IMPLEMENTED READING TECHNIQUES ON READING COMPREHENSION FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract: This study aims at determining the effect of reading techniques on reading
comprehension of state Junior High School students in South Jakarta. The implemented
reading techniquesareReading Aloud and Silent Reading, which are designed to explore
students’ natural ability and teachingin reading comprehension, while in silent reading
students are given a certain amount of time to silently read the selected texts without instruction
from the teacher and interaction to peers. The experiment takes samples of 39 students
comprising 20 students for experiment class using the reading aloud, and 19 students for
control class using the silent reading. The students’ reading comprehension is measured
quantitatively by using the t-test two tailed to find out the significant difference between the
experimentclass and the control class. Findings provide a significant difference between the
implemented reading aloud in experiment class and the implemented silent reading in control
class. Therefore.
Keywords: reading aloud, silent reading, reading comprehension.