THE USE OF SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A STUDY CONDUCTED AT SMP NEGERI 1 LANGOWAN)

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to found out whether or not small group discussion could
improve students’ reading comprehension through pre experimental design with one
group pre-test and post-test design as quantitative research. The data collection in this
research consists of 10 essay questions with 2 points for each question and 20 points
for total point of the questions. The subject of this research was the eighth students in
SMP N 1 Langowan which consisted of 20 students. This research is conducted during
pandemic of Covid-19 so it is held online with using social media and video call to
ensure students and teacher health following the health protocol to minimalized
physical interaction and to make sure parents and students feel save in their house but
still maintained to make sure students were focus in their online class meeting. The data
of this research are analysed statistically using mean score formula. The result in this
study shows that the score of the post-test is higher than the result of the pre-test. The
mean score of the pre-test is 42,5 and in post-test is 77,5. It could be concluded that
Small Group Discussion is effective to improve students’ reading comprehension on
narrative text.