The Effectiveness of Using Herringbone Technique Towards Student’s Reading Comprehension Skill at SMP Negeri 1 Pandeglang

Abstract

The objective of this research is to know whether there is any effectiveness of using herringbone technique towards students’ reading comprehension skill on recount text at SMP Negeri 1 Pandeglang. The samples of this research were eighth grade of SMPN 1 Pandeglang. They were VIII B as experimental Class and VIII A as control class. Each class consisted of 30 students. This research used quantitative approach through quasi-experimental as a research design. The researcher collected the data through pre-test and post-test. The instrument of this research was a reading comprehension test. As the result of hyphothesis testing, the value of  is 2,00172 and  is 12,866.  ≥  or 12,866 ≥ 2,00172. at degree of freedom 𝑑𝑓= 58 with the level of significance 0.05 (5%). It can be concluded that the null hypothesis (𝐻o) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (𝐻𝑎) is accepted. So, there is effectiveness of using herringbone technique towards students’ reading comprehension skill on recount text at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Pandeglang.