i IMPROVING STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT BY USING PROJECT BASED LEARNING AT THE ELEVENTH SOCIAL ONE GRADE OF SMAN 9 MUSI RAWAS

Reading comprehension is central to all reading engagement for
students therefore in learning students must be able to read texts fluently,
have prior knowledge and appropriate vocabulary, and be able to use
reading strategies. The aims of this study were (1) To find out the extent to
which the use project based learning can improve students' reading
comprehension of analytical exposition text by using project based
learning at the eleventh social one grade of SMAN 9 Musi Rawas, (2) Find
out the factors that influence the students' reading comprehension
changes after using Project based learning at the eleventh social one
grade of SMAN 9 Musi Rawas. This Classroom Action Research study
involved 30 students of the eleventh social one grade of SMAN 9 Musi
Rawas. Instruments used are a reading comprehension test, observation
checklist, field notes, and interview. The techniques of data analysis of this
research were quantitative and qualitative. The results of the research
were described as follow: (1) the improving of students' reading
comprehension of analytical exposition text improved from 9 (30%)
students in baseline data became 19 (63.3%) students in cycle I and it
improved became 27 (90%) students in the end of the research. (2)
factors that influence students' reading comprehension changes after
using Project based learning were students’ motivation, student’s
activeness in applying the project based learning, and students’
knowledge in applying Project-Based Learning. In short, it can be
concluded that Project Based Learning can improve students’ reading
comprehension and it was influenced by students’ motivation, the
students’ activeness and the students’ knowledge in applying the Project-
Based Learning.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Analytical Exposition, Project Based
Learning