Isnaini, . (2021) Improving The Students’ Reading Skill by Using Instagram Among the Eighth Grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Sendang Agung Central Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purposes of this research were to investigate whether the use of Instagram can improve the students’ reading skill at the eighth grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Sendang Agung in Academic Year of 2021/2022. The researcher improved this phenomenon based on the consideration of students’ reading problem which was investigated in the pre-survey process. Therefore, this research was expected to be useful in improving reading skill by using Instagram to encourage reading skills. Moreover, the kind of this research was classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, acting, and observing. Object of this research is the students’ reading skill. In collecting the data, the researcher used test, observation and documentation. This research was conducted by collaborating with an English teacher of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Sendang Agung that was Mrs. Amriyah, S.Pd. Finally, the research results indicate that the percentage of students’ success of post-test II score was 80% or 16 students passed the passing grade. The average score of post-test II was 74. It means that the indicator of success of this research had been achieved because there was >70% students got score 70 as Minimum Mastery Criteria (MMC). It indicated that the students’ reading was improved. Therefore, it is inferred that this Classroom Action Research (CAR) was successful because the research result entirely passed the indicators of success. It conclusion Instagram can improve students’ ability in reading skill. In the other words, the indicator of the success of this research was achieved.

Keywords: Reading Skill, Instagram, Classroom Action Research

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