Damayanti, Ervina (2023) The Influence Of Intensive Reading In Descriptive Texts On Reading Comprehension Of The Seventh Grade At SMP Negeri 1 Terbanggi Besar. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The aim of study of this research is to find out whether the intensive reading in descriptive texts can influence of reading comprehension at SMP Negeri 1 Terbanggi Besar. The subject of the research was 61 students, was divided into 2 classes consisting of classes VIII F as control class and VIII H as experimental class.

This present research is study quantitative research which was conducted in the form of quasi- experimental design carried. To select the participant, researcher used simple random sampling. The researcher gave multiple choice test to gather the data. There were pre-test and post-test. The formula that was used analyze the data was t-test. The purposes of pre-test and post-test are to determine differences in the ability to reading descriptive text before and given treatment. It can be seen that the result pre-test in the experimental class with an average score of 45 and in control class with an average score of 44,8. After pre-test doing the treatment and the result post-test in experimental class with an average score of 75,3 and in control class with an average score of 48,3.

Based on the data analysis result, it comes to the conclusion that if the probability or Sig. > α (0.05), the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that there is a positive and significant effect of variable X on variable Y. In the other words, Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. Based on the result, it could be said that Intensive Reading in the students’ reading comprehension on descriptive text of the seven graders of SMP Negeri 1 Terbanggi Besar.

Keywords: Quasi Experiment, Reading Comprehension, Intensive reading, Descriptive Text

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