THE EFFECT OF USING MAGAZINE ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 PEKANBARU

Based on the researcher’s preliminary observation and information from the English teacher at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru, it was found that some of the students had problems in reading comprehension, especially in descriptive text. They could not reach the passing grade (KKM). The main focus of this research was to find out whether there was a significant effect between using and without using Magazine on students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru. The researcher formulated the problems that would be answered by using the quantitative research. This research had two variables, Magazine as an independent variable and students’ reading comprehension as a dependent variable. The type of research was a Quasi-experimental research. The subject of this research was the seventh- grade students at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru. The researcher took two classes: experimental and control class. There were 80 students as sample from 355 students at State Junior High School 4 Pekanbaru. In collecting the data, the researcher used multiple choice test. In analyzing the data, the researcher used an independent t-test formula by using SPSS 23 version. Based on the analysis of T-test Formula, Ha is accepted because the sig. value is 0.021