THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING MAKE A MATCH TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ON AL-JIHAD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST JAKARTA IN THE 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR

agus aliatman halawa; siswana, m. pd.; roihatul millah, m. pd.;

SITI ROHAYAH. NIM 1001065214. The Effectiveness of Using Make a
Match Technique in Teaching Reading Comprehension at the Eighth
Grade Students of Al-Jihad Junior High School in the 2014-2015
Academic Year. A paper; Jakarta, The Study Programme of English
Education The School of Teachers Training and Education, The
University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, 2014.
The purpose of this research was to get the empirical evidence on
the effectiveness of using Make a Match technique in teaching reading
comprehension at the eighth grade students on Al-Jihad Junior High
School West Jakarta in the 2014-2015 Academic Year. There were two
classes; VIII A and VIII B with the total number of population were 42
students. The writer decided to take 21 students for the experiment class
and 21 students for the control class. They were taken from the VIII A
and VIII B by using research population.
The research finding showed that using Make a Match technique
in teaching reading comprehension for the experiment class gets the
average score (X) of 64.38. While in the control class, that using
conventional technique gets the average score (X) of 55.62. To know the
effectiveness of using Make a Match technique in teaching students‟
reading comprehension, the writer uses the hypotheses test of t-Test.
From the computation results, t observed = 2.26 and t table = 1.72. with 0.05
significance level.
Based on the data analyisis of the research, t observed = 2.26 and t
table = 1.72. with 0.05 significance level. Because t observed>t table, it means
Make a Match technique is effective in teaching reading comprehension
at the eighth grade students of Al-Jihad Junior High School West Jakarta
in the 2014-2015 Academic Year. Benerfits of the research result by
using Make a Match technique could be more fun and interactive to
practice in the classroom, and also they could be more responsible
because they have to match the card that given by the teacher.