Wati, Nina Rahma (2018) Increasing The Reading Comprehension Ability by Using Pictures Series Among The Eighth Graders at SMPN 2 Purbolinggo East Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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INCREASING THE READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY BY USING PICTURES SERIES AMONG THE EIGHTH GRADERS OF THE SMPN 2 PURBOLINGGO EAST LAMPUNGABSTRACTBy:Nina Rahma WatiThethesis aimed toshowing that the use of thepictures seriescan increasethe students' reading comprehension ability and their learning activity. The writer realizes that the pictures seriescould be one of the teaching aids for the students as long as the students could utilize it properly. Because, the pictures seriescontain reading materials printed in picturesformat for children. So, the students will be interested and relaxed in reading.

This research is classroom action research. This research contains two variable (x) and (y). Variable (x) is the independent variable (Thepictures series) and variable (y) is the dependent variable (Reading Comprehension Ability). This research was conducted in two cycles, cycle 1 and cycle 2. Cycle 1 consisted 3 meeting, the first meeting was used to pretest, the second and third meeting was used to the action and post-test 1. In the cycle 2 consisted of two meeting, the first meeting for the action, and the second meeting for the post test 2.

Based on the result data analysis since pre-test up post-test of cycle, the students' average score of pre-test is 41, the average score of post-test in cycle 1 is 60, and the average score of post-test in cycle 2 is 79,6. So, there is progress from 41to 60and finally be 79,6. It can be seen from the data, such as: there is increasingabout 19point of progress average score from the pre-test to the post-test in the cycle 1. Then the cycle 2 have progress average score from 60to 79.6there is improving about 19,6. point. It means that the students could achieve the target. The target is 70% students gained score 70. It means that the students' reading can increasethe reading comprehension ability.

Keyword:Pictures series Media, reading comprehension ability.

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