Open AccessSTUDENTS’ READING BASED-MAIN IDEAS ON PASSAGES AT THE SECONDARY EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Yogo Gandjarwati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of english for academic and specific purposes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2622-2957
pISSN - 2615-4358
DOI - 10.18860/jeasp.v3i2.11119
Subject(s) - reading (process) , mathematics education , reading comprehension , test (biology) , action research , population , psychology , foreign language , computer science , comprehension , pedagogy , linguistics , medicine , paleontology , philosophy , environmental health , biology , programming language
Reading comprehension is crucial skill for both English as a Second Language (ELS) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. To develop the students’ reading ability, the use of main idea of paragraphs in comprehending the passage becomes an alternative solution to be used in teaching. This study is categorized as a Classroom Action Research (CAR). It was applied in use of main idea of paragraphs in comprehending the passage to improve the students’ reading skills. The population of the study is 36 students at the second year students of SMAN 1 Kauman. The instruments of the study consisted of reading test and questionnaries. Based on the research finding that the students’ reading skill and their motivation were still low, as it was indicated in pre-study, the score result was under KKM or the average score is 65 ,55. Therefore, the researcher tried to apply the use of reading based main ideas on coomprehending passages to improve the reading skill. The writer found in the first cycle the average score is 77,00. The next cycle done by the writer repaired the strategy in teaching reading through main idea of paragraphs. It was proved that the students’ score average is 80,22. They passed and got the better score than previous result. It’s concluded that the use of main idea of paragraphs in comprehending the passage was able to improve the students’ reading skill. The students’ interest in reading comprehension through main idea of paragraphs is also good. It has shown the result of questionnaire (83,33%).