THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE IN READING COMPREHENSION ON NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMK BAJIMINASA MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research aims to know whether the implementation of herringbone technique can improve the students’ reading comprehension at the first-grade student of SMK Bajiminasa Makassar. This research used pre-experimental design with one group of pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was the first-grade student of SMK Bajiminasa Makassar. The total sample of this research was 20 students. The data result showed that the mean score of the post-test was greater than the pre-test (1.720>1.200) and the t-test value was greater than the t-table value (13.175>2.093) at the level of significant 0.05. It is proved by the result of three components in reading comprehension (decoding, fluency, vocabulary skills) where the post-test result was higher than the pre-test. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of herringbone technique was significantly improve the students’ reading comprehension at the first-grade student of SMK Bajiminasa Makassar.