THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIX/FREEZE/PAIR AS STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NURUL MUT’TAQIN KEMIRI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

Reading is one of language components which has a valuable attribute in the development of science and technology because in reading we can acquire new ideas, obtain needed information and broaden our interest. One way to improve reading is considered by the strategies in teaching-learning process. One of the strategies in teaching reading is by using Mix/Freeze/Pair. Mix/Freeze/Pair is a strategy of learning where students work according to the step of Mix/Freeze/Pair which give the students opportunity to play an active role throughout the whole teaching learning process. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is any effectiveness in using Mix/Freeze/Pair as strategy or not in teaching reading descriptive text to the seventh grade students of SMP Nurul Mut’taqin Kemiri in the academic year 2012/2013. The type of the research is experimental research. The population of this research is the seventh grade students of SMP Nurul Mut’taqin Kemiri in the academic year 2012/2013. The sample of this research is two classes which are divided into experimental group (VII B, 32 students) and control group (VII C, 32 students). The sampling technique is purposive sampling technique. The researcher uses two variables. The independent variable is the using of Mix/Freeze/Pair in teaching reading descriptive text and the dependent variable is the score of reading comprehension test. In this research, the researcher uses pretest and post-test to get the data. Between pre-test and post-test, the researcher gave treatment by using Mix/Freeze/Pair. Statistically, the researcher analyzed the data by using t-test separated variance. The result of this research shows that there is effectiveness of teaching reading descriptive text using Mix/Freeze/Pair, since it was found that the result of t-value is 3.90. Based on the 0.05 significance level, the value of t-table is 1.671. The computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table, so it means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. The research findings indicate that the students are interested in learning reading descriptive text using Mix/Freeze/Pair strategy.