A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE USE OF COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AND INDIVIDUAL TASK-BASED ACTIVITY IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT AT GRADE IX OF SMPN 13 MATARAM

I Made Kawiarsa

I Made Kawiarsa English Graduate Department Mataram University

Keywords: Collaborative Activity, Individual Task-Based Activity, Students’ Reading Achievement

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This study aims at comparing the effectiveness of collaborative activity and individual task-based activity in improving the reading achievement of grade IX students of SMP Negeri 13 Mataram. The population of this study was grade IX students of SMP Negeri 13 Mataram in Academic Year 2015/2016. Two classes were chosen as the subjects of this study. Grade IX D consists of 41 students and Grade IX E consists of 39 students. The two classes were treated differently using two different learning activities for their English lesson. Grade IX D applied collaborative activity and Grade IX E used individual task-based activity. Data were taken using pre-test and post-test and the results were analized statistically using t-test and z-test at significant level 5%. The data were analyzed using paired sample t-test to measure the significant difference of each activity by comparing the pre-test and post-test of each experimental class to determine the effectiveness of the two activities. It was found that the result of collaborative activity t-test at the significance level 5% was .000. This level was less than 5 % (.000<.05). This means that the collaborative activity was an effective activity to improve reading achievement of Grade IX students of SMPN 13 Mataram. The result of Individual task-based activity t-test at the significance level 5% was .000 or lower than 5% (.000<.05). It also means that individual task-based activity was also an effective activity to improve students’ reading achievement. Comparing the effectiveness of both activities, the result of Independent test (z-test) at significant level 5% was .016 (.016<.05). This indicated that the two activities had significantly different effectiveness in improving the students’ reading achievement at grade IX of SMPN 13 Mataram that is the use of collaborative activity gave more improvement on the students’ reading achievement compared to individual tasked-based activity. Therefore, collaborative activity can be applied in classroom to improve students’ reading achievement.

Keywords: Collaborative Activity, Individual Task-Based Activity, Students’ Reading Achievement.