The Effectivity of Association Picture Media Application Toward the Katakana Letter Reading Comprehension of Grade Ten Students of SMK (Vocational School) Manajemen Jakarta School Year 2010/2011

The purpose of this research is to acknowledge the effectivity of using association picture media toward the students' katakana letter reading comprehension. The hypothesis proposed was the ability of students' katana letter reading skill that apply association picture is more effective to compare if no such media is applied. The research was conducted to grade ten students of SMK Manajemen Jakarta school year 2010/2011. The research used experiment quasi method. The sample was taken from 50 students which consisted of 25 students as experimental class and 25 students as control class. The data collection technique used an instrument of katakana alphabet reading comprehension test. The requirement test of data analysis used in this research were Liliefors-test for normality and Fisher-test for homogeneity, it was revealed that the class was normal and homogenous. Hypothesis' assessment used t-test which showed t count = 7,67 ≥ 1,67 = t table that rejected H0. It is concluded from the research that association picture media is effective to increase student's comprehension in reading katakana letter.