The Effectiveness of Using Speed Reading in Teaching Reading Skill at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 4 Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2016/2017

Abstract

The objective of this research is to describe whether or not using speed reading is effective in teaching reading at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017. In this study, the researcher takes class VIII A which consists of 31 students as experimental group, and class VIII B which consists of 31 students as control group. The researcher uses purposive sampling to gain the data of the research because the researcher takes the sample of two classes to be observed in collecting the data, the researcher uses test method. To analyze the data, the researcher uses descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. The result shows that the hypothesis is accepted. It means that using speed reading in teaching reading at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017 is effective. It can be seen that the mean score of the post-test of experimental group is higher than the mean score of post-test of control group (80.97>73.03). As the fact, the mean score of pos-test of experimental group is 80.97 and the category is excellent. The mean score of post-test of control group is 73.03 and the category is good. In addition, the result of t-value is 4.385. Then, the researcher consults the critical value on the t-table using 5% (0.05) alpha significance and the degree of freedom is 2.000. It shows that t-value is higher than t-table (4.385>2.000). The sig. (2-tailed) is 0.00 and the significance level is 0.05. It means that sig. (2-tailed< 0.05).