The Effect of Picture Story Books on Students' Reading Comprehension

Autor/in	Roslina
Titel	The Effect of Picture Story Books on Students' Reading Comprehension
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8 (2017) 2, S.213-221 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Picture Books; Childrens Literature; Story Reading; Reading Comprehension; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Randomized Controlled Trials; Comparative Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Prior Learning; Questionnaires; Interviews; Statistical Analysis; Student Interests; Scores; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Elementary Education; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Picture book; Bilderbuch; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Leseverstehen; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Vorkenntnisse; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Statistische Analyse; Studieninteresse; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Elementarunterricht; Indonesien
Abstract	As a non formal education students, PKBM (a Non-Formal Community Learning Center) Medaso Kolaka students tend to encounter some difficulties in reading such as low motivation, infrequent tutors (non-formal education teachers) coming, inappropriate teaching materials, etc. This research aimed to investigate the effects of picture story books on the students' reading comprehension and to clarify students' perception on the utilization of picture story books in teaching reading. The research was conducted at the PKBM Medaso Kolaka by applying the experimental design. There were 15 students randomly took as the sample and they were taking a Paket B. The sample was divided into two groups, namely experimental group and control groups. The data were collected by administering a test, namely pre-test that aimed to determine the prior students' knowledge, and the post-test that was conducted in the end of the experiment. Questionnaires and interviews were also used to collect data of the students' perception. Then, the data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment assisted by SPSS 14.0. The results revealed that picture story books were able to improve students' reading as well as the students' interest in reading. The result showed that the utilization of picture story books had effect on the students' reading comprehension that revealed the value of 0.025 with higher scores found in the post-test. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01