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Journal : Esteem Journal of English Study Programme

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY IN READING COMPREHENSION USING DIRECT METHOD TECHNIQUE TO THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF PGRI Dewi Kartika Sari
Esteem Journal of English Education Study Programme Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): Esteem Journal of English Education Study Programme
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Palembang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31851/esteem.v1i1.4831

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Abstract: Language is a mean of communication. To understand the language, we have to invent the meaning of words as many as possible either in a sentence or in whole texts. Vocabulary is one of the most important elements in a language, and teaching vocabulary is clearly more than presenting new words. Reading comprehension depends on several interrelated skills: understanding oral language, decoding the printed words, reading fluently, and using strategies to increase comprehension. Understanding reading material needs a specific reading strategy. The strategy should facilitate the comprehension of the students who want to read effectively. One of the techniques which can be used is Direct Method. The idea of this technique was that foreign language teaching must be carried out in the same way people learn their mother tongue
INCREASING THE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN READING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING KNOW-WANT-LEARNED STRATEGY AT THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 3 PALEMBANG Etty Pratiwi; Dewi Kartika Sari
Esteem Journal of English Education Study Programme Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): Esteem Journal of English education Study Programme
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Palembang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31851/esteem.v4i2.6272

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The aim of this research was to increase the students’ skill in reading narrative text by using Know-Want-Learned strategy at the eight grade students of Junior High School 3 Palembang. This research of this study was conducted by using classroom action research. The data used in this research are the result the pre-test to know the improvement of students in reading narrative text. The mean of the pre-test was 64,5. The mean of the first cycle was 84,85, it indicated that the scores and the mean in first cycle were better than the pre-test. The percentage of students who got point 75 or more there was also grew up. In the pre-test, there was 10 students (25%) who passed or got score up to 75. In the post-test of cycle I the students who got point 75 or more there was 40 (100%) and the increasing was about 75%. In other words, the students’ skill in reading narrative text improved and became well in the first meeting to the next meeting. For the hyphothesis testing used t-test formula from the compilation, it could be seen that coefficient of it could be seen that coefficient of tobserved (16,72) > ttable (0,316). Thus, alternative hyphothesis (Ha) could be received. Based on the research, It could be get that using Know-Want-Learned (KWL) Strategy could increase the students’ skill in reading narrative text.