%0 Generic
%A HANNY PUTRI KYAWARDANI, 15130420037
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2019
%F eprints:58008
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%T IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH  SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION USING NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE  EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMPN 18 BANDAR LAMPUNG
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/58008/
%X Reading is one of most complicated language skills. In fact, reading is a crucial  language skill because through reading we can discover new knowledge. There  are 5 main aspects in reading such as determining main idea, finding specific  information, finding reference, finding inference and vocabulary. In school,  students reading comprehension was low because of inappropriate teaching  technique. Then, this research used small group discussion technique in teaching  reading.  Due to the case stated earlier, the aim of this research is to find out whether there  is significant differences after being taught through small group discussion  technique, and to find out what aspect that improves the most. This research used  one group pre-test and post-test. The sample of this research was 8H students at  SMPN 18 Bandar Lampung. The instruments were pre-test and post-test. The data  were analyzed using repeated measure T-test which the significance level was  determined by t-value>t-table.  Evidently, the result of this study showed that there is significant differences of  students’ reading comprehension after being taught through small group  discussion technique where the t-value was higher than t-table (11.107>2.051).  Determining main idea was the aspect that improved the most after implementing  small group discussion technique. It is proved that small group discussion  technique improves students reading comprehension. Furthermore, during  implementing small group discussion technique, there were some problems such  as the class situation was not conducive, limited time allocation, and the lack of  students’ knowledge. The hypothesis in this research was accepted. In summary,  small group discussion technique can be used to improve students reading  comprehension.    Keywords: small group discussion, reading comprehension, teaching reading,  main idea, students’ improvement