The Effect of Small Group Discussion on Students’ Achievement in Reading Narrative Text at the Third Year Students of MTs Al-Washliyah 30 Pematang Guntung

Abstract

The  objective  of  this  study  was  to  get  the  empirical evidence  of  the  effect of  using small group discussion technique on students’ achievment in reading narrative text at the third year students of MTS AL-Washliyah 30 Pematang Guntung.  The method used in this study was quantitative through quasi experimental research. The population was all the third year students of MTS AL-Washliyah 30 Pematang Guntung. The total sample was 60 students that were taken by using lecturing technique Instrument of this study was  multiplechoise  test.  Before  doing  the  treatment,  the  students  in  experimental  class  were given  the  pre-test.  Then,  the  students  were  taught  by  using  small  group  discussion technique. At the end of the treatments, the students were given a post-test. T-test was used to analyze the data. Value of tobserve is 4.75 and the degree of freedom (df) is 58, whereas  the  value  t-table on  the  degree  of  significance  of  5%  is 1.67.  The  T-test revealed that the result is significant; it is determined by the value of t Obsever which is bigger  than  t table. Thus,  Ha  is  accepted because there  is  significant  effect  of  using small  group  discussion on students’reading narrative text  ability.  Therefore,  it can be concluded that using small group discussion is effective to improve students reading narrative text ability at the third year  students  of MTS AL-Washliyah 30 Pematang Guntung.