Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension of Hortatory Exposition Text by Using Graphic Organizers at Grade XI Social Science of SMA Kalam Kudus Pekanbaru
Abstract
Based on a preliminary study, the researcher found that the students at grade XI
Social Science of SMA Kalam Kudus Pekanbaru had problems in comprehending hortatory
exposition texts. They were difficult to understand contents and to identify generic structure
of the texts. Besides, the teacher had used some strategies in teaching reading
comprehension, but they were still not effective. In this case, the researcher decided to solve
these problems in reading by conducting a classroom action research by applying Graphic
Organizer. The purposes of this research were to find out whether Graphic Organizer can
improve students’ reading comprehension of hortatory exposition texts and the factors that
influence the changes of students reading comprehension of hortatory exposition texts. This
classroom action research was done in two cycles with four meetings in each cycle; three
meetings for teaching reading comprehension of hortatory exposition texts by applying
Graphic Organizer and one meeting for the test. The research was conducted from August
02, 2017 until August 25, 2017. In collecting the data, researcher used reading
comprehension tests, observation sheets, field notes, and interview. Then, the data were
analyzed in quantitative and qualitative. The research findings showed that there was an
improvement of students’ score in reading comprehension of hortatory exposition texts tests
after applying Graphic Organizer. The average score of students in cycle 1 was 65 and cycle
2 was 70. Then, the factors that influence the improvement of students’ reading
comprehension of hortatory exposition texts were students’ activeness, teaching material,
and teachers’ role. In conclusion, the implementation of Graphic Organizer could improve
students’ reading comprehension of hortatory exposition texts at grade XI Social Science of
SMA Kalam Kudus Pekanbaru.
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