the implementation of intensive reading technique to improve students' vocabulary achievement of the second grade sma al-azhar 3 bandar lampung

Penilitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada i) peningkatan yang signifikan secara statistik dari prestasi kosa kata siswa setelah diajar melalui teknik membaca intensif, ii) aspek content words yang meningkat paling tinggi setelah diajar melalui teknik membaca intensif. Penilitian ini dilakukan di SMA Al-Azhar 3 Bandar lampung pada tahun akademik 2018/2019. Sampel penilitian ini adalah 30 siswa di kelas XI IPA 1. Instrument yang digunakan untuk mendapatkan data dalam penilitian ini adalah tes vocabulary yang dinilai oleh peneliti. Pre-tes dan pos-tes dilakukan untuk mengumpulkan data sebelum dan sesudah implementasi teknik membaca intensif. Paired Sample T-Test digunakan untuk menganalisis data dan pengujian hipotesis dihitung menggunakan SPSS versi 17 pada tingkat signifikansi p 0.05. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan prestasi kosa kata siswa yang signifikan secara statistik. This study was aimed to find out whether there i) was a statistically significant improvement of students’ vocabulary achievement after the students were taught using the intensive reading technique, ii) and what aspects of content words improved the most after the students were taught through the intensive reading technique. This research was conducted in SMA Al-Azhar 3 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2018/2019. The subjects of this research were 30 students in class XI IPA 1. The instrument used to obtain the data in this research was the vocabulary test scored by the researcher. Vocabulary tests in the form of multiple choices pre-test and post-test were given to collect the data before and after the implementation of the intensive reading. Paired Sample T-Test was used to analyze the data, and the hypothesis testing was computed using SPSS version 17 at the significance level of p 0.05. The result showed that there was a statistically significant improvement in the students’ vocabulary achievement. Keywords: improving, intensive reading, vocabulary achievemen