Soni Hepi Wijaya , 2201414057 (2019) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LISTEN-READ-DISCUSS (LRD) AND GRAPHIC ORGANIZER COMBINATION TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF REPORT TEXT. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant difference of reading comprehension achievement between a group that is taught using LRD and graphic organizer combination technique and another group that is taught using conventional method; and to explain the effectiveness of LRD (Listen-Read-Discuss) and graphic organizer combination technique in teaching report text reading comprehension. This study used quasi-experimental. The population of this study was the ninth grade students of SMP Negeri Bae, Kudus in the Academic Year of 2018/2019. Meanwhile, the sample consisted of 64 students from two classes. The study steps were giving pre-test, treatments, and post-test to both groups. The data were collected by giving a reading test to both groups. In addition, questionnaire was also conducted to know the students’ responses toward the combination technique, Based on the analysis of the data, the mean score of pre-test of experimental group was 53,59 while control group was 53,13. It indicated that both group had equal level of ability. In post-test, The mean of experimental group was 78,13, it was higher than control groups with 69.84. Furthermore, independent sample test showed that tvalue was higher than ttable (4,793 > 1,999). In conclusion, there is a significant difference between both groups. Moreover, students’ responses toward the combination technique showed that they are interested in learning reading report text using the combination technique. They also felt that the combination technique is fun method. It indicated that LRD and graphic organizer combination technique is effective to improve students’ reading comprehension of report text.

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