TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION
FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS
OF SMAN 1 NALUMSARI JEPARA IN 2014/ 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
BY USING RAP (READ-ASK-PUT) STRATEGY
By
Sri Handayani
NIM. 201132054
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2015
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TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION
FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS
OF SMAN 1 NALUMSARI JEPARA IN 2014/ 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
BY USING RAP (READ-ASK-PUT) STRATEGY
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing
the Sarjana Program in the Department of English Education
By
Sri Handayani
NIM. 201132054
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2015
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
Pray and try
If you don’t want to try, you can be poor. If you want to try, you will luck or
poor. Keep in there!
“Don’t wait until tomorrow what you can do today, because tomorrow may
be too late”
This skripsi is dedicated to:
My beloved Mother and Father.
My beloved sister.
My beloved grandmother and
grandfather.
My beloved uncle and aunt.
All of my best friends.
My beloved teachers.
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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the skripsi of Sri Handayani (NIM 201132054) has been
approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the Examining
Committee.
Kudus, June 2015
Advisor I
Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd
NIP.19570616-198403-1-015
Advisor II
Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd
NIS.0610701000001146
Acknowledged by
English Education Department
Head of Department,
Diah Kurniati, S.Pd., M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001190
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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Sri Handayani (201132054) has been
approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree of
English Education.
Kudus, 4th
July 2015
Skripsi Examining Committee:
Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd ,Chairperson
NIP.19570616-198403-1-015
Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd ,Member
NIS. 0610701000001190
Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd ,Member
NIS. 0610701000001207
Farid Noor Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd ,Member
NIS. 0610701000001227
Acknowledgment by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd,
NIP. 19621219 198703 1 015
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah, I wish to thank Allah the Almighty for the blessing, health,
inspiration and ease blessed to me during the writing this skrips without there is
any significance of the problem.
During this struggle to finish this research proposal, the researcher realize
that many assistance and guidance from many people have contributed to the
writing this research proposal. The writer would like to express my greatest
gratitude and appreciation to:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd as the dean of the Teacher Training and Education
Faculty, for all his supports.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the head of English Education Department, for all
her supports.
3. Drs. Suprihadi M.Pd as advisor I for all his invaluable time and patience in
guiding the researcher during the process of skripsi.
4. Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd as advisor II for all his invaluable time and patience in
guiding the researcher during the process of skripsi.
5. Drs. Noor Kholiq as the principal of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara for his
permission and helps.
6. Izzatun Nisa’, S.Pd. as the English teacher for the tenth grade for her advice
and helps.
7. All the students in the tenth grades for the joy and help that always full of spirit
during the process of research.
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8. The researcher beloved family, my mother, father, sister, grandmother, uncle,
and nephew who always give spirit and love.
9. My best friends (Martina, Zuhad, Khoiriyah, Ama, Yuyun, Farida, Nila, Zahro,
Nunung), thank for the joy and our friendship.
10. My PPL teams of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara.
11. My KKN teams of Kauman Jepara.
12. All people involved during the writing of this research skripsi.
Finally, thanks are also due to those whose names could not be mentioned
here, their contributions have enabled her completing this final project. The writer
admits that this research proposal is still imperfect yet. Therefore, some
constructive critics and suggest from reader will be appreciated. The writer has a
great expectation that her study will be beneficial and useful for everybody who
interest in reading this research.
Kudus, June 2015
The researcher,
Sri Handayani
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ABSTRACT
Handayani, Sri. 2015. Teaching Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade
Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year by
Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. Skripsi, English Education
Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus
University. Advisors: (i) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd, (ii) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd
Key words: Teaching Reading Comprehension, The Tenth Grade Students, RAP
(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy, Narrative Text
Reading comprehension is one of important skills in teaching and learning
especially at the level of education. In fact, the English teacher stated that most of
the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara still get difficulties to build
and develop their comprehension, pronunciation and spelling of the text especially
genre. It was found that the students get difficulties in understanding the meaning
of the English text. It is caused by their lack of vocabulary so that they have a
difficulty in understanding meaning word by word. Most of the students also
stated that reading is long and boring activity. The strategy that the teacher used
that is modeling strategy is also less satisfied in teaching learning process.
Because of that reason, the researcher wants to use the interesting strategy in
teaching reading comprehension. That strategy is RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy.
The purpose of this strategy is to improve skill in reading comprehension within
all students.
The objective of the research is to find out if there is a significant
difference of the reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1
Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 academic year academic year before and after
being taught by using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy.
The research design used in this research is quasi experimental research.
The researcher used cluster random sampling. The sample is the students of class
X1 with consist of 39 students. This research uses a test of multiple choices as the
instrument of the research.
The result of this research shows that there is a significant difference of the
reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara
in 2014/2015 academic year before and after being taught by using RAP (Read-
Ask-Put) Strategy in the level of significance 0.05 (5 %) and degree of freedom
(df) = N-1 = 38.
Considering the process and the results of this research, the researcher
suggests that (i) The student must be brave to guess what happened in the text, (ii)
the students must be active when they translate, (iii) the students must believe that
they have potential to be better. Therefore they must study hard continuously and
also never give up.
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ABSTRAK
Handayani, Sri. 2015. Pengajaran Pemahaman Membaca untuk Siswa Kelas
Sepuluh SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara pada Tahun Pelajaran 2014/ 2015
Menggunakan RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi. Skripsi,
Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan,
Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing : (i) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd, (ii)
Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd
Kata Kunci: Pengajaran Pemahaman Membaca, Siswa Kelas Sepuluh, RAP
(Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi, Text Narrative
Pemahaman Membaca adalah salah satu keterampilan penting dalam belajar
mengajar khususnya ditingkat pendidikan. Bahkan, guru bahasa Inggris
menyatakan bahwa sebagian besar siswa kelas sepuluh SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara
masih mendapatkan kesulitan dalam memahami bacaan. Ditemukan bahwa siswa
mendapatkan kesulitan dalam memahami makna teks bahasa Inggris. Hal ini
disebabkan oleh kurangnya kosa kata sehingga mereka memiliki kesulitas dalam
memahami arti kata demi kata. Sebagian besar siswa juga menyatakan bahwa
membaca adalah kegiatan yang panjang dan membosankan. Strategi yang
digunakan guru adalah strategi pemodelan yang dirasakan kurang memuaskan
dalam proses belajar mengajar. Karena alas an itu, peneliti ingin menggunakan
strategi yang menarik dalam pengajaran pemahaman membaca. Strategi itu adalah
RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi. Tujuan dari strategi ini adalah untuk
meningkatkan keterampilan pemahaman membaca disemua siswa.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat
perbedaan yang signifikan dari pemahaman membaca bagi siswa kelas X SMAN
1 Nalumsari Jepara pada tahun akademik 2014/2015 sebelum dan sesudah
diajarkan melalui RAP (Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) Strategi.
Desain penelitian yang digunakan di penelitian ini adalah quasi
experimental research. Subjek d penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X1 yang terdiri
dari 39 siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan tes pilihan ganda sebagai instrumen
penelitian.
Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan
antara pemahaman membaca untuk kelas X di SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara pada
tahun akademik 2014/ 2015 sebelum dan setelah menggunakan strategi RAP
(Baca-Tanyakan-Letakkan) pada level siknifikan 0.05 (5%) dan degree of
freedom (df) = N-1 = 38.
Mengingat pada proses dan hasil dari penelitian ini, peneliti menyarankan
bahwa (i) siswa harus berani menerka apa yang terjadi dalam sebuah text, (ii)
siswa harus aktif ketika siswa menerjemahkan, (iii) siswa harus percaya bahwa
mereka mempunyai potensi yang baik. Oleh karena itu mereka harus belajar lebih
keras dan juga takkan pernah menyerah.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ................................................................................................................... i
LOGO ..................................................................................................................... ii
TITLE ................................................................................................................... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ............................................................................ iv
ADVISOR’S APPROVAL .................................................................................... v
EXAMINER’S APPROVAL ............................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. vii
ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... ix
ABSTRAK .............................................................................................................. x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... xi
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................. xiv
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................. xv
LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................... xvi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Research ........................................................................... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problems .............................................................................. 5
1.3 Objective of the Research ............................................................................... 5
1.4 Significance of the Research .......................................................................... 5
1.5 Scope of the Research ..................................................................................... 7
1.6 Operational Definition .................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND
HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Teaching English in SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara ............................................ 9
2.1.1 The Purpose of Teaching English in SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara ................ 10
2.1.2 The Curriculum in Teaching English of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara ........... 11
2.1.3 The Material in Teaching English of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara................ 12
2.2 Reading Comprehension ............................................................................... 14
2.2.1 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension ..................................................... 16
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2.2.2 Types of Reading Comprehension................................................................ 18
2.3 Genre ............................................................................................................. 19
2.3.1 Types of Genre ............................................................................................. 20
2.4 Definition of Narrative Text.......................................................................... 20
2.4.1 Social Function of Narrative Text ................................................................ 21
2.4.2 Characteristics of Narrative Text .................................................................. 21
2.4.3 Generic Structure of Narrative Text ............................................................. 22
2.4.4 Language Feature of Narrative Text ............................................................. 22
2.4.5 Types of Narrative Text ................................................................................ 23
2.4.6 Examples of Narrative Text .......................................................................... 24
2.5 Strategy of Teaching Reading ....................................................................... 26
2.5.1 RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ...................................................................... 28
2.5.2 The Advantages of RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy in Teaching
Reading ......................................................................................................... 29
2.5.3 Steps of RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy in Reading Comprehension ........... 30
2.5.4 The Implementation of RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy in Teaching
Reading of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic
Year............................................................................................................... 30
2.6 Review of Previous Research......................................................................... 33
2.7 Theoretical Framework .................................................................................. 35
2.8 Hypothesis ...................................................................................................... 36
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research ................................................................................. 37
3.2 Population and Sample ................................................................................. 38
3.3 Instruments of the Research.......................................................................... 40
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3.4 Data Collection ............................................................................................. 44
3.5 Data Analysis ................................................................................................ 45
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 Reading Comprehension of the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN
1Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic Year before being
Taught by Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. ......................................... 51
4.2 Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of
SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic Year after
being Taught by using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ................................. 54
4.3 The Significant Difference of Reading Comprehension for the
Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepar in
2014/2015 before and after being Taught By Using RAP (Read-
Ask-Put) Strategy.......................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
5.1 Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of
SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic Year before
being Taught By Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. .............................. 61
5.2 Reading Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of
SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic Year after
being Taught by using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ................................. 62
5.3 The Significant Difference of Reading Comprehension for the
Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in
2014/2015 before and after being Taught By Using RAP (Read-
Ask-Put) Strategy.......................................................................................... 64
CHAPTER VI CONCLUTION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion .................................................................................................... 67
6.2 Suggestion .................................................................................................... 68
REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 71
APPENDICES ...................................................................................................... 73
STATEMENT ..................................................................................................... 145
CURRICULUM VITAE .................................................................................... 146
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
2.1 The Reading Materials for the Tenth Grade Students in
SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in the Even Semester ........................................ 13
2.2 The Range of Story and Factual Genre......................................................... 20
3.1 Total Population for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1
Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year. ........................................ 39
3.2 The Classification Sex for Class X1 of SMAN 1 Nalumsari
Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year ........................................................... 40
3.3 Criteria of the Score of the Ability of Reading Comprehension .................. 41
4.1 The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for the
Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year before being Taught By Using RAP
(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ............................................................................... 52
4.2 The Distribution Frequency of Reading Comprehension for the
Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year before being Taught By Using RAP
(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ............................................................................... 52
4.3 The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for the
Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP (Read-
Ask-Put) Strategy.......................................................................................... 54
4.4 The Distribution Frequency of Reading Comprehension for the
Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP (Read-
Ask-Put) Strategy.......................................................................................... 54
4.5 The Summary of T-test Result of Reading Comprehension for
the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in
2014/ 2015 before and after beingTaught By Using RAP
(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ............................................................................... 59
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
2.1 The Figure of Cue Card for RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ......................... 32
3.1 Design Using Pre-test and Post-test .............................................................. 38
3.2 The Formula of Reliability of the Test ......................................................... 43
3.3 The Formula of Mean ................................................................................... 46
3.4 The Formula of Standard of Deviation of Pre-test and
Post-test Score .............................................................................................. 46
3.5 The Formula of t (obtained) .......................................................................... 47
3.6 The formula of t (obtained)........................................................................... 49
4.1 The Bar Chart of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth
Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in
2014/2015 Academic Year before being Taught by Using
RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ...................................................................... 53
4.2 The Bar Chart of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth
Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in
2014/2015 Academic Year after being Taught by Using
RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy. ..................................................................... 56
4.3 The Curve of T-test Result for the Tenth Grade Students
of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/2015 Academic
Year............................................................................................................... 59
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix Page
1. Syllabus ......................................................................................................... 74
2. Lesson plan ................................................................................................... 79
3. Try-Out, Pre-Test and Post-Test Sheet ......................................................... 99
4. Keys Answer for Try-Out, Pre-Test and Post-Test Sheet ........................... 108
5. Students Worksheet for Treatment 1-4 ....................................................... 109
6. Keys Answer of Students Worksheet for Treatment 1-4 ............................ 121
7. The Table of Specification of the Reading
Comprehension for the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN
1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year...................................... 122
8. The Score of Try-Out Test For X2 of SMAN 1
Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year......................................... 124
9. The Table of Reliability of Try-Out for X2 of SMAN 1
Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year......................................... 125
10. The Calculation of Try-Out Test for X2 of SMAN 1
Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year.......................................... 131
11. The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for
the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara
in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year before being Taught By
Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ........................................................... 132
12. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Pre-
Test Scores of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth
Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year before being Taught By Using
RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ..................................................................... 133
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13. The Score of the Students’ Reading Comprehension for
the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara
in 2014/ 2015 Academic Year after being Taught By
Using RAP (Read-Ask-Put) Strategy .......................................................... 136
14. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Pre-
Test Scores of Reading Comprehension for the Tenth
Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP
(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ............................................................................. 137
15. The Calculation of T-test for Means of Pre-test and Post-
test Score of the Reading Comprehension for the Tenth
Grade Students of SMAN 1 Nalumsari Jepara in 2014/
2015 Academic Year after being Taught By Using RAP
(Read-Ask-Put) Strategy ............................................................................... 140
16. The Distribution of T-table for Any Number Degree of
Freedom ........................................................................................................ 143