AGNES ARUM BUDIANA, 2201407035

THE USE OF LOOK AND SAY AS A TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Identitas Mahasiswa - NAMA : AGNES ARUM BUDIANA - NIM : 2201407035 - PRODI : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris - JURUSAN : BAHASA & SASTRA INGGRIS - FAKULTAS : Bahasa dan Seni - EMAIL : anyezrnr pada domain gmail.com - PEMBIMBING 1 : Maria Yohana A.W, S.S., M. Si - PEMBIMBING 2 : Drs. La Ode M - TGL UJIAN : 2011-08-24

JudulTHE USE OF LOOK AND SAY AS A TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

AbstrakBudiana, Agnes Arum. 2011. The Use of Look and Say as a Technique inTeaching Reading to Elementary School Students (The Case of the FourthGrade Students of SD Negeri Kambangan 1, Tegal in the academic Yearof 2010/2011). A final project, English Department, Faculty of Languagesand Arts, Semarang State University. Advisors: 1. Maria Johana Ari W.S.S., M.Si., 2. Drs. La Ode Musyaridun.Keywords: Look and Say, teaching reading, elementary school students.Elementary school students have different characteristics from adults.They easily get bored; lose interest after 10 minutes or so. The teacher of thislevel have got challenging task to motivate them. They need to modify the way oftheir teaching. So, they can use interesting technique in order to attract thestudents’ attention and interest. The objective of this study was to describe theapplication of using look and say as a technique in teaching reading to the fourthgrade students of elementary school. This way hopefully, would be useful forteachers and students in language teaching learning process.The study was an action research with two cycles. Each cycle consisted ofteaching and learning process and a formative test. The difference between thesecycles was on the materials used or given. There were four tests in this study: pretest,formative test of cycle 1, formative test of cycle 2, and post-test. The result ofthe pre-test showed the average score was 58.10%. After having activities byusing look and say, the students’ reading skill was improved. It was supported bythe result of the formative tests. The average score of cycle 1 was 71.05% and theaverage score of cycle 2 was 82.36%. The result of the post-test indicated that theaverage score was 83.89%. It was higher than the average score of the pre-test.In the questionnaire session, the students chose learning English by usinglook and say because it was enjoyable and lively. Furthermore, the result of thefield notes written by the English teacher showed that the students were interestedin the activities by using look and say to improve their reading skill.Based on the result above, it could be concluded that the use of look andsay was effective as a technique in teaching reading to elementary school students.In this study, I offer some suggestions. First, for students, it is good for them topractice reading by using look and say. Second, for teachers, they should use lookand say as one of the techniques in teaching reading by regarding the students’condition and characteristics. Third, for the next researchers, they could conductdeeper research by developing other technique.

Kata KunciLook and Say, teaching reading, elementary school students.

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