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    Improving Students Reading Skill and Self-Efficacy Through Technology Supported Sugestopedia Method of SMP Muhammadiyah Kutoarjo in the Academic Year of 2024/2025
    (English Language Education Graduate Program Purworejo Muhammadiyah University, 2025-02-14) Vita Rahayu Setyawati
    The purpose of this classroom action research was to determine whether Suggestopedia method can improve students’ reading skill in recount text and self-efficacy also the students’ perception of using Suggestopedia method. The participants were 16 students at 8 grades of SMP Muhammadiyah Kuoarjo in the academic year of 2024/2025. The instruments were reading test, questionnaires, and observation sheet. The researcher was conducted research in two cycle and every cycle had two meetings. In the pre-cycle test, the students' reading skill had a mean score of 51. Subsequently, the average score of the students on the reading skill in post-test increased to 65 in Cycle I and to 81 in Cycle 2. The improvement of the students’ self-efficacy in reading skill before conducting Suggestopedia method indicated that the mean of pre-cycle in questionnaire of self-efficacy was 2,7, and after apply Suggestopedia method in cycle I, mean improving become higher than pre-cycle, this mean 2,9. The mean students’ self-efficacy in cycle II was 3,2. The mean of cycle II was greater than cycle I 3,2> 2,9 which there were improve from cycle I to cycle II was greater than pre-cycle to cycle I 2,9>2,7. Most of the students have positive perspective (Students’ Response) 91 % and some of students have negative perception 9 % that implies the categories are “strongly positive”. It could be inferred that implementation of Suggestopedia method was successful in this research and could be suggested in teaching reading.