THE EFFECTIVENESS CONTEXTUAL CLUE IN TEACHING READING SMPN 1 TOMONI

ABSTACT
TututWijayanti, 2022.“The Effectiveness of Contextual Clues in Teaching
Reading SMPN Tomoni.”Thesis English Education Study
Program Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty in the State
Islamic Institute Palopo Supervised by Amalia Yahya and
Syamsudarni.
This research aimed to find out how to improve the students’ ability to
translate the reading learning using a contextual clue. This research applied the
pre-experimental method. The population of this research was the eight grade
students’ of SMPN 1 Tomoni class of VIII.2 and also as the sample of the
research. The sample was taken by total sampling which consist of 20. The
researcher scored two aspects in reading skill; accuracy and comprehensibility by
using a test, namely pre-test and post-test. An observation was made during the
four treatments in progress. The mean score in the pre-test is 62.50 and in the post
test is 77.50. The statistical result showed that the test (5.658) was higher than the
ttable (2.093). It indicated that the contextual clue effectively enhanced reading
skill at SMPN 1 Tomoni.
Keywords : Contextual clues, reading skill, pre-experimental method