THE EFFECT OF TWO STAY TWO STRAY ON STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY

Abstract

This research is aimed to know the effect of two stay two stray on students’ reading ability. It is conducted to second grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Bogor. Random sampling by lottery system is used to take only two classes. They are divided into two groups: 40 students as the experimental group and 40 students as the control group. Experimental group is taught by two stay two stray technique and control group is taught by PPP (Presentation, Practice and Production). The writer uses quasy experimental method with pre-test post-test control group design. The writer collects the data through pre-test and post-test. After conducting the research, she finds that t-calculated value is 5.183 and degree of freedom is 78. The value of t-table at the significant level of t_0,01 is 2.390 and the significant level of t_0,05 is 1.671. The value of t-calculated is higher than that of t-table (5.183>2.390>1.671). it means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, it can be concluded that two stay two stray technique affects the students’ reading ability.