Abstract:
Reading is a kind of activity to comprehend the writer’s ideas or the
way the writer communicates with readers by way of the written or printed
words. In this case, Students’ active participation in reading comprehension
must be improved. Sometimes, even ‘‘smart’’ students do not always
develop productive work habits, while students with lower achievement
often do. interpretation of student behavior is difficult, participation often
depends on a student’s personality. Based on the facts, the researcher is very
interested to take this topis.
The problems of this study are: (1) How high is the students’ active
participation in reading at the eleventh grade students of MA At-Taqwa
Nusawungu in the academic year 2012/2013? (2) Is there any significant
difference between students who have active participation and who have not
in reading at the eleventh grade students of MA At-Taqwa Nusawungu in
academic year 2012/2013? The objective of this study are: (1) To know the
students’ active participation in reading at the eleventh grade students of
MA At-Taqwa Nusawungu in the academic year 2012/2013. (2) To find out
whether there is significant difference between students who have active
participation and who have not in reading at the eleventh grade students at
MA At-Taqwa Nusawungu in academic year 2012/2013. The population in
this study is the eleventh grade students of MA At-Taqwa Nusawungu.The
sample in this research is 60 students.
In collecting the data, the researcher uses test. The researcher uses
questionnaire and post-test. Questionnaire consists 15 items. From the
questionnaire, there are 25 students that is students’ active and 35 students
that is students’ inactive. Post-test consits 30 items that is multiple choice.
Furthermore, the researcher uses t-test in analyzing the data. the t-test result
is 7.004. The result of this study shows that comparion between student who
are active and who are not in reading comprehension at the eleventh grade
students of MA At-Taqwa Nusawungu in academic year 2012/2013, It can
be seen from the result of the t-test is higher than the t-table (7.004>1.671).
It means that there is any significant difference between students who have
active participation and who have not in reading comprehension at the
eleventh grade students of MA At-Taqwa Nusawungu in academic year
2012/2013.
