taken by using purposive sampling technique. The data was analyzed by using liliefors test to test the normality and homogeneity data. Whereas, the hypothesis the researcher used t test, then the researcher consulted the result with the degree table (a) = 0.05. The research findings showed that the reading comprehension in narrative text of students at the 9th grade of SMPN 2 Rao Selatan had poor score in pretest which mean score 51.40. After treatment, their reading comprehension increased significantly which mean score 72.00. The result of the t-obtained =9.726 > t-table=2.093 with degree freedom (df) =19 with 0.05/2=0.025. Meanwhile, the Sig (2-tailed) was 0.000 < 0.005. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted that there was significant effect of using cartoon film. It was proven that using cartoon film can help to improve students’ reading comprehension in narrative text.

This study attempted to find out the effect of using skimming and scanning to the students’ ability in reading comprehension at grade X in SMA Kampus Nommensen Pematangsiantar. This research design of is quantitative descriptive. The population of this research is students of SMA Kampus Nommensen Pematangsiantar with cluster sampling data. The researcher gets 60 students as the sample which divided by 30 students as the sample of control class (X-1) and 30 students as the experimental class (X-2). The multiple-choices test is used by the researcher as the instruments to get the data. The test is given to measure the students’ ability in reading comprehension of narrative texts especially in the type of myths. After collected the data, the researcher analyzed the data to find out the effect of skimming and scanning from the calculation scores of pre-test and post-test. Based on the data analysis it is found that the tobserve is higher than ttable (4,54>1,67). So, it can be concluded that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. In other word, it can be stated that Skimming and Scanning significantly affect the students’ reading comprehension at grade X of SMA Kampus Nommensen Pematangsiar.

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not teaching reading through CAR using folklore can improve the reading comprehension of narrative text on the first-grade students of SMK Negeri 9 Kabupaten Tangerang. The writer conducted the learning process in reading through folklore by Classroom Action Research. It focused on Kurt Lewins’ Design: Planning, Acting, Observing, and Reflecting. The instruments that were used in this research involved the English test sheet, observation sheets, and interview guidelines. For collecting the data, the writer gave the test in the form of narrative text, and the students had to answer the essay questions based on the text that they had learned before. Based on the research result, the comprehension of students in learning the text through folklore has improved. The result of pre-test, there are only 4 students who passed the KKM. The result of post-test in the second cycle gained 20 students who passed the KKM and derived mean score 80,75. In addition, students’ responses to learning are generally positive. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the use of jigsaw technique can improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative text on the first-grade students of SMK Negeri 9 Kabupaten Tangerang.

This study discusses students' challenges in reading narrative texts. In this study, we have discussed the effectiveness test of the Google Sites digital multimodal platform to improve students' comprehension in reading. This study used pre-experimental approach with a single-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 79 ninth-grade students at SMP Ma’had Islam Semarang. They were selected using purposive sampling. In this method. Iit systematically explored basic comprehension through pretests, intervened students using Google Sites, and ended with a posttest to determine the improvement in reading comprehension achieved by students. The main findings of this study show an increase in students' understanding in reading narrative texts through the Google Sites digital multimodal platform. So it can be concluded that Google Sites' learning tools are significant for improving the reading comprehension of narrative texts. The limitation of this study is the absence of a control group, but the results of the study show that this method approach is highly recommended to maximize students' reading comprehension instruction.

This study aims to determine the efficacy of implementing cooperative scripts to improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts in the first grade at SMAN 8 South Tangerang during the 2020/21 academic year. This study includes 39 students from X Science 1 and 39 from X Science 2 as samples. The English test results of the students measure the success of this study. Based on the stated purpose, the researcher designed a quasi-experimental study. After taking the English Test, the student acquired reading comprehension skills. The examination was based on the tenth-grade English textbook. Through pre-test and post-test, the researcher obtained the results. The researcher in the data analysis procedure utilized normality, homogeneity, and a T-test. The examination of the data revealed a substantial difference between the reading comprehension achievement of students in experimental classes, which were taught using the Cooperative Script technique, and students in control classes, who were not. It might be seen by comparing the pre-test and post-test results of students. The experimental class had a mean pre-test score of 59.69 and a post-test score of 73.94. In contrast, the mean score on the pretest for the control group was 58.87, while the mean score on the posttest was 70.41.

Reading is something that is very needed in our lives. By reading we will open the window of the world and if we can take wisdom from what we read, we will become a great and noble human being as exemplified by the Prophet Muhammad. This study aims to determine whether there is a significant influence using metacognitive strategies for students’ reading comprehension in narrative texts. This study used a t-test experiment involving each individual in Grade VIII of SMP NU Panunggalan consisting of 34 students. The results showed that the mean score of the pre-test yielded 40.2941 and the average post-test post-test yielded 92.3529. The mean deviation produces a value of 52.05882, standard deviation produces a value of 21.85065 and produces a t-test of 13.892. T-table 5 % shows the number 2.032 and t-table 1% shows the number 2.738. Then it can be concluded that 2.032<13.892>2.738. These results show significant results from the experiments on the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies on students’ reading comprehension in narrative texts.

This study aims to develop and examine the effectiveness of a Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT)-based module to enhance narrative text reading comprehension among grade 4 elementary students. CRT was selected for its strength in integrating the local cultural context of West Java into the learning process, creating a cognitive bridge between students' daily experiences and the material. The research employed a modified 4D R&D model that included cultural analysis. Participants involved material, language, and media experts, teachers, and 30 fourth-grade students from SDN Puncakmanis, Sukabumi Regency. Data were collected using expert validation, questionnaires, and reading comprehension tests. Results indicated that the CRT-based module was valid (material 87.27%, language 88.33%, media 85%), practical (teachers 93.33%, students 87.22%), and effective—evidenced by an N-Gain of 0.61 (medium category) and an improvement in learning completeness from 40% to 100%. The findings suggest that CRT-based learning can significantly improve students' reading skills and support the integration of cultural relevance in education. However, the study's limitation lies in its specific cultural scope (West Java), suggesting a need for adaptation in other regions with different cultural backgrounds. Additionally, implementation was limited to a single school, requiring broader application for generalization. Highlights: Culturally Relevant: Integrates West Java culture to boost reading comprehension. Well-Validated: Scored highly in expert and user evaluations. Effective Results: Improved learning completeness from 40% to 100%. Keywords: Teaching Module, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Reading Comprehension Skills, Narrative Text, Elementary School

The purpose of this research is to reveal whether there any significant effect of kahoot application as technology resources in teaching reading comprehension, especially in narrative text. The method used in this research was quantitative design with a quasi-experimental study. The population of students at the first grade was 230 students of Vocational High School in Majalengka with two sample classes which have 19 students in each class. Both classes were assigned into experimental and control class. Experimental class was taught by using kahoot application, control class was taught with team games tournament method. The data was collected through pre-test and post-test. Based on the calculation data, this research showed that using kahoot application is effective in teaching reading comprehension of narrative text. This conclusion was supported by the mean of post-test in experimental class which got 61,47 while the control class 56,42. Therefore, the statistics showed that 2,17>2.02 = tobserved > ttable which proves that the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means kahoot application is effective in teaching reading. Keywords: Kahoot, Narrative Text, Reading Comprehension

This study aimed to find out the difficulties in reading comprehension of narrative text faced by students ninth-grade at SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Waru. This study used a qualitative descriptive method where data collection techniques is interview. The sample of this study were students of class 9-A SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Waru which consisted of 29 students. However, in this study only 15 students were willing to participate in the interview. The results of this study has shown that students had three difficulties in reading comprehension of narrtive text, namely, students’ difficult to understand the word, difficult to understand long sentences and difficult to understand the main idea.

The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the student's SRL strategies at SMP N 5 Palembang, and (2) whether or not there was a significant correlation between Self-Regulated Learning Strategies (SRL) and reading comprehension in the narrative text at SMP N 5 Palembang. This study's population and sample were students in the eighth grade at SMP N 5 Palembang. The sample size was 46 students, chosen using a non-random sampling technique. To collect data, students were given a questionnaire about self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies and a reading comprehension test. The data were analysed using correlation analysis. Based on the statistical analysis, the correlation coefficient or R-value (0.631) was found to be greater than R-table (0.245). The significance level (p) (sig.2-tailed) was then 0.000. This indicates that the p-value (0.000) was less than 0.05. It is possible to conclude that there was a highly significant correlation between the students' self-regulated learning strategies and reading comprehension in narrative text.

This study compared the effectiveness of the Contextual Redefinition Strategy (CRS) and the Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) strategy in improving students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts. Conducted at SMKN 2 Selayar with X TKJ as experimental class 1 (CRS) and X TKR as experimental class 2 (LRD), the research employed quantitative analysis using paired and independent sample t-tests with SPSS 23. The results showed a significant difference in reading comprehension between the two groups, with CRS demonstrating greater effectiveness (Sig. = 0.000 < 0.05). CRS supported vocabulary acquisition and encouraged contextual prediction, leading to deeper understanding. In contrast, while LRD promoted active participation, it lacked explicit vocabulary instruction, which may have limited its impact. These findings align with prior studies, confirming that CRS is more effective in enhancing reading comprehension, particularly due to its focus on vocabulary development and contextual learning.