The Effectiveness of using Two Stay-Two Stray Technique in Teaching Reading Comprehension on the Tenth Grade Students at SMKN 13 Jakarta in 2016/2017 Academic Year

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WILDA MUSYAYADAH. 1201065256. “The Effectiveness Of Using Two Stay-
Two Stray Technique in Teaching Reading Comprehension on The Tenth Grade
Students at SMKN 13 Jakarta in 2016/2017 Academic Year”. A paper. The Study
Programme of English Education. The School of Teacher Training and Education.
The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka. 2016.
The objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of using Two
Stay-Two Stray (TSTS) technique in teaching reading comprehension. The
research method used in this research was pre-experimental study. The population
of the reasearch was tenth grade students of SMKN 13 Jakarta that consist of ten
classes. The sample took from Marketing-1 class of tenth grade students of
SMKN 13 Jakarta which consists of 36 students. Pre-test and Post-test were given
to that class.
Pre-test was given to see the students‟ capability in reading before the
treatment was conducted. Post-test will measure the effectiveness of the treatment
towards students‟ reading achievement in certain period. The data were collected
30 test items which are tested to the students before and after the treatment. t-test
was applied to calculate the data and to test the hypothesis.
The research findings indicated that t- is 4.64 and t- is 1.70. In
this case, the table of t-distribution percentile score with df = 0.05 ( the probability
0.95 ), and n = 36 – 1 = 35 which could be concluded that t- (4.64) is
higher than t- (1.70), in other word it means the Null Hypothesis ( is
rejected and is accepted. As conclusion, Two Stay-Two Stray technique is
effective in teaching reading comprehension.