%0 Generic
%A Susetyo, Dwi Astiti Nugraheni
%C Universitas Lampung
%D 2013
%F eprints:148
%I Fakultas KIP
%T INCREASING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH  TASK BASED APPROACH AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMKN 2  BANDAR LAMPUNG
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/148/
%X The objective of this research is to find out whether there is significant increase of  students’ reading comprehension achievement after being taught using task-based  approach. The population of this research is the first year students of SMKN 2  Bandar Lampung consisting of 15 classes and one class is taken as the sample  class. The sample is selected by using the random sampling technique.  This is a quantitative research and one group pretest- posttest design was  employed. The mean score of pretest is 51,43 and mean score of posttest is 78,43,  so the increase is 27,00. The significant (2-tailed) value was p= 0.000, where  p<0.05, it showed that the hypothesis was accepted. From five reading aspects  being observed, identifying main idea was the highest increase and students had  positive respond after being taught using task-based approach. It was therefore  concluded that task-based approach could significantly increase students’ reading  comprehension achievement.  Keywords: reading aspects, reading comprehension, task-based approach