THESIS
IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION
THROUGH JIGSAW TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGHTH
GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 SUKAWATI
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
MONIKA AWANG
ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MAHASARASWATI DENPASAR UNIVERSITY
DENPASAR
2014
THESIS
IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION
THROUGH JIGSAW TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGHTH
GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 SUKAWATI
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
MONIKA AWANG
NMP. 10.8.03.51.31.2.5.3732
ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MAHASARASWATI DENPASAR UNIVERSITY
DENPASAR
2014
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PRE-REQUISITE TITLE
IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION
THROUGH JIGSAW TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGHTH
GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 SUKAWATI
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
THESIS
As Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Education Study Program
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Mahasaraswati Denpasar University
BY
MONIKA AWANG
NPM: 10.8.03.51.31.2.5.3732
ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MAHASARASWATI DENPASAR UNIVERSITY
DENPASAR
2014
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APPROVAL SHEET
1
This thesis entitled “Improving Reading Comprehension Through Jigsaw
Technique at the Eighth Grade Students Of SMP N 2 Sukawati in Academic Year
2013/2014” has been approved and accepted as partial fulfillment for the Sarjana
Pendidikan Degree in English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher
Training and Education, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University.
Approved By
Advisor I
Advisor II
Dr. Drs. I Made Sukamerta, M.Pd.
NIP. 19550507 198203 1 003
Dewa Ayu Ari W. Joni, S.Pd.,M.Pd.
NPK. 82 8810 321
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APPROVAL SHEET
2
This thesis has been examined and assessed by the examiner committee of
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education,
Mahasaraswati Denpasar University in the oral examination on 11th February
2014.
Chef Examiner
Dra. IA. Martini, M.Hum.
NIP. 19531231 198703 2 001
Examiner I
Examiner II
Dr. Drs. I Made Sukamerta, M.Pd.
NIP. 19550507 198203 1 003
Dewa Ayu A. W. Joni, S.Pd., M.Pd.
NPK. 82 8810 321
Approved by
Dean of the faculty of Teacher
Training and Education
Head of the English Education
Study Program
Prof. Dr. Wayan Maba.
NIP. 19581231 198303 1 032
I Komang Budiarta, S.Pd., M.Hum.
NPK. 82 8208 306
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STATEMENT OF AUNTHENTICITY
The researcher hereby declares that this thesis is her own writing, and it is
true and correct that there is no other’s work or statement, except the work or
statement that is referred in the references. All cited works were quoted in
accordance with the ethical code of academic writing.
Denpasar, 3th February 2014
The researcher,
Monika Awang
NPM: 10.8.03.51.31.2.5.3732
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the researcher would like to express her great sincere gratitude
to Jesus Christ for His blessing so that she could finish this final writing report on
the due date.
The researcher would like to express her gratitude to Dr. Drs. I Made
Sukamerta, M.Pd. as her first advisor and Dewa Ayu Ari W. Joni, S.Pd.,M.Pd. as
her second advisor who have been guided her patiently and given their time
during thesis writing process.
The researcher is also grateful to the Dean of Faculty of Teacher Training
and Education, Prof. Dr. Wayan Maba, and also to I Komang Budiarta,
S.Pd.,M.Hum as the head of English Department and to all staffs of English
Department the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Mahasaraswati
Denpasar University for their friendly help and assistance. Moreover, the
researcher is also grateful to the head master of SMP N 2 Sukawati and all of his
staffs for the great cooperation to get the research done appropriately.
The deepest thanks are dedicated to her beloved parents, brothers, and her
sister, who always give their love, prayer, affection and support during she was
studying until the process of writing the thesis. Moreover, they are the ‘power’
and the ‘heart’ that make the researcher can face and stand toward every obstacle
of life. Finally, the researcher would like to dedicate her special thanks to her
beloved classmates “E is the best” whose names could not be mentioned one by
one.
Denpasar, 3th February 2014
The Researcher
Monika Awang
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ABSTRACT
Awang, M. (2014). Improving Reading Comprehension through Jigsaw
Technique at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 2 Sukawati in
Academic Year 2013/2014. First Advisor: Dr. Drs. I Made Sukamerta,
M.Pd. Second Advisor: Dewa Ayu Ari W. Joni, S.Pd., M.Pd
The present classroom action research dealt with the improving reading
comprehension through jigsaw technique at the eighth grade students of SMP N 2
Sukawati in academic year 2013/2014. Improving students’ reading
comprehension through jigsaw technique was mainly intended to figure out
whether jigsaw technique could improve students’ reading comprehension. The
subject of the present study was the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Sukawati in
academic year 2013/2014 that consisted of 19 females and 15 males. The present
classroom action research used the pre test and post test which consisted of
descriptive and narrative text. Based on the result of the pre-test which was
carried out in the pre-cycle, it pointed out that the subjects’ ability in reading
comprehension was categorized almost averages. The present action research was
then carried out through implementing jigsaw technique in three-planned cycles.
The results of the pos- tests in each cycle showed that there was significant
improvement concerning the subjects’ ability in reading comprehension in which
it was improved from the lever of almost averages to very good. This research
furthermore showed that there was changing learning behavior as the result of the
positive responses concerning the technique applied in improving the subject
reading comprehension. To sum up, the present classroom action research proved
that jigsaw technique could improved reading comprehension at the eighth grade
students’ of SMP N 2 Sukawati in academic year 2013/2014; in addition, the
subject also responded positively the implementation of jigsaw technique.
Keywords: jigsaw technique, reading comprehension.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER ................................................................................................................. i
INSIDE COVER ................................................................................................... ii
PRE-REQUISITE TITLE ................................................................................... iii
APPROVAL SHEET 1 ......................................................................................... iv
APPROVAL SHEET 2 ......................................................................................... v
STATEMENT OF AUTENTICITY .................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................. vii
ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................... viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... ix
LIST OF TABLE ................................................................................................. xi
LIST OF GRAPH ................................................................................................. xii
LIST OF APENDICES ........................................................................................ xiii
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the Study....................................................... 1
1.2 Research Problem.................................................................. 4
1.3 Objective of the Study........................................................... 4
1.4 Limitation of the Study ......................................................... 4
1.5 Significance of the Study ...................................................... 5
1.6 Definition of key Terms ....................................................... 6
CHAPTER II
Theoretical and Empirical Review .............................................. 7
2.1 Theoretical Review .............................................................. 7
2.1.1 The Definition of Reading Comprehension ............... 7
2.1.2 The Definition of Jigsaw ............................................ 13
2.1.3 Assessment of Reading .............................................. 16
2.2 Empirical Review ................................................................. 19
2.3 Hypothesis ............................................................................. 20
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD .............................................................. 21
3.1 Subject of the Study ............................................................. 21
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3.2 Research Design .................................................................... 21
3.3. Research Procedure ............................................................. 23
3.4 Research Instrument .............................................................. 26
3.5 Data Collection...................................................................... 27
3.6 Data Analysis ........................................................................ 28
3.7 Success Indicator .................................................................. 29
CHAPTER IV FINGINDS AND DISCUSSION ................................................ 30
4.1 Finding ................................................................................. 30
4.2 Discussion ............................................................................. 43
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .......................................... 50
5.1 Conclusion ........................................................................... 50
5.2 Suggestion ............................................................................. 52
REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 54
APPENDICES ..................................................................................................... 56
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 The Score Criteria ................................................................................ 29
Table 4.1 Tabulation of Data Showing the Subjects’ Progressing
Scores in Reading Comprehension after Being Taught
Through Jigsaw Technique .................................................................. 30
Table 4.2 Tabulation of Data Showing the Subjects’ changing
Behavior and Attitude in Learning Reading Comprehension
Through Jigsaw Technique .................................................................. 32
Table 4.3 Summary of the Research Findings’ Showing the Mean Score
Of Each Session and Grand Mean for Cycle I and Cycle II ................ 41
Table 4.1 Summary of the Research Finding Showing the
Grand Mean for Cycle I and Cycle II .................................................. 43
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LIST OF GRAPHS
Graph 4.2 Depicting of the Subjects’ Progressing Grand mean in
Reading Comprehension through Jigsaw Technique in
Pre-Cycle, Cycle I, and Cycle II .......................................................... 44
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1
List of Subject ............................................................................ 56
Appendix 2
Pre-Test ...................................................................................... 57
Appendix 3
Answer Key of Pre-Test ............................................................. 61
Appendix 4
Lesson Plan Session 1 in cycle I ................................................ 62
Appendix 5
Lesson Plan Session 2 in cycle I ................................................ 67
Appendix 6
Lesson Plan Session 3 in cycle II ............................................... 72
Appendix 7
Lesson Plan Session 4 in cycle II ............................................... 77
Appendix 8
Post-Test Session 1 in cycle I .................................................... 82
Appendix 9
Post-Test Session 2 in cycle II ................................................... 86
Appendix 10
Post-Test Session 1 in cycle II ................................................... 90
Appendix 11
Post-Test Session 2 in cycle II .................................................... 94
Appendix 12
Answer Key for Post-Test Session 1 in cycle I ........................... 98
Appendix 13
Answer Key for Post-Test Session 2 in cycle I ........................... 99
Appendix 14
Answer Key for Post-Test Session 1 in cycle II ......................... 100
Appendix 15
Answer Key for Post-Test Session 2 in cycle II ......................... 101
Appendix 16
Questionnaires ............................................................................ 102
Appendix 17
Research Permit from Mahasaraswati Denpasar University....... 104
Appendix 18
Research Approval from SMP N 2 Sukawati ............................. 105
Appendix 19
Biography ................................................................................... 106
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