THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING OK5R (OVERVIEW, KEY IDEAS, READ, RECORD, RECITE, REFLECT, REVIEW) TO TEACH READING NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 31 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

The objective of this research is to describe whether the OK5R to improve the students’ reading ability in narrative text is effective or not at the seventh grade students of SMP N 31 Purworejo in the academic year of 2012/2013.In order to collect the data, the researcher used pre-test and post-test. The population of this research is the seventhgrade students ofSMP N 31 Purworejoin the Academic Year 2012/2013. The sample of this research is class VII E as experimental class and class VII F as control class. The result of the research showed that in computation above, alpha level used is 0.05. In the df was 62, t value was 3.93. T value was higher than t table (3.93>2.000).Therefore, it can be drawn as conclusion that the use of OK5R in teaching reading to the seventh grade students of SMP N 31 Purworejo is effective.

Keywords:  Effectiveness, OK5R,  Reading,  Narrative Text