Improving Southeast Asia Student’s Reading Comprehension by Using Choral Reading Method

Abstract

Reading is a skill that student’s must master. Student’s will find out new knowledge and new information by reading. This study aims to investigate how does the implementation of Choral Reading Method improve student’s reading comprehension at student’s XII Grade Social Science SMA PGRI 1 Kasihan Bantul Yogyakarta. This research conducted at SMA PGRI 1 Kasihan Bantul in November 2024 using fundamental framework of Classroom Action Research (CAR). The data collection technique and research instruments were carried out in two cycles by giving questions in the form of descriptive text. Each cycle contains four steps, namely planning, action, observation, and reflection. Before cycle 1 begins, in english lessons with a sample of 8 students, a diagnostic test is administered to determine reading comprehension. The data processing technique in this research uses the scoring method. The results of the research concluded that the Coral Reading Method was very effective in improving reading comprehension in class to Cycle I and then to Cycle II. This can be seen from the D-Test value of 62.25, the Cycle I value of 76.56, and the Cycle II value of 88.75. The increase in score from Test-D to Cycle I was 22.98%, from Cycle I to Cycle II was 15.92%, and the increase in overall score from Test-D to Cycle II was 42.57%.