TY  - GEN
ID  - eprints8542
UR  - http://digilib.unila.ac.id/8542/
A1  - 0543042010,  ELLYNDA SARI
Y1  - 2012/01/26/
N2  - Reading is one of the skills that should be taught at school. Based on the writer?s
teaching experience at SMK Negeri 1 Bandar Lampung, it was found that the
students still have difficulties in reading. Therefore, the writer employed Cloze
Procedure as a technique to improve the students? reading achievement and
their participation in learning.

The subject of this research is the students of the first year of SMK Negeri 1
Bandar Lampung, class X (ten) TKJ. The research was conducted from March 23

until April 4
th
 2011. A classroom action research was carried out in order to
improve students? reading achievement by using Cloze Procedure in English
reading class.

The result of the research shows that Cloze Procedure improves the students?
reading achievement.There were two indicators that were used in this research,
i.e. learning product and learning process. In term of learning product, there are
75% students who passed the score of 60, as the passing grade. Meanwhile, it
was also found that there were 80% students who were actively involved during
the lesson in the first cycle. In the second cycle, there were 77.27% students who
reached the passing grade. It was found that there were 80.83% students who
actively involved during the teaching learning was conducted.

Based on the data, it can be concluded that there is an improvement of the
students? reading achievement after being taught using Cloze Procedure.
Therefore, Cloze Procedure is recommended to be used by English teachers to
improve their students? reading achievement and the participation in learning.
However, since students have opportunity to interact in discussion, the teacher
should pay careful attention to overcome the noisy class.

TI  - THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLOZE PROCEDURE IN
ENGLISH READING CLASS AT THE FIRST YEAR OF 
SMK NEGERI 1 BANDAR LAMPUNG

AV  - restricted
ER  -