The Effectiveness of Small Group Discussion Method in Teaching Reading 
                (A Quasi-Expreimental Research in Second Grade Students of One Of Public 
                                   Junior High School) 
                                           
                                     Cecep Ahmad S. 
                                English Education Department 
                               Indonesia University of Education 
                                  cecepahmads@gmail.com 
                                        2013 
                                           
                                      ABSTRACT 
                                           
               This study, entitled “Effectiveness of Small Group Discussion Method in Teaching 
               Reading” aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the use small group discussion 
               method in improving students’ reading skill and students’ responses towards the 
               implementation of it. Small group discussion is a group discussion which consists of 
               six or fewer students. The study employed a quasi experimental design. The study 
               involved the eighth grade Junior High School students as the participants, which 
               were divided into two groups; experimental group and control group. The data of the 
               study were obtained through pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. The data from pre-
               test and post-test were analyzed by using independent t-test from the SPSS 17.0 for 
               windows. Then, data obtained from questionnaire were classified and analyzed in 
               order  to  find  out  students’  responses  towards  the  use  of  small  group  discussion 
               method  in  teaching  reading.  The  quantitative  finding  of  the  study  reveals  that 
               significance value is lower than 0.05, (p = 0.000 < 0.05), which indicates that small 
               group discussion method effectively improved students’ reading skill. In addition, 
               data obtained from questionnaire shows that most students agreed that small group 
               discussion  can  improve  their  motivation  in  learning  reading,  increase  their 
               participation in the class, and build up their responsibility to finish the tasks given by 
               teacher. Meanwhile, students stated also that most of them prefer to use their mother 
               language (L1) than English to interact each other. Some of them argued that they 
               prefer  work  individually  in  accomplishing  the  tasks.  Furthermore,  it  is  highly 
               recommended for some researchers or teacher to put more attention to their students 
               during discussion. 
                
                
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               Cecep Ahmad S, 2013 
               THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION METHOD IN TEACHING READING 
               Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu 
                
            
                                       ABSTRAK 
                                            
                                            
                    Penelitian yang berjudul “Keefektipan Metode Small Group Discussion di 
               Dalam  Pengajaran  Membaca”  ini  bertujuan  untuk  menganalisis  atau  mencaritau 
               keefektifan dari penggunaan Metode Small Group Discussion dalam pembelajaran 
               reading dan juga mencari tahu bagaimana respon dari siswa terhadap penggunaan 
               Metode Small Group Discussion dalam pembelajaran Reading terkait dengan aspek 
               pengetahuan siswa tentang bahasa Inggris dan aspek psikologis siswa dam belajar. 
               Partisipan  dari  penelitian  ini  adalah  siswa  kelas  delapan  SMP  negeri  19  kota 
               Bandung yang dikelompokan kedalam dua kelompok, yang pertama adalah kelas 8A 
               sebagai kelas control dan kelas 8D sebagai kelas eksperimental (percobaan). Hasil 
               dari penelitin menunjukan bahwa Metode Small Group Discussion efektif digunakan 
               untuk  pembelajaran Reading. Hal trsebut ditunjukan oleh rata-rata nilai  siswa  di 
               kelas experimental (=79.45, SE=1.69, p<0.05) yang dengan signifikan lebih tinggi 
               dari  rata-rata  nilai  siswa  di  keas  control  (M=73.21,  SE=1.96).  Selain  itu,  hasil 
               penelitian  juga  menunjukan  bahwa  respon  yang  diberikan  oleh  siswa  terhadap 
               penggunaan Metode Small Group Discussion dalam pembelajaran reading sangat 
               baik.  Terkait  dengan  aspek  pengetahuan  bahasa  Inggris,  sebagian  besar  siswa 
               bependapat  bahwa  Metode  Small  Group  Discussion  dapat  membantu  mereka 
               meningkatkan motivasi dalam pelajaran Reading, meingkatkan partisipasi dikelas, 
               dan membuat siswa lebih menjadi bertanggung jawab dalam mengerjakan tugas.  
                   
               Cecep Ahmad S, 2013 
               THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION METHOD IN TEACHING READING 
               Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu