The Implementation of “Wattpad Application” Toward Students’ Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This research presented the Effect of Reading Wattpad Toward Students' Reading Comprehension at Second Grade of MAS. Nurul Yaqin Dawi-Dawi. The design of this research was a quasi-experiment by using a non-equivalent control group design. The variable of this research consisted of two variables, they were Wattpad as the independent variable and the students' reading comprehension as the dependent variable. The sample of this research were the second grade students of IPA 1 and IPA 2 of MAS. Nurul Yaqin Dawi-Dawi. There were 28 students in IPA 1, and there were 29 students in IPA 1. The instrument of this research was the pre-test and post-test. Data collection techniques in this research were giving pre-test and post-test. It was found out that there was an Effect of Reading Wattpad Toward Students' Reading Comprehension at Second Grade of MAS. Nurul Yaqin Dawi-Dawi. It could be seen from the mean score of post-test (84,11), it was higher than the mean score of pre-test (79,48). The result showed that T-test > T-table (7,117 > 2,052). The alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. The N-Gain score of experimental class had the mean (33,2316) < 40%. It means that the Wattpad application was not effective to be used in the learning process in the class.