Irma Sari Primary Author mixed material bibliography Banda Aceh PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN JASMANI, KESEHATAN DAN REKREASI JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN OLAHRGA FAKULTAS KEGURUA 2016 id Indonesia

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Abstract Name : Irma Sari Student No. : 1106102020010 Study Program : English Education Title : Teaching Reading Comprehension through Herringbone Technique (An Experimental Study at SMPN 18 Banda Aceh) Keywords: Herringbone Technique, Reading comprehension, Recount Text This research aims to find out whether Herringbone Technique improved students’ reading comprehension especially in finding main idea and supporting detail. Herringbone is one of the techniqueswhich can help students find important information and main idea in a text by seeking answer six comprehension questions (who, what, where, when, why, how) on diagram. The sample of this research was class VIII3 which consisted of 30 students. The researc her used simple random sampling to choose the sample. This research used one group pre -test and post-test design; it is one of research designs in experimental research. Pretest was given before treatment, while posttest was given after students taught by using Herringbone Technique. The instruments used in this research were tests; they were pretest and post-test. Both pretest and post test consisted of ten questions. The technique of data analysis, the researcher used statistical formula. The mean score o f pretest was 59 and the post-test was 76. Futhermore, the result of calculation of t -test was 10.15, while the critical value of 0.05 significant level was 2.045 and degree of freedom is 29. T –test (10.15) was higher than t-score table (2.045). It can be concluded that using Herringbone Technique in teaching reading can increase students’ reading comprehension. READING 1 ELECTRONIC THESES AND DISSERTATION Universitas Syiah Kuala 29566 2017-01-30 14:17:29 2018-04-24 11:05:10 machine generated