Abstract:
This research is conducted to know whether using language game of
Spelling Bee as a strategy in teaching reading at the eighth grade students of MTs
Negeri Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017 is effective or not. This is
quantitative research with quasi experimental as its design that using pre-test,
treatment, and post-test.
The population of this research is the eighth grade students of MTs Negeri
Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017 which consists of 258 students and
the amount of the sample is 62 students. Sample is taken by using purposive
sampling technique. The independent variable of the research is using Spelling
Bee game and the dependent variable of the research is the student’s reading
comprehension. The instrument that is used to get the data is multiple choices test
which consists of 25 questions with 4 options.
From the computation, it is known that the result of post-test shows that
the mean score of experimental group is 79.61 (overall to 80) categorized as
excellent and the mean of control group is 77.68 categorized as good based on the
criteria-reference scale of Arikunto (2009: 245). Because the data is abnormal
distribution and it is not homogenous, the researcher uses u-test and z-test. The
result of z-test shows that the value of zvalue (0.591) is lower than the value of ztable
in significance degree 5% (1.96) or 0.591< 1.96. It can be concluded that using
language game of Spelling Bee as a strategy is ineffective in teaching reading at
the eighth grade students of MTs Negeri Purworejo in the academic year of
2016/2017.
