Abstract:
English is an international language which is really important to learn.
People use English to communicate with other people from other countries. They
have to create appropriate media which can facilitate the students to understand
the reading given easily. Junior High School students need some medias to
achieve the success in teaching and learning process. Therefore, the researcher
using pelmanism to improve readingability at Junior High School. The researcher
hopes that teaching using pelmanism in reading material will have great interest in
studying English and the material will not make students bored.
The objective of this thesis are to find out whether there is any
effectiveness in using pelmanism to improve the students’ reading ability at the
eighth grade students and to know whether pelmanism gives a positive
contribution towards the students’ reading ability.
The population of this research is the eighth grade students of SMP N 2
Pejagoan. The researcher took sample one class which consists of 32 students.
The researcher uses purposive sampling technique because of the limited time.
The researcher collected the data by using an achievement test. The researcher
analyzed the data statistically by t-test.
The result of the thesis shows that the mean of pre-test is 61,562 and the
mean of post-test is 67,968. It indicates that there is any effectiveness of using
pelmanism to improve students’ reading ability. It is proved by computation that
value of t is 5.028. this value is shows that there is any significant difference
because the t obtained is higher than t-table (1.697). it means Ho is rejected
whereas Ha is accepted. Based on the result finding, it can be concluded that using
pelmanism is effective to improve students’ reading ability.
