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IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH

MAKE A MATCH METHOD AT THE THIRD GRADE IPS CLASS

OF SMA TAMANSISWA MALANG

T H E S I S

By:

WIDYA AYU CHANDRA

09360204

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

NOVEMBER 2013

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IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH

MAKE A MATCH METHOD AT THE THIRD GRADE IPS CLASS

OF SMA TAMANSISWA MALANG

THESIS

This Thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements

to achieve Sarjana Degree in Education

By:

WIDYA AYU CHANDRA

09360204

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

NOVEMBER 2013

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This thesis written, by Widya Ayu Chandra, was approved on November 1st, 2013.

By:

Advisor II Advisor I

Drs. Jarum, M.Ed Riza Elfana, M.A

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This thesis is defended in front of the examiner of the Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

on November 1st, 2013

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M. Kes

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Dr. Sudiran, M. Hum 1. ………………

2. Drs. Imam Mahfudz 2. ……………....

3. Riza Elfana, M.A 3. ………………

4. Drs. Jarum, M.Ed 4. ………………

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

“....Verily, with the hardship, there is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two

reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs). So when you have finished

(from your occupation), then stand up for Allah worship (i.e. stand up for

prayer). And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your

intentions and hopes and) your invocations….“

(QS. Al Inshirah: 6-8)

“…And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty)…”

(QS. At-Talaq: 2 )

Strength does not come from winning.

Your struggles develop your strengths.

When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender.

That is strength.

(By Arnold Schwarzenegger)

DEDICATION:

I DEDICATE THIS THESIS TO:

MY BELOVED FATHER AND MOTHER,

MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND SOULMATE,

AND MY BEST FRIENDS.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah, all praise due to Allah SWT because of His gracious, mercies,

blessing, He gives the researcher spirits and patience in finishing this thesis. May

sholawat and salam always be given to the beloved Nabi Muhammad SAW who

brought us from the darkness to the lightness with the true religion, namely Islam.

In this chance, the researcher would like to express the highest gratitude and

appreciation to all of people who have been involved either directly or indirectly in

succeeding the thesis writing process.

Firstly, the researcher would like to give the deepest gratitude to Mrs. Riza

Elfana, M.A as the first advisor and Mr. Drs. Jarum, M.Ed as the second advisor for

their patience, guidance, and advices for the completion of this thesis.

Secondly, the researcher delivered her sincere gratitude and appreciation to

Mr. Widi Nugroho, S.S as the English teacher at SMA TAMANSISWA Malang and

Mr. Drs. Purnomo Adji as the headmaster at SMA TAMANSISWA Malang who had

given the researcher the opportunity to conduct the research.

Lastly, the researcher gave a very special gratitude to her beloved parents Dwi

Yono and Ponamah who have supported the researcher in everything financially,

morally, and spiritually, thus, she can finish her thesis. Special thanks are also given

to my beloved younger brother Virga Indrawan for his pray and support. The

researcher’s friends in the boarding house (KOS KESYA): Susy, Tyas, Endang,

Ismy, Yati, Bina, Ulfa, Nia, Bunga, Nining, Nanda and Yuli. Thanks for support and

motivation. Her Best friends, Rizca and Indri, thanks for the prayer, support, and

togetherness. Her soulmate, Suhendra Dwi Ramadhani, thanks a lot for love, prayer,

support, spirit, advice, and inspirations for finishing this thesis. Also, to all of her

friends in English Department that cannot be mentioned one by one, thank you for

your help and suggestion. For those people that had already been mentioned above,

may God give His blessing and protect all of us, Amin.

Malang, November 1st, 2013

Widya Ayu Chandra

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL .................................................................................................. i

LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................... ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................. iv

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... vii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study .......................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem ......................................................... 7

1.3 Purpose of the Study ................................................................. 7

1.4 Hypotheses ............................................................................... 7

1.5 Significance of the Study.......................................................... 7

1.6 Scope and Limitation ................................................................ 8

1.7 Definition of Key Terms .......................................................... 8

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 The Definition of Reading ......................................................... 10

2.2 Reading Comprehension............................................................ 12

2.3 Reading Achievement ................................................................ 13

2.4 Cooperative Learning ................................................................ 14

2.4.1 Characteristics of Cooperative Learning ...................... 16

2.4.2 Benefits of Cooperative Learning ................................. 17

2.4.3 Elements of Cooperative Learning ............................... 19

2.4.4 Methods of Cooperative Learning ................................ 20

2.5 Make a Match Method ............................................................... 23

2.5.1 Procedure of Make a Match Method ............................ 24

2.5.2 The Strengths of Make a Match Method ...................... 25

2.5.3 The Weaknesses of Make a Match Method .................. 26

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ....................................................................... 28

3.2 Population ................................................................................. 30

3.3 Instruments .............................................................................. 32

3.3.1 Pre-test ............................................................................ 33

3.3.2 Post-test ........................................................................... 33

3.4 Data Collection......................................................................... 33

3.5 Data Analysis ........................................................................... 39

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Research Findings .................................................................... 41

4.1.1 The result of Pre-test of Experimental Group .............. 41

4.1.2 The result of Pre-test of Control Group ........................ 41

4.1.3 The result of Post-test of Experimental Group ............. 42

4.1.4 The result of Post-test of Control Group ...................... 42

4.1.5 The result of Hypothesis Testing .................................. 43

4.2 Discussion................................................................................. 44

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusions .............................................................................. 46

5.2 Suggestions ............................................................................... 47

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

I. The Students’ Mean Scores

II. Lesson Plan of Experimental Group

III. Lesson Plan of Control Group

IV. The Students’ Result of Applying Make a Match Method

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V. The Pre-test and Post-test

VI. The Pre-test of Experimental Group

VII. The Post-test of Experimental Group

VIII. The Pre-test of Control Group

IX. The Post-test of Control Group

X. The Time Table of The Study

XI. The Manual Counting of Independent Sample t-test

XII. The Documentation of Students’ Activities

XIII. The Letter of Clarification of Doing Research

XIV. The Table of “t” Distribution

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