THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING IN

IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF 8TH GRADE

STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 PAKIS

THESIS

By:

Yulia Ayu Khayatiningsih

201310100311251

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018

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MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without

flavor”

Eleanor Roosevelt

This thesis is dedicated to:

Allah SWT, who always helps me everywhere and every time

My beloved Father and Mother: DarsonoKaseri and Maryatun

My beloved brother and sister

My beloved friends of ELED ’13

Thanks for all support, trust, finance, and encouragement.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL .....................................................................................................iii

MOTTOS AND DEDICATIONS ...................................................................v

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY .....................................................................vi

ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................vii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................................viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................ix

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................xi

LIST OF APPENDICES ..................................................................................xii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Research Background ..............................................................................1

1.2 Research Problems .................................................................................3

1.3 Hypothesis of Study ................................................................................4

1.4 Research Objective .................................................................................4

1.5 Research Significance .............................................................................4

1.6 Scope and Limitation ..............................................................................5

1.7 Definition of Key Terms ........................................................................5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Teaching English .....................................................................................6

2.1.1 Teaching English Skill and English Components .........................6

2.2 Teaching Reading .....................................................................................7

2.2.1 Reading Comprehension ...............................................................8

2.2.2 English in 2013 Curriculum for Junior High School ....................9

2.3 Community Language Learning .............................................................11

2.3.1 The Implementation of Community Language Learning ..............11

2.3.2The Advantages and the Disadvantages of Community Language

Learning .........................................................................................13

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design .....................................................................................15

3.2 Research Subject ....................................................................................16

3.2.1 Treatment .......................................................................................17

3.2.1.1 Treatment of Experimental Group .....................................17

3.2.1.2 Treatment of Control Group .............................................18

3.3 Data Collection .......................................................................................18

3.3.1 Technique and Instrument .............................................................18

3.3.2 Procedure of Data Collection ........................................................19

3.4 Data Analysis .........................................................................................20

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Findings ..................................................................................................22

4.1.1 The Result of Pre-Test and Post-Test of Experimental and

Control Group ...............................................................................22

4.1.2 The Result of Hypothesis Testing .................................................25

4.2 Discussion ..............................................................................................25

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ..............................................................................................28

5.2 Suggestions ..............................................................................................28

5.2.1 Suggestion for the Teacher ............................................................28

5.2.2 Suggestion for Further Researchers ..............................................29

REFERENCES .................................................................................................30

APPENDICES ..................................................................................................32

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1 The Research Design of Nonrandomized Pre-Test and Post-Test .....16

Table 3.2 The Formation of Score Calculation ...................................................21

Table 4.1 The Result of Pre-Test of Experimental and Control Group ..............23

Table 4.2 Independent Sample T-Test of Pre-Test .............................................23

Table 4.3 The Result of Post-Test of Experimental and Control Group .............24

Table 4.4 Independent Sample T-Test of Post-Test ...........................................24

Table 4.5 The Computation of Paired Sample T-Test for Hypothesis Testing ...25

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Lesson Plan of Control Group ........................................................33

Appendix 2: Lesson Plan of Experimental Group .............................................37

Appendix 3: Recount Text .................................................................................41

Appendix 4: Pre-Test .........................................................................................42

Appendix 5: Post-Test ........................................................................................45

Appendix 6: Result Value of Pre-Test and Post-Test .........................................48

Appendix 7: Calculating Data by Using SPSS 21 Version .................................50

Appendix 8: Sample Result of Pre-Test (Control Group) ..................................54

Appendix 9: Sample Result of Pre-Test (Experimental Group) ........................58

Appendix 10: Sample Result of Post-Test (Control Group) ..............................62

Appendix 11:Sample Result of Post-Test (Experimental Group) ......................66

Appendix 12: Letter Research from ELED Office ............................................70

Appendix 13: Letter Research from FKIP Office ..............................................71

Appendix 14: Letter Research from SMPN 1 Pakis ..........................................72

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