TY  - GEN
CY  - UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
ID  - eprints57707
UR  - http://digilib.unila.ac.id/57707/
A1  - Ni Gusti Ayu Putu Mona , 1753042007 
Y1  - 2022/02/09/
N2  - This research was aimed to find out whether there is significant difference after
the implementation of descriptive text related to the local culture toward students?
reading comprehension and to investigate how the students? appraisal after the
implementation. Adapting quantitative approach, this research was conducted
through one group pre-test and post-test design. The subject of the research were
the second-year students of Senior High School 14 Bandar Lampung which
consisted of thirtyfour students in academic year 2020/2021. The data were
elicited through pre-test and post-test in the form of descriptive reading text. The
mean of both test were analyzed using Paired Sample T-test with the significant
level of 0.05. The result showed that there was significant difference of students?
reading comprehension after they were taught through descriptive text related to
the local culture concerning the gain of their score from the first to the second test.
It could be seen from the computation that the significant value of the test were
lower than alpha (0.00<0.05) while the t-value (9.342) was higher than t-table
(2.0322). It was also revealed that students had a positive appraisal after the
implementation. It could be seen from the computation that frequency of students
above 70% with range frequency (70-100%) who had a high appraisal were 25
and the frequency of students under 55% with range frequency (1-54%) who had a
low appraisal were 6. Most of the students accepted the implementation of
descriptive text related to the local culture. Thus, local culture can be used as
reading material in teaching and learning English. The students have a good score
after implementation and they also enjoyed the activities and learning process of
reading that has been provided.
 
Keywords: improving, students? reading comprehension, descriptive text-local 
culture, students? appraisal. 
PB  - FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
TI  - IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION USING
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT RELATED TO THE LOCAL CULTURE
AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMAN 14 BANDAR LAMPUNG

AV  - restricted
ER  -