THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TASK-BASED TEACHING BY USING TRANSLATION METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S READING SKILL AT SEVENTH GRADE SMPN 2 SILIRAGUNG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

ABSTRACT
Reading is one of the most important English skills for students to learn. Many students enjoy reading English texts, but there are also many students who have difficulty reading English texts. Students find it difficult when reading descriptive texts, they do not understand the words that are read due to lack of words, and teachers still use traditional methods of reading in class. To get the results of students' reading skills, efforts are needed to develop student participation. Therefore, in this study, we will try to apply task-based learning with the translation method. This model is expected to overcome the problems that occur. This study aims to determine whether reading learning with translation learning can improve students' reading skills, gain students' perceptions and impressions of the task-based learning process, and to obtain increased student participation results in learning to read texts in class VII SMPN 2 Siliragung. The method used in this
research is Classroom Action Research, using Kurt Lewin's model: Planning, Action, Observation, and Reflection. The subjects studied were seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Siliragung. The instruments used in this study were observation, interviews and test.
This research method use Classroom Action Research Design, and this research consists of two cycles. In addition, this research will be carried out based on Classroom Action Research procedures, as follows: Preliminary study, planning, acting, observation and reflection. And this classroom action research involved thirty seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Siliragung as the population. There were eighteen female students and twelve male students. In addition, this researcher will use a qualitative approach, there are data collection techniques that will be used to collect data such as interviews, observations, and tests. And the researchers analyzed the data using the score rubric and Microsoft Excel as the technique.
The results of this study indicate that the application of the task-based teaching strategy with the translation method for class VII SMPN 2 Siliragung has a positive impact on students, especially in reading. This is evidenced by the average number of students who have increased in each cycle. In the preliminary study, the average number of students became 56, increased to 69.67 in the first cycle, and increased to 83 in the second cycle.
Key words: Task-Based, Translation Method, Reading.