A COMPARATIVE READING COMPREHENSION STUDY BETWEEN AUTHENTIC MATERIALS AND NON AUTHENTIC MATERIALS

Kurnelia Mustika Dewi, Sudirman Sudirman, Hery Yufrizal

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan signifikan dalam  peningkatan kemampuan membaca siswa secara komprehensif antara penggunaan materi otentik dan materi non-otentik. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan desain static group comparison design. Tes membaca digunakan sebagai instrument pengambilan data. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa siswa tingkat pertama pada SMA Kosgoro Bandar Sribhawono. Berdasarkan hasil yang didapat, ada perbedaan signifikan dalam peningkatan kemampuan membaca siswa secara komprehensif antara penggunaan materi otentik dan materi non-otentik. Para siswa yang diajar mengunakan materi otentik mempunyai kemampuan membaca lebih baik dibandingkan dengan mengunakan  materi non-otentik. Ini menunjukan bahwa materi otentik memberikan hasil yang lebih baik daripada materi non-otentik.

The objectives of this research are to find out whether there is a statistically significant difference of reading comprehension achievement between using authentic and non-authentic materials. This research is a quantitative research  using  static group comparison design. Reading tests were used as the instrument to elicit the data. The subjects of this study were the first grade students of SMA Kosgoro, Bandar Sribhawono. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference of reading comprehension achievement between authentic and  non authentic materials. The students taught through authentic material had better reading achievement than those provided with non authentic materials. This suggests that authentic materials give better result than non authentic material.

Keywords: students' reading comprehension achievement, authentic materials, non-authentic materials


Full Text:

PDF

References


Apriyani, Y. 2015. Comparative study between students’ reading achievement through authentic materials and non authentic materials in the second year students’ of SMP Negeri 1 Metro. (unpublished script), Bandar Lampung: Universitas Lampung.

Berardo, S. A. 2006. The Use of Authentic Materials in the Teaching of Reading. The Reading Matrix Vol.6. No.2. Page. 60-767

Brown, H. D. 2001. Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. San Francisco State University.

Carnine, D. W., Silbert, J., & Kameenui, E. J. (1997). Direct instruction reading (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.

Depdiknas. 2006. Materi Sosialisasi dan Penelitian Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP). Jakarta: Depdiknas.

Desitarahmi, R. 2013. Using authentic materials to improve reading comprehension of grade eight students of SMP 15 Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta: Yogyakarta State University.

Harmer, J. 2004. The Practice of English Language Teaching. England: Pearson Education Limited.

Kilickaya. F. 2004. Authentic materials and cultural content in EFL classrooms. The Internet TESL Journal, 10 (7). Retrieved March 8, 2016 from http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Kilickaya-AutenticMaterial.html

Nuttal, C. 1996. Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language. Oxford: Heneman Educational Book Ltd.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2017 U-JET