Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Name : vebriana setia deny student no. : 1206102020059 study program: english education title : using suggestopedia method to improve reading comprehension (an experimental research at grade viii-1 smpn 8 banda aceh) keywords: suggestopedia , reading skill, reading comprehension this research is intended to find out whether suggestopedia method improved students’ reading comprehension. this research was conducted at smpn 8 banda aceh. the sample was taken by random sampling of the students of class viii-1. the framework undertaken by lezanov (1970). the technique of data collection, the researcher used pre-test, treatment and post-test. the materials used in the test were narrative texts. the reading comprehension which tested was main idea, detail information, vocabulary and reference. the writer used one group pre-test and post-test design. the tests consisted of 10 multiple choice questions of narrative texts. the technique of data analysis, the writer used statistical formula. the mean score of pre-test was (53.18) and the post-test was (79.09). the finding showed that the improvement of the mean was 25.91. the critical value of 0.05 significant level was 2.080 and degree of freedom was 21. t-test 4.197 was higher than t-table (2.080). as a result, suggestopedia method can improve the students’ reading comprehension in narrative text particularly at the viii-1 of smpn 8 banda aceh.