Open AccessImproving the Students’ Reading Comprehension by Using Think Talk Write (TTW)
Author(s) -
Yuliana Rosita,
Karman Karman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of linguistics and english teaching studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2715-4416
DOI - 10.46870/lets.v1i1.11
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , mathematics education , reading (process) , test (biology) , action research , psychology , comprehension , computer science , linguistics , programming language , paleontology , philosophy , biology
This research was designed to improve the students` reading comprehension through Think Talk Write at the first-grade students of SMKN 1 Lasusua. The research problem was “The reading comprehension of the first- grade students of SMKN 1 Lasusua is low”. The design of this research was collaborative Classroom Action Research (CAR).In this research, there were two cycles. The first cycle was not success because the result of the students’ test did not fulfill the KKM, so there was the next cycle. The second cycle was success because the result of the student test achieved the KKM mandatory by the school. In addition, this research must get score of 70 to fulfill the Minimum Mastery Criterion – Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM). It could be seen in the average score, it was 68.6 in the first cycle, and there were only 17 students from 35 students got greater score than or equal 70. This score increased to be 74.77 in the second cycle, there were 26 from 35 students got score greater than or equal 70. It means that this research was successful. Based on the findings, the conclusion is Think Talk Write strategy could improve the students` comprehension in reading at the first-grade students of SMKN 1 Lasusua.