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THE USE OF EXPERT GROUP LEARNING METHOD IN ENHANCING

STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY FOR THE VIII GRADE OF

SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 MALANG

THESIS

By :

Luluk Zianatul Ilmi

Nim. 201210100311144

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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THE USE OF EXPERT GROUP LEARNING METHOD IN ENHANCING

STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY FOR THE VIII GRADE OF

SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

Luluk Zianatul Ilmi

Nim. 201210100311144

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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MOTTO

Life and problem are things placed contiguously

I shouldn’t have to cage myself instead, and be in crowd of tears, scared,

disappointment, sadness, madness, and anything I shouldn’t have to

I should have to believe that rainbow is what thing comes after the rain.

There, you begin a real Life.

This thesis is dedicated to:

My beloved parents Mr. Miftakhul Huda and Mrs. Maria

My lovely brother and sister

My grandfather and grandmother

All my adorable friends

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Praise be to Allah the lord of the world who has guided the writer with

all his blessing in the process of finishing this thesis. May sholawat and salam

always be given to our prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought the changes

from stupidity era to cleverness era, namely Islam.

The process of finishing this thesis incriminates the involvement of

many people. Here, the writer would like to give his gratitude to the former who

has provided his willingness to finish this thesis, includes:

1. My beloved parents; Mr. Miftahul Huda and Mrs. Maria, my brother

and sister, my grandfather and my grandmother, grateful thanks for

everysingle pray and motivation.

2. Mr. Masduki, M.Pd as the first advisor and Ms. Thathit Manon

Andini, M.Hum as the second advisor who always provided a time,

support, guidence, motivation, ideas, encouragement, then the writer

could finish this thesis. Here, the writer would deliver a great thanks

and gratitude.

3. Ms. Nurul Hidayati, S.Pd as the English Teacher of SMP

Muhammadiyah 1 Malang and all of the students in VIII A and VIII

C of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Malang as their willingness being a

respondents for collecting the data.

4. All of my friends and lecturers in English Department, especially for

C class 2012, my Friends in Noah Translation Bureau; The place

where i can share, discuss, and find a new knowledge; A big thanks

for you All.

May this thesis will bring the benefits and purposes, amen.

Malang, April, 13th 2016

Luluk Zianatul Ilmi

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL .................................................................................................. i

LEGALIZATION ......................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................. v

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... vii

LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... ix

TABLE OF APPENDIXES ........................................................................... x

CHAPTER I: INDTRODUCTION .............................................................. 1

1.1 Background of the Study ........................................................ 1

1.2 Statement of Problem ............................................................. 4

1.3 Hypothesis .............................................................................. 5

1.4 Purpose of the Study .............................................................. 5

1.5 Significance of the Study ....................................................... 5

1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study ......................................... 6

1.7 Definiton of Key Terms ......................................................... 6

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ......................... 7

2.1 Teaching English ..................................................................... 7

2.2 Teaching Reading .................................................................... 9

2.3 Teaching Method..................................................................... 10

2.3.1 Kind of Method ............................................................. 11

2.3.1.1 Grammar Translation Method ......................... 11

2.3.1.2 Direct Method .................................................. 12

2.3.1.3 Audio – Lingual Method ................................. 13

2.3.1.4 Cooperative Learning Method ........................ 14

2.4 Approach ................................................................................. 16

2.4.1 Kind of Approach .......................................................... 16

2.4.1.1 Communicative Approach ............................... 17

2.4.1.2 Lexical Approach ............................................. 18

2.5 Approach and Method ............................................................. 18

2.6 Cooperative-communicative Learning ................................... 19

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CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...................................... 25

3.1 Research Design ...................................................................... 25

3.2 Population and Sample ............................................................ 27

3.3 Data & Data Collection ........................................................... 28

3.3.1 The data of the study ................................................... 28

3.3.2 The Source of Data ....................................................... 28

3.3.3 The Instrument to Collect the Data ............................. 29

3.3.4 The Step of Collecting the Data ................................... 29

3.4 Data Analysis .......................................................................... 33

CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION .......................................... 35

4.1 Research Finding ..................................................................... 35

4.1.1 The Result of Pre-test ................................................... 35

4.1.2 The Result of Post-test ................................................. 37

4.2 The Result of Hypothesis Testing ........................................... 38

4.3 Discussion ............................................................................... 39

4.3.1 Evaluation of the treatment Used ................................. 41

4.3.1.1 Advantages ...................................................... 41

4.3.1.2 Drawbacks ....................................................... 42

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................ 43

5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................... 43

5.2 Suggestion ............................................................................... 43

REFFERENCES ............................................................................................ 45

APPENDIX ..................................................................................................... 47

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1 : Quasai-Experimental design .......................................................... 26

Table 3.2 : The Activities at applying treatment .............................................. 31

Table 3.3 : Formula of using t-test ................................................................... 34

Table 4.1 : Result of Pre-test ............................................................................ 35

Table 4.2 : Result of post-test .......................................................................... 37

Table 4.3 : Result of Independent t-test ........................................................... 39

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TABLE OF APPENDIXES

Appendix 1 : Letter of Research Approval ...................................................... 47

Appendix 2 : Observation Cheklist .................................................................. 51

Appendix 3 : Result of The Observation.......................................................... 78

Appendix 4 : Documentation ........................................................................... 82

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