THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PELMANISM TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY ON THE EIGHTH GRADE AT SMP N 2 PEJAGOAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

The objectives of this thesis are to find out whether there is any effectiveness in using Pelmanism to improve the students’ reading ability on the eighth grade students and to know whether Pelmanism gives a positive contribution towards the students’ reading ability. The population of this research is the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Pejagoan. The researcher took sample one class which(consist of) 32 students. The researcher uses purposive sampling technique because of the limited time. The researcher collected the data by using an achievement test. The researcher analyzed the data statistically by t-test. The result of the thesis shows that the mean of pre-test is 61,562 and the mean of post-test is 67,968. It indicates that there is some effectiveness of using Pelmanism to improve students’ reading ability. It is proved by computation that value of t is 5.028. This value shows that there is some significant difference because the t obtained is higher than t-table (1.697). It means Ho is rejected whereas Ha is accepted. Based on the result finding, it can be concluded that using Pelmanism is effective to improve students’ reading ability.

Keywords: Pelmanism, Reading Comprehension ability.