Electronic Theses and Dissertation

The objective of this research is to investigate the effects of implementation games through small groups to the eighth grade students of smpn 7 banda aceh. the main purpose of the study is to investigate whether the students who are taught by implementing games through small groups achieve a better score in reading comprehension than those who are taught by implementing conventional technique. for this purpose, there are two classes taken as the sample both control class and experimental class that consists of 30 students for each class. in addition, the data is collected through quantitative and qualitative data. the quantitative data are obtained from the result of pre-test and post test score of the students’ reading comprehension. while, the qualitative data are obtained from the questionnaire distributed at the end of teaching to know the students’ responses toward the implementation of games through small groups in teaching reading comprehension. the result of the data analysis of the quantitative can be seen from the result of the post-test scores of each class in which that the mean of the post test scores of the experimental class is 82,5 while the mean of the post test scores of the control class is 69,9. by comparing t-test score and t-table score, it is shown that the result of t-test is 5,01 while the result of t-table at a level of significance with ? =0,05 is 2,02. it means that t-test score is higher than t-table score (5,01>2,02). in this phase, alternative hypothesis is accepted. it can be concluded that the students who are taught by implementing games through small groups achieve a better score in reading comprehension than those who are taught by implementing conventional technique. the analysis of questionnaire data also shows that, the applied technique had succesfully attracted and motivated students in learning reading comprehension. almost all the students strongly agree that the technique has given good impact to the students and it has encouraged their confidence during the lesson. besides, the ideas would be transferred actively since they are well-interacted in the group formerly formed. in conclusion, games through small groups is very effective in increasing the students reading comprehension skill.