THE USE OF TWO STAY – TWO STRAY THROUGH MANGA ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

This study dealt with the use of two stay – two stay through manga on the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. This study was conducted at  SMP Negeri 1 Gebang on Jalan Medan – Pangkalan Berandan  Kecamatan Gebang Kabupaten Langkat at eighth grade. The sample ware taken by using random sampling technique. The number of sample were 34 students. The method of research applied classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the students’ activity during the use of two stay – two stray through manga on students in reading comprehension. The instruments of this research were observation sheet and a reading comprehension test which consisted of 10 questions Multiple choice test. The researcher conducted two cycles in this research, there were three meetings in cycle 1 and 1 meeting in cycle 2. The quantitative data showed that the mean score in cycle 1 was 45.00, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.76, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 were 6 students and the percentage was 17.64%, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 were 34 students and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got from observation sheet in every cycle showed that the improvement of teacher and students’ behaviour. Based on finding of the results from data the use of two stay – two stray method improved the students’ achievement in reading comprehension.

Keywords: Two Stay – Two Stray , Reading, Manga, Narrative Text