THE INFLUENCE OF GROUP DISCUSSION TOWARDS THE STUDENTS' READING ABILITY
Keywords:
Experimental Research, Group Discussion, Reading AbilityAbstract
The aim of this research was to determine whether the Group Discussion strategy has an influence towards students’ reading ability. In this research, the researcher used the Quasi-experimental method. The population was 224 students from 7 classes. The sample was taken by used Cluster Random Sampling Technique. There were two classes for the sample. The first class was VIII E as an experiment class and the second was VIII Das a control class. The experiment class consisted of 30 students and the control class consisted of 32 students. The main technique in measuring students’ reading comprehension was multiple choices which consisted of 40 items with 4 options a, b, c, and d. The score of each item is 2,5 for the correct answer. In analyzing data, the researcher used ttest formula. Based on the data analysis, Hα was accepted. It was obtained that ttest = 4.76 and ttable 0,05 = 1,67 and 0,01 = 2,39 (4.76 >1,67< 2,39). It was also proved by the average score of the experimental class was higher than in the control class (72.37>60.28). It means that there was a significant influence of group discussion towards students’ reading ability at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 15 Bandar Lampung in 2022/2023.
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