USING PICTURE SERIES IN INCREASING READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT OF EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 5 BAJAWA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

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ABSTRACT

This thesis is entitled: ‘Using Picture Series in Increasing Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text of Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 5 Bajawa in Academic Year 2023/2024’. The problem of this research is can the use of picture series increases reading comprehension of narrative text of eighth-grade students of SMPN 5 Bajawa in the academic year 2023/2024. This research aims to know whether the use of picture series can increase reading comprehension of the narrative text of eighth-grade students of SMPN 5 Bajawa in the academic year 2023/2024. The method used was the experimental method. This research was conducted in SMPN 5 Bajawa, particularly eighth-grade students. The population of this research was 150 students of SMPN 5 Bajawa. By using purposive sampling, the writer selected one class which is 30 students as a sample. This sample was divided into two groups, such as the experimental group consisting of 15 students and the control group consisting of 15 students. The instrument used to collect data to measure the value of variables was a test that is multiple choice that consist of 40 items. In collecting, the data the researcher used pre-test, treatment, and post-test as the data collection procedures followed by analyzing the data by using the t-test formula. The result shows that using picture series can increase reading comprehension of narrative text of eight grade students of SMPN 5 Bajawa in the academic year 2023/2024 because the result of the statistical calculation indicated that the value of the t-test was 2,16 and the value of df (degree of freedom) 30 at the level of significance 5% was 2,04. It can be concluded that the t-test was higher than the t-table where 2,16>2,04. Since the t-test value is higher than the t-table value, the alternative hypothesis (H_1) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H_0) is rejected. It means that the use of picture series can increase reading comprehension of the narrative text of eighth-grade students of SMPN 5 Bajawa in the academic year 2023/2024.