THE INFLUENCE UF USING ATTRIBUTE WEB STRATEGY TOWARDS

STUDENTS NARRATIVE TEXT READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGTH

GRADE OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KALIREJO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

A JURNAL

By

Khoerotun Nikmah

SEKOLAH TINGGI DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN

MUHAMAMDIYAH PRINGSEWU LAMPUNG
(STKIP MPL)
 APPROVAL

Title Jurnal : THE INFLUENCE UF USING ATTRIBUTE WEB STRATEGY

TOWARDS STUDENTS NARRATIVE TEXT READING
COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGTH GRADE OF SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KALIREJO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

Students Name : KHOEROTUN NIKMAH

Students Number :13050091

Major : Language and Art

Program Study : English Education

APPROVED BY :

Chairman of English study program

Fitri Wulandari,M.Pd.

NIDN.0225078103
 ABSTRACT
THE INFFLUENCE OF USING ATTRIBUTE WEB STRATEGY TOWARDS
STUDENTS NARRATIVE TEXT READING COMPREHENSION AT EIGHT GRADE
OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KALIREJO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
By
Khoerotun Nikmah
Reading is certainly an important activity for expanding knowledge of a language thought
reading someone enables to expanding knowledge and enjoyable. In reading, students must be
able to comprehend meaning of the world in the text. By reading someone knows everything
around the world even though she/he does not to get the place directly. Therefore, reading can
help people easier to have relation with other people, to get information, knowledge and to know
the culture in different place. Based on the preliminary research the writer founds the cause of
the students problem do not interest to read the text. So, students has difficultly to get the
information from the text and understand meaning from the text. The object of the research is To
know the influence of attribute web strategy towards students reading comprehension at the
SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Kalirejo in academic years 2016/2017.

Furthermore, the subject of this research was the second semester of the eight grade students of
SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Kalirejo in academic years 2016/2017. The writer took two classes as
sample: class B as the control class and class A as the experimental. In this research, the writer
use quasi experimental. The writer took the sample by using random sampling because the
student were taken from classes.

Based on the data analysis, that there is a significant influence of attribute web strategy students
narrative text reading comprehension of the eigh grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Kalirejo in
academic years 2016/2017. It is proved by the result of T-test formula. It is showed that t-
observed > t-critical. Base on the result above. t-observed was higher than t-critical value. It
proofed that attribute web strategy in one of good strategy to improve the students achievement,
especially in reading narrative text.

Keyword: attribute web strategy, narrative text, reading comprehension

INTRODUCTION text. By reading someone knows everything

Reading is the one of important
aspects in our life beside speaking, writing,
and listening. According Patel and Jain
(2008:114) reading is certainly an important
activity for expanding knowledge of a
language thought reading someone enables
to expanding knowledge and enjoyable. In
reading, students must be able to
comprehend meaning of the world in the
around the world even though she/he does
not to get the place directly. Therefore,
reading can help people easier to have
relation with other people, to get
information, knowledge and to know the
culture in different place.
In indicating, reading is complex
cognitive activity for the reader to get the
information or ideas from the text that they
read, by reading well, students are able to
understand and comprehend the material
which the are learning, student will be smart
by reading more, because reading are able to
know about what they read. By knowing the
message or the content of the text, the idea,
someone will get information from the text.
In fact, the students are not interest to read
the text and had difficulty to comprehend
the meaning or information from the text,
and kinds of teaching strategy may result
bad or negative effect on students reading
skill. So, many students get difficultly to get
the idea, specific information and the
meaning from the text. Then the students is
lack of participation in the classroom.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Reading is very important activity
for reader to get the information or ideas and
the students will be smart by reading more,
because from reading they are able to know
much about what they read. Moreillon
(2007: 10) defines reading as using printed
and visual information to get the meaning
conveyed in a text. However, reading is not
simple. Reading is an active process that
requires a great deal of practice and skill. In
order to be good readers, learners must take
their ability to pronounce words and to
read pictures and then make the words and
pictures mean something. It means that
reading needs a great deal of practices as an
active process.
Teaching Reading Comprehension
Teaching reading is a process of
reading in the English classroom that can
understand the text easily and improves
interaction between the teacher and students
to find meaning or information from the
text. Then, teaching reading is a guideline
for the teacher to help the students to
understand the text or know difficult word in
the text. According Kimbly and Garmezy
(2001:7) define that teaching reading is the
activities to show or help someone to learn
how to do something, give instructions,
guide in the study of something, provide
with the knowledge, cause to know,
understand knowledge and give new
knowledge.
Teaching reading comprehension is
the only reason for reading. Without
comprehension, reading is a frustrating and
pointless exercise in word calling, and it can
make student to comprehend the text.
Teaching reading comprehension as the
applications of a set isolated skill such as
identifying word, finding main ideas,
identifying cause and effect relationship,
comparing and contracting, and sequencing.
Narrative Text
Narrative is an imaginative story
which has purpose to entertain the reader.
There are many narrative text which are
interesting to read. Narrative also can be as
media to teach the students about moral.
According to McQuillan (2000:85) every
narrative text, one can point to passages that
concern something other hat events: an
opinion about something, for example, or a
disclosure on the part of narrator which is
not directly connected with the events, a
description of a face or a location, and so
forth. Narrative text is one of genre that has
function to entertain or to amuse the reader
about the stories.
Attribute Webs Strategy
Attribute webs strategy is strategy
that will be applied in this research and it
can be used in teaching reading
comprehension. Attribute web strategy is
used to make the student to organize the
feel, character traits, acts, looks and says.
There are several definitions that given by
some experts. Knowles (2000:13) Attribute
Webs Strategy is simply a visual
representation of a character traits. They
provide a systematic way for student to
organize and recap the information they
have about that particular character. It
means that the student can easily organize
character and also can keep in mind the
information about character train. Attribute
web can also organize information about a
concept, object, or place. According to
Grant (1997:182), attribute web is a strategy
that used for students to make predictions
about the text that has been read by the
students. It means they will know about the
meaning of the word from the text and
understand about they have been read.
Procedure of Attribute Web Strategy
There are several steps that purpose
by some expert. Antonacci & OCallaghan
(2012:250) give addition about
implementation of attribute webs strategy:
1) Select a quality text, teachers select a
pictures or chapter book for the
activity based on students reading
level.
2) Guided reading on the text, teacher
conduct a picture or chapter walk of
text with the students. Students
make prediction about the plot and
characters from the picture walks.
After reading a passage from the
text, teachers lead discussion of the
main idea.
3) Conduct a character study, teachers
distribute the character to the
students. Working in small group,
students begin to complete their
notes the main character. Groups
discuss their notes with the class
when they have completed the
graphic organizer.
4) Complete reading of text. In the next
session, teachers lead students in a
summary of a text, and guide their
predictions for the next passage.
After students complete the text, the
prompt discussion with questions.
Teachers record students comments
on chart paper to use as a reference
tool.
5) Identify character attributes.
Teachers ask students to summarize
their notes of the main character and
discuss. Students must provide
evidence from the text to back up
their answer on the graphic
organizer. After groups have
completed their task, students report
out on the attributes they identified
for the main character. Their peers
discuss the evidence provided and
ascertain whether the character acted
appropriately.
Advantages of Attribute Webs Strategy
Every strategy has the advantages.
Knowles (2000: 13) states that attribute
webs may be used after reading the story or
competed gradually as information unfolds-
done individually, or finished as group
project. It means that attribute webs
strategy can be applied in many ways such
as individually work and group work, and it
can make the students more easily to
understand the meaning from the text
Brunner (2012:63) states that advantages of
attribute web is:
1) Provides opportunity for individual
work or collaborative effort.
2) Encourages attentions to detail and
student engagement.
3) Takes little teacher preparation.
4) Straight forward and easy to explain
and understand.
5) Helps student understand how an
author develops a storyline thought
characterization.
6) Encourages collaboration.
7) Can be easily implemented by a
substitute teacher.
8) May be an ongoing activity while
book is being read.
Disadvantage of Attribute Web Strategy
Attribute Web Strategy is difficult to
use on daily basis because developing the
teacher and the student prior knowledge is
time intensive. The teacher must be selective
and choose specific title of text where the
students lack prior knowledge and need
more support. Most students do not need
that high level of support for the content
material will read, but struggling readers and
early English language learners will benefit
greatly from this strategy.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
The subjects of this research were
the VIII.A and VIII.B of SMP
Muhammadiyah 1 Kalirejo in academic year
2016/2017. There are There are 3 classes of
the eight grade students and each class of
31, 30, and 24 students. The first class was
as experimental class and the second class as
control class. The classes were chosen
randomly, class VIII.A was as experimental
class and VIII.B as control class. Try out test
was given in order to see the reliability and
validity. The pre test and post test were
given both in experimental class and in
control class in order to see whether there is
significant difference of students increase
between the students who were taught
through Attribute Web Strategy and students
were taught through using conventional
Strategy in teaching learning at control
class.
The present research has shown that
students post-test result was higher than
pre-test result, it indicates that finding
students ability in reading comprehension
narrative text. The achievement of both
classes increased, but the result between
experimental class and control class was
different
In experimental class, the total score
that students achieved is 1948 up to 2490.
The mean was from 59.24 up to 78.88. In
control class, the total score that students
achieved is 1930 up to 2182. The mean was
from 64.33 up to 72.73. It means that the
data in both classes were normally
distributed and homogeneity. based on
hipothesys t-observed > t-critical, so, it can
be concluded that there is a significant
influence of attribute web strategy towards
students narrative text reading
comprehension of the eight grade of the
second semester in the SMP
Muhammadiyah 1 Kalirejo in academic year
of 2016/2017. It is proofed that attribute web
strategy is one of good strategy to improve
the students achievement, especially in
reading narrative text.
CONCLUSION
Based on the result of the data analysis, the
writer made some conclusions, as follow:
1.In experimental class, the total
score that students achieved is 1948
up to 2490. The mean was from
59.24 up to 78.88. In control class,
the total score that students
achieved is 1930 up to 2182. The
mean was from 64.33 up to 72.73.
It means that the data in both
classes were normally distributed
and homogeneity.
2. Based on hipothesys t-observed > t-
critical, so, it can be concluded that
there is a significant influence of
attribute web strategy towards
students narrative text reading
comprehension of the eight grade
of the second semester in the SMP
Muhammadiyah 1 Kalirejo in
academic year of 2016/2017. It is
proofed that attribute web strategy
is one of good strategy to improve
the students achievement,
especially in reading narrative text.
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