DEVELOPING AN EXTENSIVE READING BOOK FOR THE TENTH GRADERS OF MA TERPADU AL-ANWAR TRENGGALEK

ABSTRACTAndayanana, Ayu Septiana Eka Putri. 2016. Developing an Extensive Reading Book for the Tenth Graders of MA Terpadu Al-Anwar Trenggalek. Thesis, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, State University of Malang. Advisors: (I) Dr. Mirjam Anugerahwati, M.A., (II)Dr. Furaidah, M.A.Keywords:extensive reading book, reading skill, liking of reading, tenth graders.This research and development study was intended to develop reading materials in form of anextensive reading book to increase the tenth graders of MA Terpadu Al-Anwar Trenggalek liking of reading. This product aimed to use forextensive reading activities. The product was developed because of lack of English reading materials to read. This study used research and development (RnD) design by Borg and Gall (1983) with the following steps; (1) needs analysis, (2) material and product development, (3) expert and teacher validation, (4) revision I, (5) product try-out, (6) revision II, and (7) producing the final product.The first stage of the development was the needs analysis stage. There were two instruments used to collect the data in this stage. The first instrument was an interview guideline to interview the teacher, and the second instrument was a questionnaire for the students. The result of the need analysis indicated that the students thought that reading was a boring activity. They cannot find English reading materials that suited their desires either. The English teacher also had difficulties in providing English reading materials.The second stage to be done was material and product development. The materials developed for this product was based on the types of texts in syllabus, i.e. descriptive text, narrative text, and recount text. The product developed was in form of a compilation of stories in a book. There were 93 pages completed with the activities, answer keys, and illustrations.Before going to be tried-out, the product was validated by an expert validators and the English teacher. The result from both validators indicated that the product had an excellent quality; yet, there were several things to be revised. After the revision stage was done, the next stage was try-out. The try-out stage was administered in a week using two kinds of instrument. The first instrument was a written reading report, and the second instrument was a questionnaire. In the last day of try-out, the questionnaire was given to the students to know their opinion about the product. The result of the try-out was good as indicated by the result ofquestionnaire feedback from the students. As the step was continued by revising the product after being tried out, the researcher then produced the final product. The overall result from this study indicated that the product developed is suitable and appropriate to fill the lack of English reading materials at MA Terpadu Al-Anwar Trenggalek. The product can also improves the students’ liking of reading. English teachers can use this product inside the class as a resource for sustain silent reading activity. Further researchers can also develop this product to make it better regarding some of the weaknesses like the limitation of topics and materials