THE EFFECT OF CONTEXTUAL LEARNING INTEGRATED WITH JAKARTA POST ARTICLE ON THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

The objective of this research was to know whether the Jakarta post had been effective to teach reading comprehension of Desa Karang Anyar. The research methodology was quasi experimental design. In this research, the population was the second semester of the tenth gradeof Desa Karang Anyar. The sample of this research was two group consisting of 20 students for experimental group and 20 students for control group. In the experimental group, the researcher used contextual learning method. The treatments were held in 3 meetings in which 2 x 40 minutes for each class. The instrument was given in pre-test and post-test. Before giving the treatment, the researcher gave pre-test for both classes. Then, after conducting the treatments, the instrument was given in post-test. After giving pre-test and post-test, the researcher analyzed the data to compute independent sample t-test. From the data analysis computed by using T-test showsthat tcount ishigher than ttable namely 10.30> 2.00. Therefore, there is an effect of contextual learning integrated with Jakarta post article on the students’ reading comprehension at the second semester of tenth grade of Desa Karang Anyar.