Ratna Sari, Eka (2019) Improving the students’ reading comprehension of the descriptive text through contextual teaching and learning method at eighth grade of Mts Muhammadiyah Metro. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the students’ reading comprehension at MTs Muhammadiyah Metro which was found in reading descriptive text and to know extend of the Contextual Teaching and Learning method could help the students’ in learning process. The writer tried to attest that Contextual teaching and Learning method could be one of a teaching method to improve the students’ reading skill especially in descriptive text.

In this research, researcher conducted classroom action research (CAR) which was done in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The subject of this research was 25 students’ in VII Maliki class of MTs Muhammadiyah Metro. In collecting data, the researcher used multiple choice (pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2), questioner, interview, observation and documentation. The research was conducted collaboratively with an English teacher of MTs Muhammadiyah Metro. In the research, the students read descriptive text about place, hobby, friendship and family.

Regarding to the research result which was taken from observation and test, it could be inferred that there were significant improvements from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The average score of post-test 1 was 71 with percentage of students’ successfulness was 52%. Next cycle 2 the average score was 78,6 with percentage of successfulness was 88%. It indicated that indicator of success of the research has been achieved at least 80% students was completed the Minimum Mastery Criterion and it is obvious that by implementing Contextual Teaching and Learning Method could increase students’ skill in reading descriptive text. It mean that the research was successful.

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