THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMAGINATIVE READING MATERIALS IN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION TEXT OF THE GRADE XI STUDENTS AT SMA SWASTA MUHAMMADIYAH -8 KISARAN IN SCHOOL YEAR 2015 / 2016

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This research was carried out to find the effective of using imaginative reading materials on students reading comprehension. The population of the study was 2015 /2016 second year students of SMA Swasta Muhammadiyah-8 Kisaran. The number of population of this research consisted of three parallel classes, which were selected by using cluster random sampling technique, the total were (80) students. The sample was divide into two groups; the first group is (40) students (XI IPS 1) which was the Experimental group and the second group is (40) students (XI IPS 2) which was the Control group. The experimental group was taught by using imaginative reading materials while the control group was taught without using imaginative reading materials. The instrument of the research was test. There were two kinds of test that the researcher used, they were pre-test and post-test. These tests were used to know the students’ reading comprehension before and after they are taught using imaginative reading materials. After the data had been collected, they were analyzed by using t-test formula in order to see whether the imaginative reading materials significantly affect students’ reading comprehension. The result of the analysis showed that the t-observed (5,55), it was higher than the t-table (1,852) with the level of significant (0.05) and the degree of freedom (df) (78).  So the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It was concluded that imaginative reading materials significantly affects students’ reading comprehension.  

Key words: imaginative reading materials, reading comprehension