CLICK AND CLUNK STRATEGY IN READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

Abstrak: Masalah pembelajaran materi membaca di SMP bermacam-macam. Para siswa sering menghadapi kesulitan didalam memahami teks bacaan karena ada banyak tipe teks dan masing-masing memiliki bahasa, isi, dan kosakata yang bervariasi. Siswa sering menghadapi kesulitan saat menterjemahkan teks karena kurangnya pengetahuan kosakata. Permasalahan lain adalah metode pembelajaran kurang menarik. Click and Clunk adalah metode membaca yang dapat digunakan dalam mengajar materi membaca. Peneliti mengadakan penelitian untuk meneliti kefektifan Click and Clunk pada pembelajaran membaca teks deskriptif di SMP. Hasil menunjukan bahwa ada perbedaan antara penggunaan Click and Clunk dan metode lain dalam pembelajaran membaca untuk tingkat SMP. Click and Clunk memberikan hasil yang lebih baik untuk pembelajaran teks deskriptif di tingkat SMP. Kata Kunci : Click and Clunk, pembelajaran membaca, siswa SMP Abstract:The problems of reading material learning in junior high school are various. The students often encountered difficulty in comprehending text, there are various types of text and they have different language features, contents, and vocabulary varieties. The students often got difficulties on translating text because of less vocabulary knowledge. The other problem is that the method of teaching is not interesting Click and clunk is a reading method that can be used for teaching reading. The researcher conducted experimental research that observed the effectiveness of click and clunk in teaching reading descriptive text for junior high school level. The result shows that there is significant difference between click and clunk method and KWL method for teaching reading in junior high school level. Click and clunk gives better improvement for teaching reading descriptive text in junior high school level. Key Words: Click and Clunk, teaching reading, junior high school students