IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION BY USING FOLKTALE AT ELEMENTARY CLASS ANNAHDLOH ENGLISH COURSE BLOKAGUNG BANYUWANGI

ABSTRACT
Shanti Wahyuni. 2020, Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension By Using
Folktale At Elementary Class An-Nahdloh English Course.
Key Word: Improving, Reading Comprehension, Folktale
Reading comprehension that is well designed and implemented makes
students not only gain an increase in their language abilities, but also in their ability
to reason, be creative, and appreciate moral values. Folktales often explain
something that happens in nature or convey a certain truth about life.
Folktale comprises fables, fairy tales, old legend and urban legend. The
objective of the study is to produce the instructional strategy by using folktale.
The researcher limits the discussion only in the case of improving students‟
reading comprehension by using folktale in Elementary Class at An-Nahdloh
English Course.
This research uses a classroom action research method. This study aims to
produce intructional strategies to read using folktale. The study was completed at
Elementary Class An-Nahdloh English course with a total of 15 students.
The research procedure is in the form of a cycle. Each cycle consists of
four stages, including: Planning, acting, observing, reflecting. Data collection
techniques through tests. Data collection uses reading tests using folktale. In the
test, the students in order to read some folktale text and the teacher give 3
exercises. 1 question contains 10 points for use in taking scores.
The results of the reading test in cycle 2 have increased from cycle 1. The
average value in cycle 1 is 67,87 while in cycle 2 it becomes 91,33. In addition to
the increased average scores, the percentage of students categorized as complete
learning ≥ 75% also increased from 46,67% to 100%.
Therefore, it was very clear that folktale could help students to improve
their reading comprehension.From the results of the using folktale in Elementary
Class at An-Nahdloh English Course can improve reading comprehension with
the following steps such as: 1) The teacher greets, 2) The teacher addresses
students, 3) The teacher review about definition of Folktale, 4) The teacher forms
a group, 5) The teacher gives the dialouge folktale text, 6) Students read folktale
texts together with groups, 7) Questions and answers, 8) The teacher gives a
conclusion, 9) The teacher gives a final greeting.