Luthviya, Farahdiny. 2018. The Effectiveness of Think Aloud in Teaching
Reading. Thesis, English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and
Teachers Training.Advisors: (I). Nani Hizriani. S.Pd.Ma, (II) Puji Sri
Rahayu, M.A
Keywords: Think Aloud, Teaching Reading, Effectiveness
This researchwas aimed to helping the students improve the reading score
with another strategy compared with conventional strategies. Then, when get the
data, the researcher chose quasi experimental research who need 4 meetings
including pretest, treatment, and posttest for experiment class, 2 meetings
including pretest and posttest for control class.
This research is an Experiment research who conducted in SMPIslam
Sabilal Muhtadin Banjarmasin , IX grade. Then, the researcher took 30 students
from Experiment class, and 30 students from Control class.The instrument used to
get the data is test who consisting 10 questions multiple choices.
The finding showed that the mean score of the pretest of experimental
class was 67,48 and 69,7 for control class. And the mean score of the posttest of
experimental group was 78,25 and 72,9 for control group. With the help of SPSS
22, the researcher found t value of posttest was 2.07 which higher from critical
value df 52. It means significant difference between students who are taught by
free translation compared students who are taught without free translation in IX
Grade SMP Islam Sabilal Muhtadin