This thesis presents research about teaching reading using jumble sentence in
improving students’ reading achievement at the eighth grade students’ of SMPN 3
Watampone. The sample consists of 24 students of the eighth grade of SMPN 3
Watampone. This research used quantitative method and pre-experimental design.
The researcher gave pretest, treatment and posttest, where as data obtained through
test scores were analyzed by using mean score and t-test formula.
The result showed that there was a significant increasing in student
achievement after providing care. It was provided in the table in chapter IV. The table
indicated that the t-test was obtained by the students (23.5) greater than t-table
(2.069). The mean score of pre-test is 48.9 and post-test is 82.26. It means that H 0
was rejected and H 1 was accepted. And in data collection authors provide a
questionnaire consists of 20 questions that describe the characteristics of jumble
sentence which showed that 12 students (50%) choose the very high category and 12
students (50%) choose the high category. It means that students have a high interested
in this method.
Based on the data can be known that the teaching reading by using jumble
sentence is effective to improve the students’ reading and increase students' interest in
learning reading.
A. Conclusion
Based on the result of the research on the previous chapter, the researcher
comes to conclusion. They are as follows:
1. Jumble sentences is giving students’ achievement to generate ideas in reading. It
can be seen that the students’ prior knowledge of reading is still low, it is provided
in the data that most of the students mean score in pre-test was 48,9 and it
increases after applying clustering technique. The students’ mean score in post-test
is 82,6 and the students’ achievement t-test was 23,5 and the students’
achievement t-table was 2.069.
2. The students’ in studying reading by applying jumble sentences is 12 students got
very high (50%). And 12 students’ got high (50%). There is not students get
moderate, low, and very low. The data above indicated that the students were
highly in studying reading with jumble sentences.
B. Suggestions
The researcher gives suggestions to all readers, as follows:
1. For the improvement of the teaching English, the researcher suggests to the
English teacher especially reading should apply the good strategy in reading to
teach English reading based on te students’ motivation. Jumble sentence can help
the students’ to generate ideas in reading achievement.
2. The English teacher should be more creative to choose method or strategy in
teaching-learning process especially in reading, so that the students will be more
interested and enjoy to study English.

ST20170295

295/2017

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