The Effectiveness of Using Make a Match Technique in Reading for Comprehension

Authors

  • Yusti Mutia Yusuf Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia
  • Saiful Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia
  • Sitti Maryam Hamid Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56983/jlta.v5i2.478

Keywords:

Pre-Experimental Study , Reading Comprehension, Make a Match

Abstract

This study examined the use of the Make a Match Technique on literal reading comprehension. It was use descriptive text. Researcher was applied Pre- Experimental Research. It aimed at to find out the effectiveness of using Make a Match to improve the students’ reading comprehension at the second grade students’ of SMPN 1 Takalar 2022/2023. The sample of this research was the students of VIII. 1 class of SMPN 1 Takalar. This research was used purposive sampling technique. The researcher obtained the data using pre-test dan post-test. The mean score of the pre-test was 45,88 and post-test was 80,88. That was better increase of the mean score by students’ at the post-test. The test's outcome indicated a 3.273>2.036 significant difference between the t-test and t-table, indicating that the t-table was smaller than the t-test. That was proved by the t-table value 2.036 which was smaller than t-test 3.273. Based on the result of the analysis, it was concluded that using Make a Match technique could improved the students’ reading comprehension at the second grade students of SMPN 1 Takalar.



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Published

2025-12-31

How to Cite

Yusuf, Y. M., Saiful, & Hamid, S. M. (2025). The Effectiveness of Using Make a Match Technique in Reading for Comprehension . Journal of Language Testing and Assessment, 5(2), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.56983/jlta.v5i2.478

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