The Students’ Difficulties in Learning Reading Comprehension Using Cooperative Learning Through Jeopardy Game

Abstract

English is an international language learned in Indonesia. One of the difficulties of student learning is when learning to read. They tend to read without knowing the meaning of the text they are reading. On this occasion the researcher tried to teach comprehension reading using cooperative learning through jeopardy games to increase students’ interest and ability in learning reading comprehension. In addition, researchers also want to find out what difficulties students face when learning to use jeopardy game through this jeopardy game. This research was conducted on students of class VIII E Semester 1 SMPN 1 Cililin which consists of 36 students. This research was conducted using the Classroom Action Research (CAR). From the results of the pretest and posttest, there were 20 pretest results from 36 students or 56% who succeeded in reaching the minimal completeness criteria. Whereas in the posttest there was an increase to 28 out of 36 students or 78,85% who successfully reached the minimal completeness criteria. Then it can be concluded the use of games in learning increases the ability of students in reading comprehension. However, there are some students who still find it difficult to learn to use this method because their vocabulary mastery is still lacking. Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Cooperative Learning, Jeopardy Game

Enhancing Vocational High School Students' Reading Skills Using Jeopardy Games

“…Those material compositions can help students easily understand the text and improve their reading skills. Jeopardy game is an alternative way to boost high school students' interest in reading (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021;Werdiyani, 2021). Jeopardy games have proven to be beneficial and effective in enhancing students' reading skills (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021).…”

“…Jeopardy game is an alternative way to boost high school students' interest in reading (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021;Werdiyani, 2021). Jeopardy games have proven to be beneficial and effective in enhancing students' reading skills (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021). Suryani and Kareviati (2021) also argue that the Jeopardy game could improve students' reading skills in a class with low reading ability.…”

“…Jeopardy games have proven to be beneficial and effective in enhancing students' reading skills (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021). Suryani and Kareviati (2021) also argue that the Jeopardy game could improve students' reading skills in a class with low reading ability.…”

Improving Students’ Reading Skills through Jeopardy Games

“…However, in this case, the students are quickly feeling bored when they have to read a long text and students are also tend to be lazy when learning English since they believe the language is difficult (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021). To overcome this, the teacher must think of the right method so that when reading long texts students do not feel bored and being lazy when learning English.…”

“…Hence, one of the games that can eliminate boredom and can also improve students' reading skills is the Jeopardy game. According to (Suryani & Kareviati, 2021) the Jeopardy game is a game that can be played individually or in groups, has a simple rule structure so that it can be played anywhere. Jeopardy games are fun games for students and helpful games for teachers (Karim, 2019).…”