INCREASING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING THROWING SNOW GAME AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMPN 5 MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research was to find out whether or not the use of Throwing Snow Game increases reading comprehension at the second grade of SMPN 5 Makassar. This research applied a pre-experimental design with one-group pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was the students in the second grade of SMPN 5 Makassar. This research used the purposive sampling technique. The sample consists of 25 students. The instruments for this research were using multiple-choice and narrative text. To collect data, the researcher used 20 questions of narrative text for each pre-test and post-test. The students' post-test total score was higher than the total score of the students' pre-test (56.4 > 95). The T-Test was greater than the T-Table (5.50 > 2.063). Based on the data analysis Throwing Snow Game can increase students' reading comprehension.