THE EFFECT OF USING FOCUSED READING NOTE TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

This study aims to discover the effect of using Focused Reading Note Technique
on Students’ Achievement in Descriptive Text. It was conducted by using
experimental research design. This population was the students of SMK Josua
Medan as Sample. The samples of the research were two classes divided into two
groups, experimental and control group which were chosen by using random
sampling technique. The Grade X TKJ 1 as Experimental Group was taught by
using Focused Reading Note Technique and grade X TKJ 2 as control group was
taught by using lecturing method. The instrument used to collect the data was by
asking the students to read a Descriptive Text. Based on the result of the data
analysis, it was concluded that using Focused Reading Note Technique
significantly affect the student’s ability in reading descriptive text (t-calculated >
t-table, p=0.05). The using Focused Reading Note Technique made the students
read descriptive text grammatically that without using Focused Reading Note
Technique . The calculation of t-test is 5,71 > 2,018 with df 42 and the level of
significance 0.05. It means that the using Focused Reading Note Technique has
significant effect on reading descriptive text.