The Effect of Pairwork Technique in Students Reading for Senior High School

Abstract

The goal of this study is to see if students who are taught using the pairwork technique have better reading skills than students who are taught using traditional methods. This method of research is quantitative with a quasi-experimental design. This study's population consisted of tenth grade students from SMA N Parang, specifically grades X 5 and X 6. In this study, data was collected using a descriptive text reading test with multiple choice questions. To analyze student scores, researchers used SPSS version 20 and the Independent Sampe T-test. The findings indicate that using the pairwork technique has an effect on students' reading ability. The experimental class's reading score was higher, as evidenced by a mean score of 71.09 in the experimental class and 57.81 in the control class. As a result, there is a significant difference in reading skills between students treated with the pairwork technique and those treated with traditional teaching. According to the explanation above, the use of the pairwork technique has a beneficial impact in teaching descriptive reading.