Mahmudah, Syifa (2023) Think Aloud Method To Improve The Students’ability In Reading Skill at SMP IT Insan Mulia Batanghari East Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Metro.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to analyze the improve students reading skill by using think aloud method. The focus on this research is reading skill of English students at the eighth graders SMP IT Insan Mulia Batanghari East Lampung. The students faced difficulties to understand the meaning of the word and develop their ideas in recount text.

This research was carried to discuss Think Aloud as a method to improve the students’ reading skill. This research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The population of this research was the eighth graders students. The sample of this research was the Class VIII that consists of 22 students. In this research the students were given pre-test before treatment and post-test after treatment. In collecting the data, the researcher used, test (pre-test, post-test I, cycle I and post-test II, cycle II), observation and documentation.

The result of the research showed that using Think Aloud Method had positive improvement in the reading skill at the eighth graders SMP IT Insan Mulia Batanghari East Lampung. It can be proved by the students’ average score in pre- test was 33 and in post-test I was 65 became 83 in post-test II. It means that the using of Think Aloud Method can improve the students’ reading skill especially in recount text at the eighth graders SMP IT Insan Mulia Batanghari East Lampung.

Keywords: Think Aloud Method, Reading Skill, Recount Text, Classroom Action Research

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