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Using Small Group Discussion Technique in Teaching Reading
Using Small Group Discussion Technique in Teaching Reading
IN TEACHING READING
COMPREHENSION
(A Study At SMAN 1 Sei Rampah)
A proposal
By :
Kiki Chairani Pratiwi
1806010002
A. Background of study
English is one of the languages that must be learned by all of
students from elementary school to university level. There are four
skills of language : listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Students
have to be able one of them, For example, the students have ability in
reading. In learning reading, there are certain skills that students have
to make a good pronunciation, fluency and comprehend about text.
Reading is very important because every activity in the classroom
always has relationship with reading. According to Sukirah Kustaryo
(1998) “Reading is a process of making sense of written text through
meaningful interpretation in relation to reader’s use of text and
experimental/conceptual background for concept of written language,
story structure, purpose and content of what is read”.
B. Research Questions
Based on the explanation above the researcher formulates two
research problems in this study as follow:
1. How are the student's response toward Small Group Discussion
Technique in teaching reading comprehension?
2. What impact does Small Group Discussion have on students’
reading comprehension learning?
For teachers :
1. Provide an alternative method of learning to improve student
achievement.
2. Maximize the performance of teachers in order to improve quality
in learning English.
For researchers :
This study would be a reference in the development of service
system especially in reading comprehension