The effectiveness pictures media on intensive reading course for students’ reading comprehension

Authors

  • Elfrida BR. Silalahi Universitas Merdeka Malang, Indonesia

Keywords:

Intensive Reading; Pictures; Reading Skill

Abstract

This research aimed to obtain empirical evidence of the effectiveness of pictures on
Intensive Reading Class for Students Comprehension in D3. English Programs UNMER
Malang. The objective to find challenges students’ faced in reading skill especially in
Intensive Reading class in semester 1 (one). Whether reading skill could be improved
by using pictures. This research is quantitative research by methodology experiment
and conducted in two classes. Experimental group class A and control class group
class B. Class A was taught by using pictures, while class B was not taught by using
pictures. Author gave a reading test to gather the data. The mean of pretest in the
experimental group is 61.37 and the control group is 58.5. The mean of post-test in
the experimental group is 75.03 and the control group is 67.40. The obtained t-test is
5.76, whereas the t-table is 2.00 for α = 5%. The t-test value is higher than the t- table
(5.76 > 2.00). Based on the result, picture effectiveness improved reading skill
students in Intensive reading class for students in UNMER Malang. Writer suggests to
the teacher and lectures, especially in reading class, to use pictures as one of the
media in teaching learning for students.

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Published

2023-07-31

How to Cite

Silalahi, E. B. (2023). The effectiveness pictures media on intensive reading course for students’ reading comprehension. Conference on English Language Teaching, 185–193. Retrieved from https://proceedings.uinsaizu.ac.id/index.php/celti/article/view/484