THE USE OF MAKE A MATCH MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION ON NARRATIVE TEXT AT TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 3 TARAKAN
ABSTRACT Salma Marten. 2019. The Use of Make a Match Model to Improve Students Reading Comprehension on Narrative Text at Tenth Grade of SMA Negeri 3 Tarakan (Advisor by Romlah Ulfaika, M.Pd). The purpose of this research was to find the effectiveness of using Make a Match Model to improve reading comprehension of tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 3 Tarakan. This research was pre-experiment design. Total sampling technique was used to collect the sample. The population of this research was all the tenth grader at SMA Negeri 3 Tarakan. The total population was 288 students. The sample of this research was X class that consisted of 36 students. The instrument of this research was reading tests that consisted of pre-test and post-test. In analyzing the data, the researcher used descriptive analysis in the SPSS.24.0. The results showed that there was difference mean score between pretest and posttest. It was proven by the result of the students’ mean score. The mean score in pretest was 49.85 and in posttest was 66.81. It was indicated that the mean has increased to 16.95. It can be seen that the improvement of the students’ mean score in the posttest was higher than pretest and it indicated that there was difference from students’ reading score between pretest and posttest. The result of paired sample t-test showed that t-test computation was 14.122 higher than t-table (1.691). On the other word, 14.122 > 1.691 it means (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. The results of data analysis proved that the results of teaching reading comprehension by using Make a Match model be able to improve students reading comprehension. Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that Make a Match model is effective to improve students reading comprehension at tenth grade students’ of SMA Negeri 3 Tarakan.