THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TEAM WORD-WEBBING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 KEBUMEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This final project is an experimental research. The purpose of the study was to improve the students’ reading skill on the seventh grade students of State Junior High School 4 Kebumen in the academic year of 2012/2013. The researcher used Team Word-Webbing technique to improve students’ reading skill. The researcher took two classes as the subject of the research. The first class is VII D as the control group and the second class VII C of experimental group. Both of classes consist of 62 students. The researcher used purposive sampling. In collecting the data, the researcher used a test Descriptive text as the instrument. The data consist of 20 items. The researcher gives treatment with pretest and posttest of experimental group and control group. This research is a quantitative research, so it needs a data analysis. The result of this study showed that teaching reading skill by using Team Word-Webbing technique could improve students’ reading skill. Based on the result of pre-test and post-test, the mean score of the pre-test was 65.48 and the mean of post-test was 70.32. The result of the computation of t-value (t-test) is 4.48. The computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table that is 4.48 > 2.00. So, the hypothesis is accepted.

(Keywords: Effectiveness, Team Word-webbing, Reading skill, Descriptive text)