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%A DEWI SETIA RINI, 1413042015
%C Universitas Lampung
%D 2018
%F eprints:37229
%I Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
%T USING SHORT FUNCTIONAL TEXT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’  READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMPN 1  GADINGREJO
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/37229/
%X The objectives of this research are to find out whether there is any significant  difference of students’ reading comprehension achievment after being taught by  using short functional text and to find out the students’ response on the process of  teaching reading by using short functional text.  The p o p u l a t i o n of this research was the second grade students of SMPN 1  Gadingrejo in the academic year 2017/2018. The sample of this research was  class VIII 1 which consisted of 30 students. The research design was one group  pretest posttest. The students were taught by using s h o r t f u n c t i o n a l  t e x t in three meetings. The data were taken from the tests, and then they were  analyzed by using repeated measure t-test. The questionnaire was used to find  out the students’ responses toward the using of the text.  The stastical result of the implementation of short functional text in teaching  reading is 0.00 (<0.05). Before using short functional texts in teaching reading, the  mean score was 53.5, but after using short functional texts, in teaching reading,  the mean score was 72.0. In addition, the students’ responses toward the  using short functional text were positive. The majority of the students strongly  agreed that they were well-motivated and interested.  In brief, it can be concluded that short functional text enables to improve  the students’ reading achievement. The result showed a positive impact in the  students’ reading achievement.