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Background of Study
foreign language. The purpose of language learning is to be able to use language for
of ability to use language for communication. Reading is one of the four skills that
must be learned by the students in learning English beside speaking, listening, and
writing.
people in the world use English to communicate each other. The role of english is so
great because it used in all aspects of human life.English is also can be a medium of
fact of importance of English is that many occupations require to the people who
In Indonesia, English becomes the first foreign language that has been taught
recent years, a number of secondary schools have begun to introduce English into
given as a local content elected for the sub district secondary school. In the
In the teaching and learning process, the teacher should be creative to find
some methods that make the students interested in learning. Teaching and learning by
using traditional technique by giving explanation only without seeing anything is not
effective, because it makes the students get bored. In learning english, there are four
skills that should be learned and mastered by the students of junior high school or
senior high school. They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Morever, one
Reading is a process in which our mind translates printed material into the
idea that the writer is trying to tell or communicate with the reader. We do not really
know what happen in our nervous system when we read a page of printed materials,
but in contrast with the extreme complexity of the visual and the mental activit, the
o.23 Tahun 2006, the aim of reading in the curriculum is to make students able to
Students are directed to understand many kinds of texts such as recount, descriptive,
and narrative. They are also expected to gain knowledge and information from the
students comprehension in reading is low. The teacher only taught the students to
read the passages, finding the meaning of difficult words and answering exercises in
teachinglearning process.
Dechant (2002:2) state that the reading is a response that must be learned by
the students and is under control of the mechanismof motivation and reinforcement.
teaching learning process especially in reading at SMP Negeri 1 Mila, the writer
found the students were still low in reading comprehension. There were many
problem that is found by the writer when he did a teaching learning process. First,
The weaknesses of students in reading, there are less motivated in studying English.
They feel that learning English is difficult. When they were given a text without any
illustration, they feel bored and usually stop to read the text. Automatically, it
influences their reading comprehension. They also get difficulty in understanding the
text because they still have limited vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. The writer
conclude a conclusion regard to these statement that the writer will apply a peer
knowledge and skill through active helping and supporting among equal status or
matched companions. It involves people from similar social groupings who are not
entitled The Reading Teacher Vol. 59, No. 8 May 2006, mentioned that PALS is a
strategies that can be used to help students understand any text they read.
Another result of peer assessment stated by Miranda (2009:1). She states that
using peer teaching techniques helps utilize all the resources available to a teacher.
Students understand how other students communicate. Additionally, how one student
internally assimilates information can be expressed to help other students understand
it better. Effective peer teaching techniques improve the overall learning environment
Peer Assisted Learning Strategy method, therefore this title of this research
Learning Strategy (an experimental study at the second year students of SMP
Negeri 1 Mila).
2. Research Question
With the formulation of the problem above, the objective of the study is to
describe how Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) can improve students
4. The Hypothesis
follow :
comprehension. It also has not ever been used by the teachers of SMP Negeri 1 Mila
5.1. Theoretically
The findings of the research will enrich the study in Foreign Language
Learning (FLL) and become a reference for the next relevant type of research.
5.2. Practically
a. For Teachers
This research can be used as a means to improve the students reading skill in
will get easier to motivate students to read English texts since the teacher always
monitor the students to complete their reading. Teacher can control their reading
This research will facilitate students for a better knowledge about reading. By
comprehension skills.
the writers mind and the readers mind. It is the way how to the reader tries to get
the message or the intended meaning from the writer. In this process, the reader tries
to create the meanings intended by the writer, the reader can get the message, and the
Grabe (2009: 15) states that, Reading is the strategic process in that a
number of the skills and processes used in reading call for effort on the part of the
knowledge and skill through active helping and supporting among equal status or
matched companions. It involves people from similar social groupings who are not
entitled The Reading Teacher Vol. 59, No. 8 May 2006, mentioned that PALS is a
elementary and middle school students. It also focuses on teaching students a set of
comprehension strategies that can be used to help students understand any text they
read.
Through Peer Assisted Learning Strategy, the Students, together with the
teacher and others involved in the teaching and learning process should be aware of
the problem. The solution may take their participation to work. In this case, to solve
the students' problem in reading, the researcher and the teacher can use Peer-assisted
8. Research Methodology
The recent study is an experimental research to find out the result of a certain
technique. According to hadi (1988: 56) that is an experimental design is one of the
precise methods to examine the cause and effect because of the fact, instruction
toward a group and experimental sample. The instructional activity is designed only
as a techniques toward the experimental group, the group of sample would have test
to measure the effect that students get after treatment. The result of the test would be
This research design will present several characteristics; (1) it has two groups
of experimental subjects or treatment group and control group; (2) the two groups
(3) both groups will be measured twice, the first measurement serve as the pre-test
and the second as the post-test; (4) measurement on the dependent variable for both
groups will be done at the same time with the same test; and (5) the experimental
Population
Iskandar ( 2009 : 118) population is grand total of subject research which can be
consisted of by the human being, object, animal, flora, symptom, assess the test or
Sudjana ( 2005 : 74) population is totality of all value which possible, result of
characteristic from all clear and complete corps member is which wish learned by the
nature.
In this study, the population of the study includes all nine grade students of
the SMPN 1 Mila in the academic year 2016/2017. There are as the population and
for observation the samples are only 40 students consist of 2 classes namely
Sample
lion's share. While according to Sugiyono ( 2003 : 56) sampel is " some of amount
to take the entire subject. Furthermore, if the subject is more than one hundred it can
be taken between 10-15% or 20-25% or more that it. in this research the writer take
40 students as the sample. 20 students is students who join who experimental group
and 20 students as a control group. In experimental class the writer will treat students
reading comprehension by using Peer Assisted Learning Strategy and control group
important. The accuracy of the result of research was mostly dependent on how
accurate the use of instrument. Before research carried out, the instrument for the
instrument. Ary (1979: 216) states that a test is a set of stimuli present to an
individual in order to elicit responses on the basic of which a numerical score can be
designed. Moreover, Heaton (1975: 89) states that the test used must be appropriate
in term of our object, the dependable in the evidence provides, and applicable to our
particular situation. In this case, the researcher gave the students reading test in using
Think aloud strategy. The writer will give a test to experimental class and control
It is the first method of data gathering is used by the writer. The writer give
pre test to both group as the sample of reaserch. Pre test which is aimed at knowing
the students reading abilities, before having treatment, the test is held by the writer.
The consists of pre test in experimental class and control class is 10 question of
multiple choice.
Post test
Post test is given after the writer give a treatment in experimental class and
control class. Finaly the students paper sheets will submited and the students. Result
are treat as the data of the study. The test is similiar to pre test. They are 10 question
of multiple choice.
After obtaining the individual scores of the two group, the writer process the
The writer analyzed using t-test according Sudjana (2005 : 239 ) is by using
x 1x 2
t= s 1+1
n1 n2
Information:
t = t calculated price
with ttable at significance level of 5% and rejected if tcount < with ttable , and in
this case the price ttabel can be obtained from the distribution list -t with degrees of
freedom : ( n1 + n2 ) - 2 .
REFERENCES
Topping, K.J. & Ehly, S.W. 2001. Peer Assisted Learning: A Framework for
Consultation. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.
Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years
younger than me. He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendy smile.
Sometimes he is rather naughty at home, but usually does what he is asked to do.
Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and
tennis. He is the best badminton player in our family.
Answer the question below by choosing (x) a,b,c,d
1. how old is peter? He is .... years old
a. four
b. fourteen
c. forty
d. ten
2. The writer is.... years old
a. fourteen
b. sixteen
c. eighteen
d. nineteen
3. which of the following statement is not true about Peter ?
a. he has long hair and staight hair
b. he has bright eyes
c. he is interested in sports
d. he plays football and tennis
4. According to the passage, we know that Peter is.....
a. The writers youngest brother
b. The writers elder brother
c. A naughty
d. A friendly
5. It is implied in the passage that ......
a. Peter is naughty
b. Peter is lazy
c. Peter is unfriendly
d. Peter is dilligent
6. From the text, we may coclude that.....
a. Many people do not like Peter
b. People is older that the writer
c. Peter is a welcoming person
d. Peter is not dilligent at all
7. what is the mostly about ?
a. Peter
b. Peters hobby
c. Peters family
d. Peters elder brother
8. He is fourteen years old ..... Than me. The underline word refers to .....
a. Peter
b. The writer
c. The writers brother
d. The writers family
9. Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and
tennis. The undrline phrase can be replaces by ......
a. Dislike sport
b. Really likes sport
c. Hates sport very much
d. Finds sport not really entertaining
10. but he usually does what he is asked to do The underlined phrase means .....
a. He does anything he wants
b. He always asks
c. He is lazy
d. He is dilligent
Post test
Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in avelley between the Kelud and
Wilis mountains and inhabitated by about 1.3 million people. I the center of the town
there is a large hill which is called the Dathok mountain. Because of the topography
of the region, kediri is called a chily town by the locals. There is a big river called
Brantas cutting off the center of the town.
Besides temples, Kediri is also famous for its product like cigarettes and a
special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is a delicacy of kediri
and has a distinctive taste. The cigarette factory dominates the towns economy and
employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarette factory are
inseperable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in indonesia. Most of the
local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.
I have a spcial friends. She is my classmate and sits beside me. Her name is
Rohmi. Rohmi is a quite girl and very simple on the look. However, i really adore
her. She is not only kind but also tough.
Rohmi comes from a very simple family. Her father is a predicab driver and
her mother has passed away. She has a younger brother. His name is Rahmat. In
order to help their father, Rohmi and her brother work part-time to earn some money.
Rohmi sells food during our class break, while her brother sells newspapers and
magazines after school.
One thing that i always admire about her is that she can manage her time
well, and she always looks cheerful.
10. ..... he will frantically pull out every unnecessary .... (paragraph 3)
The underlined word can be the best replaced by
a. Happily
b. Calmly
c. Worriedly
d. Dilligently