IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH TELLS “Title, Examine, Look, Look, Setting” At MTs As’ADIYAH No. 39 ITTERUNG

This thesis presents research about “Improving The Students’ Reading
Comprehension Through TELLS (Title, Examine, Look, Look, Setting) At Mts
As’adiyah No. 39 Itterung”. This reserach was used to find out whether or not
TELLS can improve students’ reading comprehension. This research used
quantitative method. The researcher used cluster sampling. The sample consisted of
18 students from the eighth grade of MTs As’Adiyah No.39 Itterung. The researcher
gave pre test, treatments, and post test by using TELLS. The data on the students’
reading comprehension were analyzed by using SPSS 25.
This result of this research showed that the students had good ability in
reading. It could be seen from the comparison data between the mean score of post
test was significantly higher than pre test 79,83>53,94. The data was analized by
using the significant was 0.00 < 0.005. It indicated that the alternative hypothesis (H1)
was accepted and of course the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. There was
significant difference between of students’ reading comprehension before and after
giving the treatment of TELLS and classifying into good category.