THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING RECIPROCAL TEACHING TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SECOND GRADE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Kinanatul Fajariyah, Evha Nazalatus Sy

Abstract


English is very important for communication. People can express their ideas to communicate. Communication speaks with others. It means that language should be learned by people around the world. Reading is one of the daily activities in human life. Teaching reading English can improve the other skills especially for listening, writing, and speaking. The purpose of reading is to help the reader comprehend the text. In addition, reading gives someone for information and for pleasure. This study is aimed at finding is the effectiveness of using Reciprocal Teaching in teaching descriptive text at the second grade English Department of Madura University in the academic year of 2020/2021. Reciprocal Teaching has four techniques. They are predicting, questioning, clarifying, And summarizing. The researcher used quantitative research, one group pre-test post-test . The population of this research is all students of the English department Of Madura University. The sample was one class; the Second grade of the English department. To analyzing the data, the researcher used SPSS V.16. This research was conducted by giving a pre-test, applying an experiment using reciprocal teaching, and giving a post-test. The data were analyzed using the t-test formula to determine the effectiveness of using reciprocal teaching. The results showed that the average value of the pre-test was 47.4 then after being given the reciprocal teaching technique, the students were given a post-test with an average score of 89.9. The value of the Normality test using the reciprocal teaching technique is 0.795 > 0.05 (Asymp. Sig. (2tailed)). Then, for the significant homogeneity test 0.205 > 0.05 (Asymp. Sig. (2tailed)). Then, for the Hypothesis Test value of (0.000) < 0.005 (Asymp. Sig. (2tailed)) So there is a significant difference between learning descriptive text not using reciprocal teaching technique and descriptive text learning using a reciprocal teaching technique.


Keywords


Effectiveness, Reciprocal Teaching, Descriptive Text.

References


Arikunto, Suharsimi. 2006. Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktik. Jakarta: Bineka Cipta.

Arikunto, Suharsimi. 2010. Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktik: (Edisi Revisi). Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.

Ary, et al. 2010. 2006. Introduction to Research in Education. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning

Blazer, Cristie. 2007. Information Capsule. Miami: Miami Dade Country Public Schools.

Brown, H. Douglas. 2007. Principle of Language Learning and Teaching (Fifth Edition). New York: Pearson Education. Inc.

Cekiso,Phillip.2007. Evaluating Reading Strategies Instruction. Potchefstroom Campus

Chambers, Ellie and Marshall Gregory. 2006. Teaching and Learning English Literature. London: SAGE Publications.

Crystal, D. 2003. English as a global language, (2nd Ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

El-Koumy, A. 2016. Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Learning Dissabilities at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels: A Multiple-Strategies Approach. Suez University, Egypt.

Gerot, Linda and Wignell, Peter, Making Sense of Functional Grammar, Sydney: Gerd Stabler, 1994

Gurney, Philip. 2007. Five Factors for Effective Teaching. New Zealand.

Harmer, Jeremy. 2007. How to Teach English. England: Pearson Education Limited.

Harris, David P. 1969. Testing english as a second language. New York : McGraw-Hill

Harris Karen R, Graham Steve and Alison Bordman. 2007. Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties. London, New York: Guilford Publications, Inc.

Hartono, Rudi. 2005. Genres of texts. Semarang State University.

Institute of Education Sciences (IES). 2010. What Works Clearinghouse: Reciprocal Teaching. United States: WWC Intervention Report.

Kane. 2000 . Definition of descriptive text: New York: The Guilford Paess.

Knapp P, & Watkins, M. 2005. Genre, Text, Grammaar: Technologies for Teaching and Assesing Writing. Sydney: UNSW Press.

The Ellite Of Unira

Volume 5, Nomor 2, Juli 2022

Komariah, P. A. R. Ramadhona & T. M. Silviyanti. 2015. Improving Reading Comprehension Trough Reciprocal Teaching Method. Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

Linse, Caroline. T. 2005. Practical English Language Teaching Young Learner. New York: Mc. Grow-Hill Companies.

Moreillon, Judi. 2007. Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension. US: American library Association.

Noor, juliansyah. 2011 . Metodologi penelitian : Skripsi, Tesis, Disertasi dan Karya Ilmiah . Jakarta : Kencana

Pardiyono. 2007 . Pasti Bisa! Teaching Genre-Based Writing. Jogjakarta : Andi.

Petel, M.F and Jain, Preven M. 2008. English Language Teaching(method, tools, and technique). Jaipur: Sunrises Publisher and Distributors.

Rohdearni wati sipayung. 2018 . improving students learning achievemen in reading the descriptive text through the reciprocal teaching strategy ( pre experimental in class VIII grade students of PTPN IV Bah Jambi Private Junior High School 2018/2019 academic year ). Sumatera: Simalungun University. BirLE-Journal

Sari, Ika Fathma. 2014. The Effectiveness of using Reciprocal Technique on Students Reading Ability of Narrative Text (A Quasi Experimetal Study of Eleventh Grade Students of SMA N 90 Jakarta in the Academic Year of 2013/2014). Jakarta: Syarif Hidayatulloh State University. Unpublished.

Sudarwati, Th.M., and Eudia Grace. 2005. Look Ahead 2: An English Course for Senior High School Students Year XI.Jakarta: Erlangga.

Sugiyono. 2011. Statistika Untuk Penelitian. Bandung: Alfabeta.

Sugiyono.2015. Metode Penelitian Pendidikan Pendekatan Kuantiatif Kualitatif Dan R&D. Bandung: Alfabeta.

Vafakhah, Salehi. 2013. A Comparative Study of Reciprocal Teaching Only (RTO) and Explicit Teaching of Strategies before Reciprocal Teaching (ET-RT) On Reading Comprehension of EFL Learners. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences.

Zumarkshin. 2005Descriptive Text in English:http:/www.descriptivetext.com Accessed on November 15th


Full Text: PDF

DOI: 10.53712/ellite.v5i2.1852

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.