Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability through School Literacy Movement

Setyorini, Metyana and Karim, Sayit Abdul and Sudiro, Suryo (2023) Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability through School Literacy Movement. Loqueen: English Studies Journal, 16 (2). pp. 118-133.

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Abstract

The establishment of the School Literacy Movement (Gerakan Literasi Sekolah-GLS) proposed by the authority in Senior High School level is to tackle students‟ reading skills problem, especially reading comprehension. The present study attempts to figure out students‟ ability in reading comprehension, and to describe factors influencing students‟ abil ity in reading comprehension through literacy program at SMA N 1 Bantul. True experimental pretest-posttest control group design was applied in the present study. Furthermore, a pre-test and posttest were conducted to obtain quantitative data from both experimental and control group. Meanwhile, questionnaire with a Likert scale ranging from SA=4 to SD=1 was used to obtain data about factors influencing students‟ ability in reading comprehension. The findings revealed that the literacy program improved students‟ reading comprehension scores of the experimental group with an average score of 90.91, thus, this achievement is classified into "Good" category. Meanwhile, the influencing factors namely internal and external factors, including readers' motivation and interest, as well as the external factors including reading materials, teachers, and questioning strategies. The results of this study may help teachers choose effective learning strategies to improve students' reading comprehension through literacy programs in years to come

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Pendidikan > S1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Kaprodi S1 Pend. Bahasa Inggris UTY
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2024 03:21
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2024 03:21
URI:	http://eprints.uty.ac.id/id/eprint/14786

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