The Implementation of Quipper School Application To Improve Student's Achievement in Reading Comprehension

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUIPPER SCHOOL APPLICATION TO
IMPROVE STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT IN READING

COMPREHENSION
SKRIPSI
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements

For the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd.)
English Education Program
By:
RAHMAYANI SYAFITRI
NPM. 1302050257
THE FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN
2017
ABSTRACT
Syafitri, Rahmayani. “The Implementation of Quipper School Application to

Improve Student’s Achievement in Reading Comprehension”. Skripsi.
English Education Program. Faculty of Teachers’ Training and Education.
University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. Medan. 2017.
This study dealt with the implementation of quipper school application to improve
student‟s achievement in reading comprehension. This study was conducted at
SMA Swasta YPK Medan on Jalan Sakti Lubis Gg. Aman No. 25 Medan in
eleventh grade. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique.
The number of sample were 34 students. The method of research applied
classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the student‟s activity
during the implementation of quipper school application in reading
comprehension and to figure out the improvement of the student‟s achievement in
reading comprehension by applying quipper school application. The instruments
of this research were observation sheet and a reading comprehension test which
consisted of 10 multiple choices. The researcher conducted two cycles in this
research, there were three meetings in cycle 1 and 1 meeting in cycle 2. This
research used quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data showed that
the mean score in cycle 1 was 60.58, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.76; the
students who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 was 14 student and the percentage
was 41.18%, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 34 students
and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got from observation sheet in
every cycle showed that the improvement of teacher and students‟ behaviour.
Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data proved that quipper
school application improved the students‟ achievement in reading comprehension.
Keywords: implementation, quipper school application, reading comprehension.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the researcher wuld like to thank to Allah SWT, the most
precious and merciful who had given healthy and blessing to complete this study.
Secondly, to our prophet Muhammad SAW who had brought us the human beings
from the darkness into the brightness.
This study was concerned with the implementation of quipper school
application to improve students‟ achievement in reading comprehension. It was
submitted to English Education Program of the Faculty of Teachers‟ Training and
Education, University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara in partial fulfillment of
the requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan.
There were many people who have assissted her in process of completing
this study, especially her beloved parents, Ilyasak, SE and Khuzaimah Harahap
for their pray, support, advice, and material during completing her study in
University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara.
Therefore, the researcher would like to address her deep thankful to all people
mention below:
1. Dr. Agussani, M.AP, rector of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera
Utara.
2. Dr. Elfrianto Nasution, S.Pd., M.Pd, the Dean of FKIP University of
Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara.
3. Mandra Saragih, S.Pd., M.Hum and Pirman Ginting, S.Pd., M.Hum, the
Head and Secretary of English Education Program of FKIP University of

Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara for administrative service. So she could
finish this study.
4. Mandra Saragih, S.Pd., M.Hum, as her supervisor who had given her
guidance, suggestion and advice, so she could finish this study.
5. All lectures especially those of English Education Program for guidance,
advice, and suggestion during the years of her study.
6. Ricardo A. Sirait , ST., M.Si, the Headmaster of SMA Swasta YPK
Medan, M. Irsyad K.I, S.Ag, the English teacher of SMA Swasta YPK
Medan, and eleventh grade students of SMA Swasta YPK Medan in
academic years 2017/2018 who helped during the experiment.
7. Her beloved younger brother, Fadhlil Fikar and Alfi Syabilla who always
given supports, motivations, and spirit in finishing her study.
8. All of her classmates in D-Morning English Education in FKIP UMSU.
Finally the researcher hopes that her study will be useful for the readers,
especially for the students of English Education Program who want to do
the research and also the researcher herself. May Alla, the most almighty
blessing all of us.
Medan, April 2017
The Researcher,
Rahmayani Syafitri
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................... i
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1
A. The Background of the Study ......................................................... 1
B. The Identification of the Problem ................................................... 3
C. The Scope and Limitation ............................................................... 3
D. The Formulation of the Study ......................................................... 3
E. The Objective of the Study ............................................................. 3
F. The Significance of the Study ......................................................... 4
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................................. 5
A. Theoritical Framework .................................................................... 5
1. Reading Comprehension ........................................................... 5
1.1.The Purpose of Reading ...................................................... 6
1.2.Types of Reading ................................................................ 6
1.3.The Basic Skills of Reading ................................................ 7
1.4.The Reading Activities ........................................................ 8
1.5.Indicators of Reading Comprehension ................................ 10
2. Analytical Exposition ............................................................... 11
2.1.The Basic Competency of Analytical Exposition Text ....... 11
2.2.The Indicator of Analytical Exposition .............................. 11
2.3.Generic Structure of Anlytical Exposition ......................... 11

2.4.Language Features of Analytical Exposition ...................... 12
3. Quipper School Application...................................................... 12
3.1.The Concept and Procedures of Quipper School ................ 13
3.2.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Quipper School ..... 14
B. Conceptual Framework ................................................................... 15
CHAPTER III
METHOD OF RESEARCH ..................................................................... 16
A. Location and Time of the Research ................................................ 16
B. Subject and Object of the Research ................................................ 16
C. Research Design .............................................................................. 17
D. Procedure of the Research ............................................................... 18
E. Instrument of the Research.............................................................. 21
F. Technique of Collecting Data ......................................................... 21
G. Technique of Analyzing Data ......................................................... 22
CHAPTER IV
DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS .............................................................. 23
A. The Data .......................................................................................... 23
1. Quantitative Data ..................................................................... 23
2. Qualitative Data ....................................................................... 29
B. Data Analysis ................................................................................. 29
1. The Analysis of Quantitative Data ........................................... 29
2. The Analysis of Qualitative Data ............................................. 32
C. Research Findings ........................................................................... 32

CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................................... 34
A. Conclusion ...................................................................................... 34
B. Suggestion ....................................................................................... 35
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. The Background of the Study
In this era of high technology, learning media based technology is needed
by the teachers. Learning media based technology is e-learning. E-learning is an
inovation in education that has big contribution to change the learning process.
Hamdani (2011: 116) stated that e-learning is a distance learning by using
computer technology, computer network or internet. It meant that the teacher
should use e-learning as an interesting media. The use of e-learning media enable
to support the students in better learning. Learning sources were not only limited
in text book but also used digital media so that it was easy to access and evaluate
the students.
Based on the curriculum 2013, in reading skill at eleventh grade the
students might be able to understand the meaning of short functional text and
essays form of analytical exposition text in daily life to access the knowledge.
However in the real teaching learning process showed that it was not same. Based
on the researcher experience in doing Teacher Practicing Program at SMA Swasta
YPK Medan at eleventh grade, the researcher found some problems in teaching
reading comprehension that involved some factors namely students‟ factor and
teachers‟ factor. First, it was the students‟ factor. The students‟ ability in reading
comprehension was still low and it was shown from the low reading score . It was
caused by the lack of understanding students in comprehending the text, only 73%
students could comprehend the text.

Secondly, In teacher‟s factor, the teacher did not use e-learning as the interest
media. The teacher used the text book only and used the monotonous media by
reading a long text in text book. It could make the students feel bored.
Grabe and Soller (2002) stated that reading comprehension refers to the
understanding of information in a text appropriately. Furthermore, reading
comprehension is an essential part of reading activity. Without comprehension,
reading is simply following words on a page from left to right while sounding
them out. Quipper School application is one of the system based in e-learning,
because it is a popular educational online platform focusing on helping teachers
and students dealing with internet use in teaching learning. Quipper School
Application was a good media in teaching reading. It was proven by the previous
research conducted in MAN 2 Ponorogo as stated in Journal “The Use of Quipper
School in Teaching Engqlish to the Tenth Grade Students of MAN 2 Ponorogo in
Academic Year 2015/2016”. Therefore, the Quipper School Application as a
media was applied in MAN 2 Ponorogo motivates the researcher to apply it in this
research.
Based on the explanation above, the researcher was interested to conduct a
research entitles “The Implementation of Quipper School Application to Improve
Student‟s Achievement in Reading Comprehension”.
B. The Identification of the Problem
Based on the background of the study, the problems were identified as
follows:
1. The students were not able to comprehend the reading comprehension text.
2. The teacher did not find the good media in teaching reading comprehension.
C. The Scope and Limitation
The scope of this study was foccused on reading comprehension and it was
limited on teaching the analytical exposition text by applying Quipper School
Application.
D. The Formulation of the Study
In this study, the problems were formulated as follows:
1. How was the student‟s activity during the implementation of Quipper School
Application in reading comprehension?
2. was there any improvement of the students‟s achievement in reading
comprehension by applying Quipper School application?
E. The Objective of the Study
The objectives of the study were stated as follows:
1. To figure out the students‟s activity during the implementation of Quipper
School Application in reading comprehension.
2. To figure out the improvement of the student‟s achievement in reading
comprehension by applying Quipper School application.
F. The Significance of the Study
Theoritically, the research findings of the study were expected to enrich
the reader‟s knowledge in teaching reading comrehension, especially in analytical
exposition text.
Practically, the research findings of the study were expected to be useful for:
1. For students, to improve the student‟s acvievement in reading
comprehension.
2. For English teacher,as an suggestion to improve their professionalism in
teaching reading comprehension especially by applying quipper school
application.
3. The other researcher, who have interesting in this study to get information in
teaching reading comprehension.

CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Theoritical Framework
In conducting a research, theories were needed to explain some
concepts in research concern. In this chapter, there were some important
theories that used in this study. These important theories might be clear from
the beginning in order to avoid misunderstanding between the researcher and
the reader and both of them must have the same perception on the concept of
this research. The reasearcher presented this chapter in order to strengthen this
study. The theories were classified in the following:
1. Reading Comprehension
Reading is one of receiptive in learning English, deals with how
someone gets information from written text. According to Neil (2003: 68),
reading is a fluent process of readers combining information from a text and
their own background knowledge to build the meaning. The goal of reading is
comprehension. Reading as we know involves a number of cognitive
processes. Reading is a communicative value and functions as an active skill as
cognitive processes are working doing reading. The reader both read and tried
to work on the information in the reading itself.

Reading with comprehension meant understanding what had been read.
It was an active thinking process that depends not only on comprehension skills
but also on the student‟s experience and prior knowledge.
The aim of reading activity is for getting good comprehension, if the
reader cannot comprehend the text so that they cannot get the information and
the knowledge. Reading comprehension is the an interactive processs. When
reading process the reader has interaction with the text and the reader
experience or background knowledge help her or him to understand the context
of the text.
Hedgcock (2009: 210) stated that “reading comprehension is a complex
construct that involves the interaction of number of physcholinguistic
processes”. It meant that in reading the students need interaction between the
reader and writer to comprehend about part and concept of reading sources.
The reader should comprehend the meaning what the writer meant. They also
should read the line between the lines and beyond the lines. In other words, it
is an active language ability which result of communication between reader
and the writer, thereby the readers will be able to understand what the authors‟
stated on their written.
In addition, Guthrie et al (2004: 1993) stated that “ reading comprehension
consist of the processes constructing conceptual knowledge from a text through
cognitive interaction and motivational involvement with the text”. It could be
said that in reading comprehension we did the process of conceptual
knowledge. The reader needs to build their cognitive and conceptual
knowledge during reading activity. The ability of reading comrehension among

the readers were various. One might had high level of understanding the text
and another might had the low one. Reading comprehension abilities were
quite complex and that they very numerous ways depending on tasks,
motivation, goals, and language abilities (Grade and Stoller, 2002). They also
argued that the large differences among the readers occur because of various
ways of reading.
Based on the definition above, it was concluded that in reading comprehension
the reader‟s background knowledge and information decoded from the text
should be possessed by the reader and those two aspects process both
interactively and simultaneously. While the definition can be simply stated the
act is not simple to teach, learn, or practice. Reading comprehension is an
intentional, active, interactive process that occurs before, during, and after a
person reads a particular piece of written.
1.1. The Purpose of Reading
Like doing other activities, the reader also had some purposes in doing
reading. There were numerous reasons in reading. Rivers and temporally
(Nunan 2003) suggest there are seven main purpose of reading:
1) To obtain for some purpose or because we are curious about the topic.
2) To obtain an how to platform some task for our work daily life (e.g.
knowing how an appliance work).
3) To act in a play, play a game, do apuzzle.
4) To keep in touch with friends by correspondence or to understand business
letters.
5) To know when and where something will taken place or what is available.
6) To know what is happening or has happened (as reporter in newspaper,
magazine, reports).
7) For enjoy and excitement.
1.2. Component of Reading Comprehension
As stated previously, reading comprehension is a complex process and
multicomponent that involve many interactions between the reader and what
the reader brings into the text (previous knowledge, strategy use). By this
definition could be seen that component of reading comprehension include
reader, text, the reader will use their previous knowledge and strategy to
comprehend a text.
William (2009: 1998) explained that “in comprehending a text needs the
ability to identify main idea in the text that involves the knowledge of basic
grammar, effective comprehension strategies, and awareness of text structure
and also a large of vocabulary knowledge base”.
1.3. Reading Comprehension Process
According to Hampton & Resnick (2008: 22) that there were two
fundamental components of reading comprehension process developing a text
base and building a mental model.
a. Developing a text base
Developing a text base meant the readers try to make conncections within
the text. Understanding the information and ideas that the text presents is the
essential undergirding for understanding what it meant. The students must
understand the meaning of the word, prhases, sentences and paragraph and link
these ideas coherently. In this process, readers worked with the information
and ideas presented by the text. When students were reading well, developing
the text base was likely to be automatic, they might not even be aware they
were doing it. It was clear that developinh a text base was the network of the
ideas that connects the meaning drawn from phrases, clauses and sentences into
the larger ideas.
b. Building a mental model
Mental model is representation from the ideas in the text base that was
developed by existing knowledge of the readers. In buliding a mental model,
the readers tried to make meaning from the text. In this process, the readers
built a word or create an image in their minds based of the situation that is
described in the text. They try to relate it into the prior knowledge, experiences
and purposes they already have.
The movement between developing a text base and building a mental
model was simultaneously done by the readers when they are process the text.
Transfer and adjust their understanding in the act of reading. These were
dynamic interplays in the reader‟s mind between the text base and the mental
model. When reading the text, the reader‟s check accurately reflects what the
text said and it was also match with reader‟s knowledge base. Shortly, the
thinking process of developing a text base and building a mental model interact
and depend on each other.
1.4. Types of Reading
Brown (2003: 189) describes that the types of reading. In the case of
reading, variety of performance is derived more from the multiplicity of types

of the text than from the variety of overt types of performance. Nevertheless,
several types of reading are very identify as follows:
a. Perceptive
Perceptive reading tasks involve attending to the components of larger
streches of discourse: letters, words, punctuation and other graphemic symbol.
Bottom-up processing is apply.
b. Selective
In other to know one‟s reading recognition of lexical, grammatical, or
discourse feature of language within a very short story, selective reading is
apply.
c. Interactive
Include among interactive reading are streches of language of several
paragraps to one page or more in which the reader mist, psycholinguistic sense,
interect with the text. That is, reading is process of negotiating meaning, the
reader brings the text a set of schemats for understanding it and in take is the
product of interaction.
d. Extensive
Extensive reading applies to text of more than a page, up to and
including professional articles, essays, technical reportd, short stories and
books.
1.5. The Basic Skills of Reading
Mc Neil (1992) defines the basic skills of reading as follows:

1) Pronounciation
Pronounciation is the utterance of any sound symbol or word. It is
important in recognizing a word because the correct pronounciation of a word
would help the reader to retell the meaning of it. Stress intonation are under
this part.
2) Structural System
Structural system is the pasts of a word that forms unit of meaning or
second. The unit may be parts of an inflectional ending, a compound word, a
prefix, suffix, and syllable.
3) Vocabulary
Vocabulary is a list of words in a reader can find words to express the
meaning. In other words recognition vocabulary is much larger than production
vocabulary.
4) Comprehension
Comprehension is the combination of knowledge in structure and
vocabulary in which situation the language is use.
1.6. The Reading Activities
Teacher should devide the reading into their interrelate stages, those
are: pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading.
a. Pre-reading Activities
The purpose of the activities are:
1. To introduce and amouse interest in the topic.
2. To motivate learners by giving a reason for reading.
3. To provoide some language preparation for the text.

Pre-reading as an aspect of comprehension instruction, involves preparing
students for what they are about to read. Pre-reading includes: drawing out or
providing prior knowledge about content and process, motivating students and
teaching important vocabulary. Some pre-reading answer simply consist of
question to students which are require to find the answer from the text. Some
various types of activity may be develop.
b. While-reading Activities
The aim of these activities is to help learners to develop their reading
skills so that they can be effective and independent readers. By implication
students should be flexible in their ways of reading which are appropriate to
the give text. In these level students interact with the text by the help of their
relevant background knowledge such as interaction will help students:
1) To understand the writer‟s purpose.
2) To understand the text structure.
3) To classify the content.
Furthermore, the activities in this phase of reading should be gradually
develop from a global understanding of the text and to smaller unit such as
paragraph, sentence and word.
c. Post-reading Activities
The aims of these activities are:
1) To measure how far the students understand about the reading text in the
while reading .
2) To investigate and measure how far the students ability to extend their
knowledge. In this case, the teacher will probably organize some kind of
follow up students‟s task relate to the text give.
1.7. Indicators of Reading Comprehension
Another important thing that should be exist in teaching reading
comprehension is the teachers have to decide the indicators of reading
comprehension. It has purpose to measurehow far the students comprehend
about the passage. Through the indicators the teachers can assess whether the
students have understood about the text or not. If the students can achieve the
all indicators, it means that the students can understand the text well.
Basirun (2004: 14) states some general indicators in reading
comprehension process as follows:
1. Finding idea from particular paragraph from text provided.
2. Answering “WH” questions about main idea from particular paragraph
from text provided.
3. Answering some questions through specific information from text
provided.
4. Deciding the meaning of word based on word form.
5. Completing sentence by using specific word from text.
6. Answering “WH” questions by using particular information.
7. Finding synonim of particular word in the text.
8. Finding antonym of particular word in the text.
9. Finding meaning of particular word in the text.
10. Finding unstated and stated information from some choices.

11. Making conclusion of the text.
12. Finding reffering word from a paragraph or text.
1.8. Principles of Teaching Reading Comprehension
Teaching reading comprehension is as the process of simultaneously
extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with
written language. In teaching reading comprehension, there are some principles
from some experts.
Harmer (2008: 75) stated that there are some principles of teaching
reading, they were as follow: first, reading is not passive skill. Second, the
students need to be engaged with what they are reading. Third, the students
should be encouraged to respond to the content of a reading text not just to the
language. Fourth, prediction is major factor in reading. Fifth, match the task to
the topic. Last, good teachers exploit reading texts to the full. It could be
concluded that the principles of teaching reading are very important to be
success in teaching reading. It is caused reading is a process of sound out word
or sentences. The teacher asks students to read some sources, because teaching
reading needed practice to observe students‟ progress in understanding the text.
For example, teacher gave excercises and ask students to read the text, then the
teacher lead students to make inferences after they read the text. It is purpose to
observe students‟ comprehension about the text.
2. Analytical Exposition
According to Rita Suswati (2014: 66) stated that exposition is a text that
elaborates the writer‟s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Its social
function is to persuade the reader that the idea is important matter. The aim of
Analytical Exposition Text is to understand about the text.
2.1. The Basic Competency of Analytical Exposition Text
After learning about Analytical Exposition text, the students are expected
to have some basic competencies:
1) Understand about the purpose, generic structures, and language features of
Analytical Exposition text.
2) Know how to analyse a text from a news or other sources.
2.2. The Indicator of Analytical Exposition
1) The students were able to determine the purpose, generic structures and
language features of the analytical exposition text from the news or other
sources.
2) The students were able to analyse the analytical exposition text from the
news or other sources.
2.3. Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition
1) Thesis : Introducing the topic and indicating the writer‟s position.
2) Aargument 1 : Explaining the argument to support the writer‟s position.
3) Argument 2 : Explaining the other arguments to support the writer‟s
position more.
4) Reitiretion : restating the riter‟s position.
2.4. Language Features of Analytical Exposition
1) Using relational process
2) Using internal conjunction
3) Using causal conjunction

4) Using Simple Present Tense
3. Quipper School Application
The process of teaching and learning activities at senior high school
more easily established with the presence of several startup education one of
them was Quipper School. It was founded by Mayasuki Watanabe in London,
in December 2010. Quipper opened its representative offices in four countries,
namely Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Mexico. Quipper has been used by
millions of teachers and learners around the world.
Quipper School was an online platform for teachers and students.
Quipper School is an online learning (e-learning) platform aimed at
revolutioning the education by empowering teachers or educators and students
with digital technologies. It expected to bring learning beyond classroom that
took place anywhere and anytime in a fun and easy way. It was inspired by the
founder‟s dream of making this world connected better and smarter which was
reflected by the platform‟s mission; distributions of wisdoms.
Quipper School was a ready to use web based learning that did not need
installation on an existing hosting site (or a web server). It made them more
accessible to educators or educational institutions with limited knowledge of
information technology.
Technically through Quipper School teachers could give task to
students by online and students could do and learned the topics of subject
related to the tasks both inside or outside the classroom through electronic
devices which was connected to the internet. After students already finished do
the task, a scoring system available on the Quipper School was analyzed in a
simple way that it was assisted teachers in getting clear overview of student
achievement. Teacher got the report on how well students in mastering certain
objects.
3.1. The Concept and Procedures of Quipper School Application
Quipper School is an educational start up that provides two main
service:
1) Quipper School Learn, a special portal for students where they could
access and read course materials, answer questions, send a message to teachers.
Quipper School Learn is a place where students can learn. This platform was
completed with features in which it could make students feel fun during
learning. There were several things in Quipper School Learn as followed:
a) Task and general learning. Students could do a specific topic which
was suggested by teachers or they learned materials from curriculum
independently.
b) Message features. Students and teachers could communicate using
message service that facilitate students to explain about questions or specific
topic that they feel difficult to do.
c) The features like a game. Quipper School Learn gave reward to
students in the form of coin that could be redeemed with the theme. So,
students could customize the learning environtment that they want.
d) Students could achieve. So, there were some steps in using
Quipper School Application such as:
For teacher:
1) Teacher must login in teacher portal by using an email.
2) Teacher created a name of new class group.
3) Teacher got the class code and gave it to the students.
4) Teacher created an assignment in a class group.
5) Teacher could choose which lesson that wanted to give to students.
For students:
1) Students must login in student portal by using an email.
2) Students entered the class code that given by the teacher.
3) Students did the assigment in the class group.
4) If the students finish the question number one, the mark can appear.
So, the students can know true or false is it.
3.2. Basic Operation and Features in Quipper School
Quipper is available online at http://school.quipper.com. The system is
user-friendly as Quipper‟s menu and sub-menu feature a simple design and
accordingly, users can navigate all facilities available on the system with ease.
This ease of using technology, as argued by Teo, Lee and Chai (2008), may
promote users‟ positive attitudes towards the particular technology (such as
Quipper), and may eventually be a contributing factor to using it.
Figure 1. Quipper‟s welcoming screen. To start using Quipper, both
teachers and students are required to sign up for an account. They can either
use their Facebook accounts or create a new, free Quipper accounts. To get a
free account, teachers and students need only to provide an email address,
telephone number, and the name of the school. If their school has already
registered in the Quipper database, teachers then can make a request to the
Quipper ambassador at the school to assign their account into the virtual school
classroom.
After registration, users can then log in into the system with the username
and password they have already created. What is important to note is that
Quipper will initially ask the user‟s role when logging into the system (see
Figure 1). There are two roles for users: teachers and students (see Table 1).
Each of these roles allows different access to Quipper‟s three main features,
which are „Creation‟, „Assessment‟ and „Learning‟.
Table 2.1
Menu and sub-menu in Quipper‟s dashboard
Role Main menu Sub-menu

Teachers Overview Overview, performance
Assignments Assignments, examinations
Curriculum Curriculum
Message Message (personal), announcement
Manage Students, groups, teachers
Students Assignment To do, try it again, mastered
Messages Messages, notices
Study notes Study notes
T
he „creation‟ feature deals with setting up the le arning classroom, the
materials and the student participants. The „assessment‟ feature facilitates
teachers‟ use of the learning materials (lessons and quizzes) and assigning
them to students. Learners then access these learning materials on the
„learning‟ feature. In addition to the three main features, Quipper provides
a help facility (displayed as a question mark icon) to help teachers and

students to understand the functions of each menu. The „teacher role‟
enables teachers to have full ac cess to Quipper‟s three main features.
The role also grants teacher access to „overview‟, „assignments‟,
„curriculum‟, „message‟ and „manage‟ menus. The „overview‟ menu p
rovides brief information about active assignments submitted by the
students („overview sub-menu‟), and students‟ individual performances
(„performance sub-menu‟). The „assignm ent‟ menu allows teachers to
create new assignments, distribute them to students and monitor their
progress. The „curriculum‟ menu offers two options for teachers regarding
the learning materials; they can either use the materials available on the
Quipper database, or they can develop their own materials and use them to
teach their students. The „message‟ menu ha s two functions; firstly, it
facilitates teacher-student communication, and, secondly, it allows
teachers to distribute notes to all students. Finally, the „manage‟ menu
allows teacher s to select course participants, group the students, and invite
other colleagues to teach collaboratively within the virtual classroom. The
„student‟ role is limited to accessing Quipper‟s learning features. As
shown in Table 1, three main menus on the student dashboard include
assignments, messages and study notes.
The assignment menu informs students about tasks that need to be
completed. The menu also notifies them about the tasks they have already
done and their level of mastery. In addition, the „message‟ menu allows
learners to int eract with their teachers and peers. Unfortunately, this
facility is suitable only for communication between two individuals, which
may make group discussions difficult. The other study note menu allows
students to write personal notes related to a topic or an assignment. It is
important to highlight here that student users can only access the learning
materials according to the classroom (course) already provided by their
teachers.
3.3. Evaluation
In this section, evaluated in Quipper‟s features in terms of its
affordability as an online English teaching learning platform. Special focus will
be placed on whether or not these features address the three conditions of
CALL pedagogy suggested by Chapelle (2003): L2- input exposure, interaction
and linguistic production. In order to do this, attended a Quipper- mediated
English teaching and learning activities at a senior secondary school in
Indonesia.
3.3.1. Affordability of Quipper
Technically, the Quipper web application meets all three standards of
online learning platforms as described by Paulsen (2003), namely the creation
of course tools, student and tutor support tools and course administration. The
course-creation tools on Quipper are easy to use, and the student- and tutor-
support tools address both teacher and students‟ engagements in teaching and
learning activities. For example, teachers can create a lesson that can be
accessed by their students.
Unfortunately, despite the availability of the administrative system,
Quipper does not offer an administrative function. Teachers, therefore, need to

set up a new classroom (course), create learning modules, and select the
participating students themselves. This administrative workload may be
challenging for some teachers to some extent, particularly for those who are
not familiar with a web-based learning management system.
3.3.2. CALL pedagogy elements in Quipper
Chapelle (2003) suggests three conditions of CALL pedagogy that EFL
teachers should consider when incorporating technology into language learning
classrooms; these are the availability of L2-input exposure, interaction and
linguistic production.
(a) Quipper features enhance L2 input exposure
According to Chapelle (2003), the use of computer technology in the
classroom should bring benefit to learners through enhanced linguistic input.
The three types of language input suggested by Chappelle are salience (e.g.
interaction with a grammar application), modification (providing any means
that help learners to arrive at the meaning, such as through images), and
elaboration (providing explanations). Quipper addresses these types of
enhanced learning input.
As a web-based learning platform, Quipper offers learners multimodal
exposure (written, aural and visual) for foregin language input. For example,
teachers can develop learning materials that are enriched by visual and audio
media, such as text with illustration, images, videos or other multimedia
resources. In order to do this, teachers can employ the multimedia tools
available in „lesson‟ and „assessm ent‟ menus.
Figure 2. Embedded video from YouTube.

Figure 2 above illustrates how teachers can embed images, audios, or
videos in the lesson content or in assignments. The incorporation of multimedia
applications in the learning materials in Quipper not only motivates students
but also improves students‟ understanding of word meanings and linguistic
forms from texts presented by the teachers.
Unfortunately, Quipper is not enhanced with a speech recogntition
technology, technolgy that can identify or recognise words or spoken
expressions. Such an absence reduces an opportunity for the students to interact
with the computer verbally, thus, the learning of speaking is not feasible for the
students.
(b) Quipper features promote classroom interactions
The use of CALL applications in EFL classrooms should also provide
an opportunity for teachers and learners to interact, either within synchronous
(real-time) or asynchronous (not- realtime) modes (Chapelle, 2003). Chapelle
(2003) highlights three types of interaction that teachers should promote within
language learning tasks: interpersonal interaction, learner- computer
interaction, and intrapersonal interaction. In Quipper, teachers and students are
given an opportunity to get engaged into interpersonal communication. The
„message‟ and „announcement‟ features help teachers to interact w ith
colleagues and students. In addition, teachers can work collaboratively with
their colleagues when developing a learning curriculum, or can design lessons
(assignments) for the pupils together. To do this, teachers initially need to
invite colleagues into their classroom through the Teacher Page, via email or
on the Class Page.

Figure 3. Inviting colleague to participate
In addition to interacting with colleagues, teachers can interact with the
Quipper content developer through the „curriculum‟ feature. The curriculum
menu as shown in Figure 4 allows teachers either to develop their own
curriculum (learning materials), or to use the available materials developed by
the Quipper content developer in the Quipper database. These teacher-
colleagues and teacher-content developer interactions are advantages of
Quipper that, as far I have observed, are not available on other similar online
learning platform.
Figure 4. Curriculum available in Quipper database
In addition to teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction is
offered through private messaging (peer-to-peer) and „group work‟ f eature.
Unfortunately, the „group work‟ feature does not provide room for students to
discuss a particular topic or work collaboratively. In other words, the limited
functionality of private messaging and group work features indicates that
collaborative learning activities for students seem to be difficult to promote
using these features.
What is interesting about the Quipper features for teachers, students,
and teacher- student interaction is the integration with social media platforms
such as Twitter and Facebook. This social media integration enables teachers to
build social relationships with their colleagues and students effortlessly, and to
monitor their students‟ interaction and the progress they have made without
having constraints of time and place.

Another advantage for students is that social media are integrated into
the Quipper system because this not only helps students to socialise with their
peers, it also keeps them updated about their learning progress. As argued by
Donato (1994), social interaction may promote collective scaffolding that helps
students perform the language they are learning beyond their linguistics ability.
With regard to intrapersonal interaction, Quipper provides useful tools
called „Hint‟ and „Explanation‟ for the students‟ assignment. The „Hint‟ and
„Explanation‟ features enable teachers to give their students help (e.g. with
clues or explanations) in order to answer questions on a test or in a assignment.
They also provide an opportunity for students to stimulate their inner voice and
become involved in deep cognitive processing of input (Chapelle, 2003). It is
interesting that teachers can also use the „Hint‟ and „Explanation‟ features to
provide learning feedback to their students, as such features can be accessed by
students during and after they complete an assignment. These two types of
students‟ access to the learning feedback are of course subject to teachers‟
personal choices when developing assignments for students.
In addition to interpersonal and intrapersonal interaction features,
Quipper provides a chance for learners to interact with a computer, although
this seems limited. Students can only interact with a computer through the
lessons and quizzes previously set up by their teachers. The use of a flash
application that enables more learner-computer interactions (such as language
games and computer-user communication applications) is unfortunately not
available in Quipper, as it requires teachers to have advanced computer skills.
(c) Quipper faciliates students‟ lingusitic production.

According to Chapelle (2003), the incoporation of technology in the
EFL classroom should promote learning tasks that afford a wide variety of
opportunities for learners to produce the the target language. Chapelle (2003)
suggests that learners‟ language production within CALL tasks should provide
students with chances to plan before speaking or writing, to receive feedback
so they can correct their linguistic output, and to suggest a learning scaffolding.
Figure 5. Question types in Quipper
Figure 6. Feedback and explanation features on Quipper
In Quipper, students‟ linguistic production is facilitated through the
assignment feature; however, production is limited to aspects of students‟
writing skills such as vocabulary and grammar. Question types in the Quipper
assignment system include a single answer, multiple answers, correct values,
correct order, and categorise answer questions. The limited range of question
type is reason for such a limitation and they should therefore be brought to the
attention of the developers for further improvement of the system.
3.4. The Advantages and disadvantages of Quipper School Application
Every media in teaching learning process had advantages and
disadvantages as follows:
The advantages of Quipper School Application:
1) Provide the complete teaching materials with exercises with attractive
appearance that is easily understood by students.
2) Provide all materials for class X, XI, XII in Senior High School that
suitable with the curriculum in Indonesia.
3) Allow teacher to monitor the student‟s learning activities.

4) The students could review the instructional materials in every time and
every where.
5) Teacher and students could conduct discussion of learning on the internet
for available messaging facility which allowed the students to ask the teacher.
6) The passive students could change be active student.
7) Efficient in time, space, and cost.
The Disadvantages of Quipper School Application:
1) There was still no writing material which could be done by student like
narrative and descriptive material.
2) The internet connection might be available.
B. Conceptual Framework
This research concept was about teaching reading in Analytical
Exposition text by implementing Quipper School Application.
Quipper School is an online learning (e-learning) platform aimed at
revolutioning the education by empowering teachers or educators and students
with digital technologies. It expected to bring learning beyond classroom that
takes place anywhere and anytime in a fun and easy way.
It was inspired by the founder‟s dream of making this world connected
better and smarter which is reflected by the platform‟s mission; distributions of
wisdoms.
CHAPTER III
METHOD OF RESEARCH
A. Location and Time of the Research
This research was conducted at SMA Swasta YPK Medan Jalan Sakti
Lubis Gg. Aman No. 25 Medan. The reason for choosing this school because
when the researcher did teaching practising program (PPL) at eleventh grade
in SMA Swasta YPK Medan, the researcher found the students were not able
to comprehend the reading comprehension text and the teacher did not find
the good media in teaching reading comprehension.

B. Subject of the Research
The subject of this research was in the eleventh grade of SMA Swasta
YPK Medan. Based on the purposive sampling technique, the researcher took
XI students which consisted 34 students as the subject of the research.
Because when the researcher did teaching practising program (PPL) in this
class, the researcher found that the students were not able to comprehend the
reading comprehension text and the teacher did not find the good media in
teaching reading comprehension.
C. Research Design
This research was conducted by using classroom action research.
Classroom action research is a method of finding out what works best in your
own classroom so that you could improve students‟ learning.
There were four steps to conduct classroom action research namely:
1. Plan, an early stage that the teacher might be done before doing anything.
It was hoped the plan is forward-looking, and the flexibility to incorporate the
effects of an unexpected and early with the plan we can overcome obstacles.
involve thinking process and evaluating to reflect the event that happen and
attempting to find out ways to overcome problem encounter.
2. Action, this was an implementation of the action plan that had been
created which could be either a specific application of learning models that aim
to improve or enhance the model that is being executed. Such actions could be
done by those directly involved in the implementation of a learning model that
results will also be used to improve the implementation of the task.

3. Observation, was activity that consisted of gathering data to identify the
result action. Collecting data could be considered form several factors:
students, teacher, interaction between student and teacher. Observation process
could be done by the teacher or assisted by other such as others teachers,
consultant, headmaster, etc.
4. Reflection, was a feedback process of the action. It was used to help
teacher make a decision because the reflection was done in order to analyze the
situation and made conclusion what to do next. In this phase, the writer
reflected on everything that was done in the first cycle and make conclusion.
The reflection process was based on the data, reading comprehension test.
D. Procedure of the Research
This research was conducted by two cycles. Every cycle had four stages;
they were planning, action, observation, and reflection.
Chart 3.1
Classroom Action Research Model by Kemmis and Mc. Taggart
(Arikunto, 2013)
1. Cycle 1
a) Planning
The activities in the planning were:
1) Making the lesson plan about Analytical Exposition Text.
2) Designing the steps in using Quipper School Application.
3) Preparing the material, that is Analytical Exposition Text.
4) Preparing teaching aids, that is Quipper School Application.
5) Preparing a test, that is reading test.
b) Action
Teacher‟s activity:
1) The teacher opened the class by greeting the students.
2) The teacher asked what topic they will learn, that is Analytical
Exposition Text.
3) The teacher told the students about the advantages of learning
Analytical Exposition Text.
4) The teacher intoduced the Quipper School Application in learning
5) The teacher asked the student‟s opinion about Analytical Exposition.
6) The teacher gave the definition of Analytical Exposition.

7) The teacher showed the text of Analytical Exposition with its generic
structure.
8) The teacher explained about the Analytical Exposition Text.
9) The teacher gave the question based on the text to students.
10) The teacher asked the student‟s answer by writing it on the whiteboard
together with the students, and gave the correct answer also.
11) The teacher and students made the conclusion based on the material.
12) The teacher ended the class by closing
Students‟ activity:
1) The students answered greeting from their teacher as response to the
teacher.
2) The students answeedr what topic they will learn.
3) The students listened about the advantages of learning Analytical
Exposition Text.
4) The student listened the explanation the Quipper School Application
in learning Analytical Exposition Text from teacher.
5) The students gave their opinion about Analytical Exposition Text.
6) The students listened the definition of Analytical Exposition Text
from teacher.
7) The students saw and keep attention for the text of Analytical
Exposition with its generic structure.
8) The students listened to the teacher in explaining the Analytical
Exposition Text.
9) The students answered the question based on the text that given by the
teacher.
10) The students wrote their answer on the whiteboard and see the correct
answer that given by the teacher.
11) The student and teacher made the conclusion based on the material.
12) The students answered the closing from their teacher as response to
the teacher.
c) Observation
Observation was done to collect data namely, teacher and students
activity attitude during teaching learning process. In this section the researcher
did the formal observation. The researcher was an observer for English teacher
and the students of the class that consisted of 34 students.
d) Reflection
Reflection is a feedback process from the action that is done. Reflection
was used to help teacher to make decision. The teacher and researcher analyzed
all recording information learning process by using a test in Quipper School
Appication.
2. Cyle 2
The researcher did cyle 2, if the result in cyle 1 was still need
improvement. In cycle 2 also had four stages; they were planning, action,
observation, and reflection. Every weakness in cycle 1 was revised in cycle 2.
E. Instrument of the Research

This research used two instruments. They were test and observation
sheet.
1. Test
To get the data the researcher gave the reading comprehension test,
especially in analytical exposition text. The test was taken from Quipper
School Application.
2. Observation Sheet
Observation sheet was used to observe all activities happened during the
teaching learning process. The activities were included teacher and student‟s
activities.
F. Technique of collecting Data
Collecting the data was done by test and observation sheet‟s technique.
Observation was used to observe the quality of teaching learning process
based on the instrument of observation, and test was done to know the quality
of learning result.
G. Technique of Analyzing Data
Quantitative data was used in this study. It was used to analyze the
student‟s score. The quantitative data was analyzed by using formula as
follows:
∑
̅ (Arikunto, 2013)
Where:
̅ : The mean of the student‟s score

∑ : The total score of students
: The number of the students
Next, to categories the number of the students who pass the test successfully,
the researcher applied the following formula:
P= (Arikunto, 2013)
Where:
P : The percentage of those who getting score
R : The number of students‟ getting score
T : The total number of the students
CHAPTER IV
DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS
A. The Data
The data of this research consisted of two kinds. They were quantitative
data and qualitative data. Quantitative data was got from the students‟ score in
a reading comprehension test of Analytical Exposition Text and qualitative
data was got from the observation sheet. This research was conducted in one
class exactly. It consisted of 34 students. It was complished in two cycles have
four stages, namely: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The

researcher conducted two cycles. Cycle 1 was conducted three meetings and
cycle 2 was conducted one meeting.
1. Quantitative Data
The quantitative data was taken from the students‟ score in a reading
comprehension test of Analytical Exposition Text. It was taken from Quipper
School Application that consisted of 10 questions of multiple choice in each
Question Indicator of Reading Comprehension in multiple choice test in

Number Cycle 1
part of Analytical Exposition Text. The correct answer of multiple choice was
given 10 point and incorrect answer was given 0 point, so the highest score was
100 point. In this research, the researcher devided the score of the students
based on the indicator of reading comprehension and the researcher shown the
comparison of the students‟ score of the hard and easy questions based on the
indicator of reading comprehension from the students answered of multiple
choice test. There were two cycles in this research, they were cycle 1 and cycle
2.
1 Answering some questions through specific information from text
provided.
provided.
3 Finding unstated and stated information from some choices.
provided.
5 Finding synonim of particular word in the text.
provided.
8 Finding synonim of particular word in the text.
10 Completing sentence by using specific word from text.
1.1. Cycle 1
There were 3 meetings in cycle 1. In the first meeting in cycle 1, the
researcher explained about Analytical Exposition Text without giving a test. In the
second meeting in cycle 1, the researcher explained about Analytical Exposition
Text and gave test of multiple choice in Quipper School Application. The items
of the multiple choice test in this research have indicators of reading
comprehension can be seen by the table below:
Table 4.1
The Students‟ Score of Multiple Choice Test in Cycle 1
No Students Multiple Choice Score

’ Initial Cycle 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 AA √ √ √ x x √ x √ √ x 60
2 AM √ √ x x √ x √ X x x 40
3 AS √ x √ √ √ x x √ √ √ 70
4 AR √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ x x 70
5 AD √ √ x x √ √ x √ x x 50
6 AP √ √ x x √ √ √ √ √ x 70
7 AW √ √ x √ √ √ x √ x √ 70
8 BH √ √ x x √ √ √ √ x x 60
9 DS x √ x x x x x X x √ 20
10 DN √ √ √ x √ √ x √ √ x 70
11 DM √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
12 FW √ √ x √ x √ √ √ x √ 70
13 FA √ √ x x √ √ √ √ x x 60
14 FM x √ √ √ √ x x √ √ √ 70
15 FS √ √ x x √ x √ X √ √ 60
16 FT √ √ x x √ √ √ √ √ x 70
17 HS √ √ x x √ √ x √ √ √ 70
18 HA √ √ x √ √ x x √ √ x 60
19 IW √ √ x x √ √ √ √ x x 60
20 IN √ √ x √ x √ √ √ √ x 70
21 JA √ √ x x √ √ x √ √ x 60
22 KR √ √ x x √ √ x √ x √ 60
23 MF1 √ √ x x √ √ √ X √ x 60
24 MF2 √ √ x √ √ x √ X √ x 60
25 MH √ x x √ √ √ x √ x √ 60
26 MA √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ x 80
27 NA √ √ x x x x x X x x 20
28 NS √ √ x √ x √ √ √ x x 60
29 RM1 √ √ x √ √ √ x √ x √ 70
30 RM2 √ √ √ x √ x x √ √ √ 70
31 RA x √ x x x x √ X x x 20
32 SA √ √ x x √ √ √ √ x x 60
33 TI √ √ √ x x √ √ X x √ 60
34 PH √ √ √ x x √ x √ √ x 60
∑x = 31 32 8 12 25 24 18 26 17 23 2060
X= 60,58
From the table of cycle 1, it could be seen from the mean of the students
score during the research, the researcher applied the following formula:
X = ∑x x 100
N
Where:
X : The mean of the students
∑x : The total score
N : The total number of students
In the test of cycle 1, the total score of the students was 2060 and the
number of the students was 34, so the mean was:

X = 2060 x 100% = 60,58
34
To categorize the number of master students the researcher used this
following formula:
P = R x 100%
T
Where:
P = the percentage of students getting score ≥ 7
R = the number of the students who get the point ≥ 70
T = the total number of the students‟ who did the test
The percentage that the points up to 70 in cycle 1 is 14 students, it could
be seen as follow:
P1 = = 41.18%
Based on the data, we can concluded that in Cycle 1 there were not
students got maximal scores. Means of students score in Cycle 1 were shown by
the chart below:
Chart 4.1
The Students‟ Score in Cycle 1
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Mean Able Unable
Cycle 1
1.2. Cycle 2
There was one meeting in cycle 2. In the third meeting in cycle 1, the
researcher explained about Analytical Exposition Text without giving a test. In the
first meeting in cycle 2, the researcher explained about Anlytical Exposition Text
and gave test of multiple choice in Quipper School Application, the items of the
multiple choice test in this research have indicators of reading comprehension can
be seen by the table below:
Question Indicator of Reading Comprehension in multiple choice test

Number in Cycle 2
1 Answering some questions through specific information from
text provided.
text provided.
text provided.
text provided.
6 Finding idea from particular paragraph from text provided.
7 Completing sentence by using specific word from text.
text provided.
text provided.
Table 4.2
The Students‟ Score of Multiple Choice Test in Cycle 2
No Students Multiple Choice Score

’ Initial Cycle 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 AA √ √ √ √ √ √ √ X √ x 80
2 AM √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x x 80
3 AS √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x x 80
4 AR √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x √ 90
5 AD √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x √ 90
6 AP √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x 90
7 AW √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x √ 90
8 BH √ √ √ √ √ √ √ X √ √ 90
9 DS √ √ √ √ √ √ √ X √ √ 90
10 DN √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ x 80
11 DM √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
12 FW √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ 90
13 FA √ √ √ √ x √ √ X √ √ 80
14 FM √ √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ x 80
15 FS √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ 90
16 FT √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
17 HS √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x √ 90
18 HA √ √ √ √ √ √ √ X x √ 80
19 IW √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ 90
20 IN √ √ √ √ √ √ √ X √ √ 90
21 JA √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
22 KR √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ 90
23 MF1 √ x √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ 80
24 MF2 √ √ x √ x √ √ √ √ √ 80
25 MH √ √ √ √ x x √ √ √ √ 80
26 MA √ √ x √ √ √ √ X √ √ 80
27 NA √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ 90
28 NS √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
29 RM1 √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
30 RM2 √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
31 RA √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
32 SA √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ 90
33 TI √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
34 PH √ √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 90
∑x = 34 29 29 32 27 29 33 27 27 28 2950
X= 86.76
From the table of cycle 2, it could be seen from the mean of the students
score during the research, the researcher applied the following formula:
X = ∑x x 100
N
Where:
X : The mean of the students
∑x : The total score
N : The total number of students
In the test of cycle 2, the total score of the students was 2950 and the
number of the students was 34, so the mean was:

X = 2950 x 100% = 86.76
34
To categorize the number of master students the researcher used this
following formula:
P = R x 100%
T
Where:
P = the percentage of students getting score ≥ 7
R = the number of the students who get the point ≥ 70
T = the total number of the students‟ who did the test
The percentage that the points up to 70 in cycle 2 is 34 students, it could
be seen as follow:
P2 = = 100%
In the cycle 2 was 100% of students got ≥ 70 score. It could be concluded
that applicated Quipper School Application as a media could improve students‟
achievement in reading comprehension. Students score in cycle 2 shown on chart
below:
Chart 4.2
The Students‟ Score in Cycle 2
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
. Mean Able Unable
Mean Able Unable
The table and chart above showed that the students who were able 34
students or 100% and the students who were unable 0 student or 0%. From the
data above, it could be concluded that students score in cycle 2 had improved.
The improvement of students‟ score in cycle 1 and cycle 2 could be seen from
the table below:
Table 4.3
The improvement of Students‟ Score in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2
No Students’ Initial The Students’ Score The Students’ Score
in Cycle 1 in Cycle 2
1 AA 60 80
2 AM 40 80
3 AS 70 80
4 AR 70 90
5 AD 50 90
6 AP 70 90
7 AW 70 90
8 BH 60 90
9 DS 20 90
10 DN 70 80
11 DM 90 90
12 FW 70 90
13 FA 60 80
14 FM 70 80
15 FS 60 90
16 FT 70 90
17 HS 70 90
18 HA 60 80
19 IW 60 90
20 IN 70 90
21 JA 60 90
22 KR 60 90
23 MF1 60 80
24 MF2 60 80
25 MH 60 80
26 MA 80 80
27 NA 20 90
28 NS 60 90
29 RM1 70 90
30 RM2 70 90
31 RA 20 90
32 SA 60 90
33 TI 60 90
34 PH 60 90
∑x = 2060 2950
X= 60,58 86.76
Based on the result of cycle 1 and cycle 2 that have done by the researcher,
so there was improvement that seen during teaching and learning process, the
improvement can be seen by the chart below:
Chart 4.3
The Improvement of Students‟ Score in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Cycle 1 Cycle 2
Mean Able Unable
From the chart above could be concluded that there was not able students
reading achievement in ycle 1, it could be seen there were 14 students got score
more than 70 in reading comprehension or 41.18%. All the students should be
reach score up to 70, and the diagram shown that there was improvement reading
score in cycle 2, all the students got the score more than 70 or 100 %.
Table 4.4
Table of Students‟ Score from the First until Last Meeting
Test Students’ Score up to 75 Points Percentage

Cycle 1 14 41.18%
Cycle 2 34 100%
From the table above, in the cycle 1 there were 14 students (41.18%) who
got points up to 70. In cycle 2 there were 34 students (100%) who got points up to
70. The improvement from the cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 58.82%.
Chart 4.4
Students‟ Reading Comprehension Score in Percentage
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Cycle 1 Cycle 2
Score up 70 Percentage
From the chart above could be concluded that there was improvement in
cycle 1 to cycle 2, score up to 70 in cycle 1 was 14 students 41.18%, and cycle 2
was 34 students or 100%. It meant that student‟s achievement in reading
comprehension especially in Analytical Exposition Text in the eleventh grade at
SMA Swasta YPK Medan had been improved by applying Quipper School
Application.
2. Qualitative Data
The qualitative data was taken from observation sheet. The teacher and
researcher used observation sheet to know the improvement in teaching reading
comprehension in Analytical Exposition Text by applying Quipper School
Application.
B. Data Analysis
1. The Analysis of Quantitative Data
Four meetings were conducted in this research. Three meetings in cycle 1
and one meeting in cycle 2. The researcher gave a reading comprehension test
from Quipper School Applicaton to know the student‟s score in reading
comprehension. The researcher applied Quipper School Application in cycle 1
and cycle 2. There was an improvement of reading comprehension‟s score from
cycle 1 to cycle 2.
Table 4.5
The improvement of Students‟ Score in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2
No Students’ Initial The Students’ Score The Students’ Score
in Cycle 1 in Cycle 2
1 AA 60 80
2 AM 40 80
3 AS 70 80
4 AR 70 90
5 AD 50 90
6 AP 70 90
7 AW 70 90
8 BH 60 90
9 DS 20 90
10 DN 70 80
11 DM 90 90
12 FW 70 90
13 FA 60 80
14 FM 70 80
15 FS 60 90
16 FT 70 90
17 HS 70 90
18 HA 60 80
19 IW 60 90
20 IN 70 90
21 JA 60 90
22 KR 60 90
23 MF1 60 80
24 MF2 60 80
25 MH 60 80
26 MA 80 80
27 NA 20 90
28 NS 60 90
29 RM1 70 90
30 RM2 70 90
31 RA 20 90
32 SA 60 90
33 TI 60 90
34 PH 60 90
∑x = 2060 2950
X= 60,58 86.76
From the table score above, it could be concluded that there was
improvement students‟ reading achievement in cycle 1 and cycle 2.
In cycle 1, the total score of the students was 2060 and the number of the
students was 34, so the mean was:
X = 2060 = 60.58
34
In cycle 2, the total score was 2950 and the number of the students was 34,
so the mean was:
X = 2950 = 86.76
34
To categorize the number of master students the researcher used the
following formula:
P = R x 100%
T
P1 = 14 x 100% = 41.18%
34
P2 = 34 x 100% = 100%
34
Where:
P : the percentage of students getting score 70
R : the number of the students who getting point 70
T : the total number of the students‟ who did the test
P1 : the percentage of the students who get point 70 to 100 in cycle 1
P2 : the percentage of the students who get point 70 to 100 in cycle 2
Chart 4.5
Reading Comprehension Score
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Cycle 1 Cycle 2
Mean Percentage
The improvement of the mean score of the students from the cycle 1 to
cycle 2 was 26.18. It then increased in cycle 2. In the test of cycle 1 there were 14
students (41.18%) who got points up to 70. In the cycle 2 there were 34 students
(100%) who got points up to 75.
2. The Analysis of Qualitative Data
Observation sheet was used to observe all activities that happened during
the teaching learning process. The activities included teacher and students
activities. The researcher was an observer for the English teacher and the students
of the class that consisted of 34 students. The researcher did formal observation.
The researcher observed every meetings in cycle 1 and cycle 2.
2.1 The Situation and Background
There were four meetings in this research. The first meeting in cycle 1, the
researcher explained Analytical Exposition Text without giving a test, and in the
second meeting in cycle 1, the researcher explained Analytical Exposition text
again and gave a test from quipper school application. While doing the test in
cycle 1, there were few students who were not able to comprehend the text in
quipper school application. They keep on looking up the words in a dictionary and
askes the teacher to find out the meaning of the words.
2.2. The Data of Cycle 1
a. Planning
The plan was arranged before doing the research. First of all, the
researcher prepared lesson plan which apply quipper school application.
b. Action
The following were the procedures of the action in cycle 1:
1. First, in this stage the researcher as a teacher. This stage researcher
prepared instruction and observation instruments needed to facilitate the
implementation of English learning. The researcher also reviewed the students
whether they had already learned about Analytical Exposition Text. The
researcher motivated the students before teaching the Analytical Exposition.
2. Next, the researcher introduced about Analytical Exposition Text.and
some examples in Analytical Exposition Text.. The teacher gave more
explanation from the application Analytical Exposition Text by giving some
examples about Analytical Exposition Text.. After teacher gave explanation,
teacher asked the students to read the text.
3. After the students read the text, the teacher gave the test to the students
about Analytical Exposition Text from the quipper school application.
c. Observation
The observation of the action was students in SMA Swasta YPK
Medan. The students were learning through quipper school application. The
observation report was put on the observation sheet of the students. The problems
found during teaching and learning process:
1. The students‟ reading comprehension were still low, especially in finding
unstated and stated information from some choices.
2. The students‟ difficulties in answering the questions from quipper school
application. It was caused by bad of internet connection.
d. Reflection
Based on the observation and the result students test, it was known the
teaching and learning reading through quipper school application not yet satisfied
and did not gave improvement, although there was some students got low score or
under the KKM (70). Reflection also was a phase to process the data that taken
from observation while teaching learning process through quipper school
applicatiom. After cycle1 had finished, the result of researcher did not effective
through quipper school application in improving students achievement in reading
comprehension, it was needed to continue in cycle 2.
2.3. The Data of Cycle 2
a. Planning
In planning, the researcher did:
1. Preparing lesson plan that related with the study, especially still about
2. The researcher prepared the research instrument that would be used in
teaching reading by applying quipper school application.
3. The teacher explained analytical exposition text and then the students have
to listen.
4. After teacher explained analytical exposition text, teacher asked the
students to answer the questions in quipper school application.
5. And then, the students did the mutiple choice test in quipper school
application.
b. Action
In this step the researcher done the lesson plan which add arranged in
cycle 1, and also in this cycle improved the weakness before. The questions were
gave was different in cycle 1 and cycle 1, but still about analytical exposition. The
teaching and learning process in action same in cycle 1, it was started from
opening until closing.
The activities in action were follow:
1. Giving observation sheet.
2. Teaching reading analytical exposition text through quipper school
application.
In meeting of cycle 2, the researcher told to the students about the
students‟ mistake in cycle 1. Most of them did same mistake in reading analytical
exposition text. The researcher gave each students each items test in quipper
school application and they more understand and more focused in doing the test. It
could be shown from the different score between cycle 1 and cycle 2. In the test of
cycle 41.18% or 14 students got score more than 70, and after getting maximal
score the researcher gave second test in cycle 2 with different test but still about
analytical exposition text. In cycle 2, 34 students got score more than 70 or 100%.
c. Observation
Observation was done to know the students‟ activities when teaching
and learning process:
1. The students‟ reading comprehension were high, the students could
comprehend more than 7 points of reading comprehension‟s indicators.
2. The students could answer the questions from quipper school application
smoothly. It was caused by good of internet connection.
Thus the researcher collected the data that used as a basic of reflection.
Observation was done together with action in the same time. It was intended
to discover the information about behavior, attitude, performance, activities,
during teaching learning by applying quipper school application in the
classroom. In doing observation, the researcher was helped by English
teacher as the collaborator.
3. Reflection
Based on the observation and students test, it was known that teaching
and learning reading by applying quipper school application was satisfy and
gave the improvement to the students.
According to the description in each cycle, the students‟ achievement in
reading comprehension by applying quipper school application made students
enjoyed in teaching and learning process, and also because the material which
given by teacher more creative, not monotone, fun, and imaginative. The
result of this result was quipper school application could improve students
achievement in learning reading comprehension.
C. Research Findings
Based on the data analysis, it showed that the students‟ achievement in
reading comprehensiom had been improved by applying Quipper School
Application. It could be seen from the quantitative data. The mean score in
cycle 1 was 60.58, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.76; the students who got
score more than 70 in cycle 1 was 14 students, the students who got score
more than 70 in cyle 2 was 34 students; and the percentage of the students
who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 was 41.18%, the percentage of the
students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 100. It also could be seen
from qualitative data that was observation sheet.
It could be concluded that Quipper School Application could improve the
students‟ achievement in reading comprehension.

CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
After analyzing the data, the conclusion could be drawn as followed:
1. There was improvement of students‟ achievement in reading
comprehension by implementing Quipper School Application. It meant
that Quipper School Application was a good way in teaching reading
comprehension.
2. The improvement of students‟ achievement could be shown from
quantitative data. The mean score in cycle 1 was 60.58, the mean score in
cycle 2 was 86.76; the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 was
14 students, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 34
students; and the percentage of the students who got score more than 70 in
cycle 1 was 41.18%, the percentage of the students who got score more
than 70 in cycle 2 was 100%.
3. The improvement of students achievement could be shown from
qualitative data too. The qualitative data got from observation sheet . from
observation sheet every cycle showed the improvement of teacher and
students‟ behaviour.
B. Suggestion
Suggestion was stage as followed:
1. For English teacher, it was better to use Quipper School Application to
improve students‟ achievement in reading comprehension because it could
make the students could comprehend the text in reading comprehension.
2. For students, to use Quipper School Application in learning English,
especially in reading comprehension because it could improve their
achievement in reading comprehension.
3. The other researchers, this research could be used as the reference to teach
other subject, because Quipper School Application was easy to apply.

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APPENDIX 1
LESSON PLAN
CYCLE 1
School : SMA Swasta YPK Medan

Class : XI
Sabject : English
Aspect/Skill : Reading Comprehension
Topic : Analytical Exposition Text
Time Allocation : 3 X 45 Minutes
A. Core Competencies
KI 3 : Understand, apply, analyze factual knowledge, conceptual, procedural,
based on curiosity about science, technology, art, culture, and humanities
with a vision of humanity, national, state, and civilization-related causes of
phenomena and events, as well as applying procedural knowledge on
specific fields of study according to their talents and interests to solve the
problem.
KI 4 : Processing, reasoning, and all present in the realm of the concrete and
the abstract realm associated with the development of the learned in school
independently, and is able to use the method according to the rules of
science.
B. Basic Competency
3.2. Analyzing social function, the structure of the text, and linguistic elements in
the expression of opinions and mind, according to the context of use.
4.2. Responding the meaning in the text of Analytical Exposition about the hot
topic discussed in common.
C. Competency Achievement Indicators
3.2.1. Students can analyze the social function, the structure of the text, and
linguistic elements of analytical exposition text about the hot topic
discussed generally according to the context of use.
4.2.1. Students can respond the meaning from analytical exposition text.
D. Learning Materials
Cars should be banned in the city
Cars should be banned in the city. As we all know, cars create

Thesis
pollution, and cause a lot of road deaths and other accidents.
Firstly, cars as we all know, contribute to most of the pollution
in the world. Cars emit a deadly gas that cause illnesses such as
bronchitis, lung cancer, and „triggers‟ of asthma. Some of these

Arguments
illnesses are so bad that people can die from them.
Secondly, the city is very busy. Pedestrians wander everywhere
and cars commonly hit pedestrians in the city, which causes
them to die. Cars today are our roads biggest killers.
Thirdly, you may find it hard to sleep at night, or concentrate on
your homework, and especially talk to someone.

In conclusion, cars should be banned from the city for the
Reiteration
reasons listened
E. Learning Method/Technique
Discussion method
F. Media / Tool / Source Learning
1. Media : Power point presentation and picture
2. Tool : LCD and Laptop
G. Learning Steps
First meeting
Activity Description Time

Allocation
Opening activity 1. Teachers give greetings. 10‟
2. Teachers check student‟s
attendance
3. Teachers communicate with
students and give questions to
material will be taught.
Core activities Observing 10‟

1. Students look at a variety of
analytical exposition text that
shown by the teachers in
slide powerpoint.
2. Students observe the social
function, structure and
linguistic elements. 5‟
3. Students identify the main
idea, details and specific
information from the
20‟
analytical information.
Questioning
Under the quidance and direction
of teachers, students ask
questions about the main idea,
details and specific information
from the analytical information.
1. Exploring
1. Students tried to answer the
questions from the teacher
together.
Associating 15‟
1. The teacher gave the correct
answer for the students.
20‟
Communicating
1. Teacher asked students to
make an account for Quipper
school Application.
Closing activities 1. Learners and teachers reflect 5‟

on their learning activities and
benefits.
2. Learners and teachers give
each other feedback on the
process and learning
outcomes.
Second meeting

Allocation
attendance

Quipper School Application.
information from the 20‟
Questioning
2. Exploring
1. Students login into the
Quipper School
apllication.
2. Students practice finding
the main idea, details and
specific information from
the analytical Exposition
text.
3. Students in groups red
text analytical exposition
by observing the social
function, structure, and
linguistic elements to
coherently.
4. Students read the text of
the exposition to a friend
by using the appropriate
linguistic elements
Associating 15‟
1. In pairs students analyze
some text exposition
focusing on the social
language element.
2. Students gain feedback
(feedback) from teachers 20‟
and friends about the
results of the analysis
presented in the working
group.
Communicating
1. Students create a report in
the form of notes of
reading.
2. Flocking, students
exchanged stories about
text exposition with
attention to social
functions, structure and
linguistic elements.
3. Students present in the
classroom
4. Make a written self-
evaluation report on their
respective experiences in
the search for text
exposition during the
learning process inside
and outside the classroom,
including constraints
experienced.
5. Students create 'learning
journal'.

on their learning activities
and benefits.
outcomes.
3. Students receive assignments
that done in Quipper School
Application.
Third meeting

Allocation
attendance

20‟
Questioning
3. Exploring
- the teacher ask students to
understand about generic
structure of analytical
exposition text.
Associating 15‟
1. Teacher gave the correct
answers to students. 20‟
Communicating
2. Teacher asked students to
study more about
Anlytical Exposition Text
at home.

on their learning activities
and benefits.
outcomes.
Application.
H. Appraisal
Assessment Technique : Reading Comprehension Test
Form Instrument : Reading a text about Analytical Exposition Test in

Medan, 2017
Known by,
English Teacher Researcher
M. Irsyad K.I, S.Ag Rahmayani Syafitri
Headmaster of SMA YPK Medan
Ricardo A. Sirait, ST., M.Si

APPENDIX 2
LESSON PLAN
CYCLE 2
School : SMA Swasta YPK Medan

Class : XI
Sabject : English
Aspect/Skill : Reading Comprehension
Topic : Analytical Exposition Text
Time Allocation : 2 X 45 Minutes
B. Core Competencies
KI 3 : Understand, apply, analyze factual knowledge, conceptual, procedural,
based on curiosity about science, technology, art, culture, and humanities
with a vision of humanity, national, state, and civilization-related causes of
phenomena and events, as well as applying procedural knowledge on
specific fields of study according to their talents and interests to solve the
problem.
KI 4 : Processing, reasoning, and all present in the realm of the concrete and
the abstract realm associated with the development of the learned in school
independently, and is able to use the method according to the rules of
science.
B. Basic Competency
3.2. Analyzing social function, the structure of the text, and linguistic elements in
the expression of opinions and mind, according to the context of use.

4.2. Responding the meaning in the text of Analytical Exposition about the hot
topic discussed in common.
C. Competency Achievement Indicators
3.2.1. Students can analyze the social function, the structure of the text, and
linguistic elements of analytical exposition text about the hot topic
discussed generally according to the context of use.
4.2.1. Students can respond the meaning from analytical exposition text.
D. Learning Materials
Reconsidering TV Programs
Television has become a widely used electronic device to
entertain the viewer. Almost everyone from different level of
age can access various program of television. However, have we
Thesis ever considered that the program s in the television are
appropriate for us to watch? Nowadays, many programs in our
television are inappropriate that bring the negative impact to the
viewer. Therefore, we must reconsider TV programs that run
today.
The TV programs should be taken under evaluation for its
negative impact to our society, especially for the children.
Today, TV program often views the variety shows that full of

Arguments
slapstick act, the abusive cartoon, and dramas with improper
moral value. Those programs mostly gain a high rate and run in
a prime time. In the prime time, everyone from any level of age,
including children, can access the TV programs. The programs
give inappropriate models to the viewer, especially children.
The social problems emerge as the impact of the inappropriate
model of the program such as abusive behavior, ethical issue,
life style, etc.
As the media to give both entertainment and information,
television can be accessed by many people. The inappropriate

Reiteration programs will shape wrong mindset and behaviour. Therefore, it
is essential for us to reconsider the programs that are run in
television and wisely choose the proper program to watch.
E. Learning Method/Technique
Discussion method
F. Media / Tool / Source Learning
1. Media : Power point presentation and picture
2. Tool : LCD and Laptop
G. Learning Steps
Fourth meeting

Allocation
attendance
Core activities 1. Observing 10‟

20‟
Questioning
7. Exploring
8. Students login into the 15‟
Quipper School apllication.
9. Students practice finding the
main idea, details and
specific information from the
analytical Exposition text.
10. Students in groups red text 20‟
analytical exposition by
observing the social
linguistic elements to
coherently.
11. Students read the text of the
exposition to a friend by
using the appropriate
linguistic elements
12. Associating
1. In pairs students analyze
some text exposition
focusing on the social
language element.
2. Students gain feedback
(feedback) from teachers and
friends about the results of
the analysis presented in the
working group.
Communicating
1. Students create a report in the
form of notes of reading.
2. Flocking, students exchanged
stories about text exposition
with attention to social
functions, structure and
linguistic elements.
3. Students present in the
classroom
4. Make a written self-evaluation
report on their respective
experiences in the search for
text exposition during the
learning process inside and
outside the classroom,
including constraints
experienced.
5. Students create 'learning
journal'.

on their learning activities and
benefits.
outcomes.
Application.
H. Appraisal
Assessment Technique : Reading Comprehension Test
Form Instrument : Reading a text about Analytical Exposition Test in
Medan, 2017
Known by,
English Teacher Researcher
M. Irsyad K.I, S.Ag Rahmayani Syafitri
Headmaster of SMA YPK Medan
Ricardo A. Sirait, ST., M.Si

APPENDIX 3
Reading Comprehension Test in Cycle 1

Multiple Choice
(Analytical Exposition Text)
I. School Life
1. Choose the correct definition of analytical exposition text.
a) It is an argumentative text with the writer`s opinions.

b) It contains the readers` arguments.
c) It describes the surrounding phenomenon.
d) It functions to retell the writer`s past experiences.
e) It entertains the readers with its opinions.
2. Read the text below and answer the question.
Many parents wonder if extracurricular activities offer positive effects

on students who participate. They always think that academics is number one
and encourage their children to play less but study more. Most parents never
think that extracurricular activities such as, sports and art can actually give
impact on their children success in the future. There are many benefits that
the children can get through extracurricular activities.
Firstly, the children can have great chances to socialize with their
friends. It will build their confidence to work together with people in a team.
They will know how to deal with people with different characters.
Secondly, extracurricular activities give impact on the children‟s time

and stress management skill. Dealing with stressful school work and need to
focus on the competition at the same time will train them to organize their
time well. They will also know how to manage their emotion so that it won‟t
affect their neither performance nor academics record.
Last, it gives the children a lot of fun. Playing together with their
friends, competing in competitions, meeting new friends, are things they
never forget.
To conclude, extracurricular activities can actually give impact on

their children success in the future since it offers many benefits.
The second paragraph of the text above is called the ….
a) Climax
b) Thesis
c) Argument
d) Reiteration
e) Introduction
3. The following statements are true based on the text above, except …
a) Sports can help the students to develop their time management skill.
b) Play sports help the students to manage their anger.
c) Extracurricular activities will give bad effect on students‟ academic
records.
d) Joining art club gives so much fun for the students.
e) Joining a sport club gives the students chance to know how to work
together in a team.
4. The suitable title for the text above is …
a) How to develop our children social skill.

b) The importance of extracurricular activities
c) How to help the children to succeed.
d) Children joining sports and art clubs.
e) The negative impacts of extracurricular activities.
5. Parents always encourage their children to play less and study more.
a) Dissuade
b) Stimulate
c) Facilitate
d) Support
e) Help
6. Extracurricular activities are good for the children because of the

following reasons, except …
a) It has so much fun.

b) It allows them to join many competitions.
c) It guarantee the children will succeed in the future.
d) It trains them to manage time and emotion.
e) It develops their social skill.
7. The correct order of the jumbled paragraph above is …
a) 4-3-1-2
b) 2-1-4-3
c) 4-3-2-1
d) 4-2-1-3
e) 2-1-3-4
8. First, the school committees argue that wearing uniform will remove the
social gap between the rich and the poor students.
The synonym of the underlined word is …
a) pause
b) space
c) intermission
d) slot
e) hole
Most students in Indonesia should wear uniform to school. The school

committee asks their students to wear uniform to school for many reasons
which hopefully can only give good impact to the students.
First, the school committees argue that wearing uniform will remove the
social gap between the rich and the poor students. If they are not forced to
look similar by wearing uniform, it will be easy to find differences in
appearance between them. Hopefully, uniform can prevent the poor to show
off their wealth to the poor.
Second, uniform will make the students look neat. Students are young
generations who like to try new things express themselves, including in
fashion. If the school does not restrict the students‟ freedom in expressing
themselves through fashion, it is possible that the students will come to
school with inappropriate clothes.
To sum up, wearing uniform is compulsory in Indonesia for some

reasons, such as to remove social gap between the poor and the rich and to
make the students look neat.
The following statements are NOT true based on the text….
a) All students in Indonesia are poor.

b) Young people like to express themselves.
c) School committee is the one which make the school regulation.
d) There are social gap in Indonesian school.
e) Students might wear inappropriate clothes to school.
10. From the text above we can conclude that wearing uniform is .... for
students in Indonesia.
a) dilemma
b) obligatory
c) preferential
d) secondary
e) alternative
Answer key
1) a
2) c
3) c
4) c
5) a
6) c
7) d
8) b
9) a
10) b
APPENDIX 4
Reading Comprehension Test in Cycle 2

Multiple Choice
(Analytical Exposition Text)
I. Social Issue
1. The act of bullying seems to be an unnoticed act we commonly find in our

society, especially in school environment. Bullying as the act to dominate the
subordinate person as a mean to harass and to belittle the person is an urgent
issue to be overcome. The act of bullying will bring a great damage to the
targeted victims which impacts on their future and even results in suicide act.
From the paragraph above, we can infer that the purpose of the text is....
a) to give explanation about the negative effect of bullying to one‟s

behaviour.
b) to describe the types of bullying in social life.
c) to inform readers about the negative effect of bullying to the subordinate
person.
d) to persuade readers to agree and support the idea to prevent and to stop
bullying
e) to persuade readers to look for solution to lessening the damage created by
bullying.
2. “Bullying as the act to dominate the subordinate person as a mean to harass and
to belittle the person is an urgent issue to be overcome.”
The statement above concludes that the definition of bullying is....
a) overcoming domination
b) harrassing and belittling someone
c) raising an urgent issue
d) dominating someone
e) finding a subordinate person
3. The victim would perceive the destructive behavior as the acceptable and
normal act. The continuous harassment and physical abuse to a person,
especially children and teenager, will impact on their self-esteem, self-hatred,
and long-term traumatic impact. If the damage grows in the victim is not
seriously taken care under professional therapy, the trauma would destruct the
victim's life. In some cases, the victims of bullying would commit suicide.
From the passage, we know that professional therapy to the victim of bullying
would...
a) lengthen the victim's long-term traumatic impact

b) prevent the victim's life from long-term traumatic.
c) construct abusive behavior
d) increase the victim's trauma
e) bring continuous harassment
4. “Second reason to take precaution and to stop bullying act is that bullying can
escalate to violence and be considered as a crime. This is not only permanently
damaging the victim‟s psychological aspect, but also has become a criminal
issue. A bullying act leads the children and the teenager to construct
destructive behavior. This is obviously a serious problem for our society.”
Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
a) Bullying act can accumulate into a criminal issue.

b) Bullying can be considered as a crime.
c) Violence can escalate into bullying.
d) Bullying can construct favorable behavior.
e) Not every bullying act is considered as violence or crime.
5. “Bullying phenomenon is a common act that we can find in our society. It is an

irony that most of this kind of acts happen in school. The act of bullying to
elevate the self-esteem by continuously harassing the victim is a cowardly act
that could damage one‟s future. Therefore, we should commit to ourselves to
take action, to prevent and to stop the bullying act from our closest
surrounding.”
The passage contains an irony. The irony emerges in the passage is...
a) We can stop the act of bullying from ourselves.

b) The act bullying elevates the bully's self-esteem.
c) We can't do anything to prevent and stop the act of bullying.
d) The destructive act such bullying happens in educational environment.
Reconsidering TV Programs
Television has become a widely used electronic device to entertain the
viewer. Almost everyone from different level of age can access various program
of television. However, have we ever considered that the programs in the
television are appropriate for us to watch? Nowadays, many programs in our
television are inappropriate that bring the negative impact to the viewer.
Therefore, we must reconsider TV programs that run today.
The TV programs should be taken under evaluation for its negative impact to our
society, especially for the children. Today, TV program often views the variety
shows that full of slapstick act, the abusive cartoon, and dramas with improper
moral value. Those programs mostly gain a high rate and run in a prime time. In
the prime time, everyone from any level of age, including children, can access the
TV programs. The programs give inappropriate models to the viewer, especially
children. The social problems emerge as the impact of the inappropriate model of
the program such as abusive behavior, ethical issue, life style, etc.
As the media to give both entertainment and information, television can be

accessed by many people. The inappropriate programs will shape wrong mindset
and behaviour. Therefore, it is essential for us to reconsider the programs that are
run in television and wisely choose the proper program to watch.
The first paragraph of the passage concludes that....
a) everyone can access tv program.

b) Television is a media of entertainment
c) Television only entertaints a small scope of people
d) many inappropriate programs that give negative impact are shown in
television
e) the programs thar are presented in the television today have been
appropriate for any level of age
7. “Television has become a widely used electronic device to entertain the viewer.
Almost everyone from different level of age can access various program of
television.”
According to the statement above, the viewers of the television are....
a) the old age person

b) teenager
c) children
d) almost everyone
e) parent
8. Choose correct statement from the following that is in line with the second
paragraph.
a) Inappropriate TV programs impact on social problems.

b) Inapropriate TV programs mostly impact on adultery.
c) TV programs have nothing to do with life style and mindset.
d) In the prime time, most of the children have fallen asleep.
e) TV programs are not in need to be put under evaluation.
9. Look at the second paragraph. According to the passage, TV programs that

should be taken under evaluation are....
a) those that expose improper models

b) those that are watched by the children
c) those that run in prime time
d) those that get high rate
e) those that everyone can enjoy
10. “As the media to give both entertainment and information, television can be
accessed by many people. The inappropriate programs will shape wrong
mindset and behavior. ... ”
Choose from the following statement that completes the passage above.
a) Therefore, it is essential for us to reconsider the programs that are run

in television and wisely choose the proper program to watch.
b) Hence, it is important for us to control the programs that are run in the
prime time.
c) Hence, it is important to not purchase our money to buy television.
d) Therefore, it is essential for us to ban the use of television in our home.
e) Therefore, it is important to reconsider the television as the media to
give information and entertainment for our life.
Answer key
1) d
2) b
3) b
4) a
5) d
6) d
7) d
8) a
9) a
10) a
APPENDIX 5
OBSERVATION SHEET
CYCLE 1
Subject : English
Class : XI
Number of Students : 34
Observer‟s name : Rahmayani Syafitri
Teacher‟s name : M. Irsyad K. I, S.Ag
Note : 3 = very good, 2 = good, 1 = bad
Indicators First Second Third

Meeting Meeting Meeting
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
1. The teacher plans effectively
and sets clear objectives that
are understood.
a. Objectives are communicated √ √ √
clearly at the start of the
lesson.
b. Materials are ready. √ √ √
c. There is structure of the √ √ √
lesson.
d. The lesson is reviewed at the √ √ √
end.
2. Teacher shows knowledge and
understanding.
a. The teacher gives thorough √ √ √
knowledge at the subject
content covered in the lesson.
b. Instructional Materials are √ √ √
appropriate for the lesson
c. Knowledge is made relevant √ √ √
and interesting for the students
3. Teaching methods are used
enable all students to learn
effectively.
a. The lesson is link to previous √ √ √
teaching learning
b. The ideas and experiences of √ √ √
the students are drawn upon.
c. A variety of activity and √ √ √
questioning techniques are
used.
d. Instructions and explanations √ √ √
are clear and spesific.
e. The teacher involves all the √ √ √
students, listen to them and
respond appropriately.
f. High standard of efforts, √ √ √
accuracy and presentation are
encourage.
g. The teacher uses the √ √ √
interesting media
4. Students are well managed and
high standard of behavior are
insisted upon.
a. Students are praised reqularly √ √ √
for their effort and
achievement.
b. All students are treated fairly. √ √ √
5. Students work is assesed
thoroughly.
a. Students understanding is √ √ √
assesed throughout the lesson
by using of teacher‟s question.
b. Mistakes and misconceptions √ √ √
are recognized and used
constructively to facilitate
learning.
6. Homework is used effectively to
reinforce and extend learning.
a. Homework is appropriate. √ √ √
b. Homework is followed up if it √ √ √
is set previously.
7. Medium of instructions.
a. The teacher integrate internet √ √ √
connection devise in the
lesson.
b. The instructional materials are √ √ √
used to capture the interest
students.
Total Number 35 44 56
Mean =5 = 6.28 =8
APPENDIX 6
OBSERVATION SHEET
CYCLE 2
Subject : English
Class : XI
Number of Students : 34
Observer‟s name : Rahmayani Syafitri
Teacher‟s name : M. Irsyad K. I, S.Ag
Note : 3 = very good, 2 = good, 1 = bad
Indicators Fourth
Meeting
1 2 3
1. The teacher plans effectively and sets clear
objectives that are understood.
a. Objectives are communicated clearly at the start of √
the lesson.
b. Materials are ready. √
c. There is structure of the lesson. √
d. The lesson is reviewed at the end. √
2. Teacher shows knowledge and understanding.
a. The teacher gives thorough knowledge at the √
subject content covered in the lesson.
b. Instructional Materials are appropriate for the √
lesson
c. Knowledge is made relevant and interesting for the √
students
3. Teaching methods are used enable all students to
learn effectively.
a. The lesson is link to previous teaching learning √
b. The ideas and experiences of the students are √
drawn upon.
c. A variety of activity and questioning techniques √
are used.
d. Instructions and explanations are clear and √
spesific.
e. The teacher involves all the students, listen to them √
and respond appropriately.
f. High standard of efforts, accuracy and presentation √
are encourage.
g. The teacher uses the interesting media √
4. Students are well managed and high standard of
behavior are insisted upon.
a. Students are praised reqularly for their effort and √
achievement.
b. All students are treated fairly. √
5. Students work is assesed thoroughly.
a. Students understanding is assesed throughout the √
lesson by using of teacher‟s question.
b. Mistakes and misconceptions are recognized and √
used constructively to facilitate learning.
6. Homework is used effectively to reinforce and
extend learning.
a. Homework is appropriate. √
b. Homework is followed up if it is set previously. √
7. Medium of instructions.
a. The teacher integrate internet connection devise in √
the lesson.
b. The instructional materials are used to capture the √
interest students.
Total Number 63
Mean =9

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUIPPER SCHOOL APPLICATION TO

IMPROVE STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT IN READING

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements

THE FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Syafitri, Rahmayani. “The Implementation of Quipper School Application to

Keywords: implementation, quipper school application, reading comprehension.

from the darkness into the brightness.

This study was concerned with the implementation of quipper school

application to improve students‟ achievement in reading comprehension. It was

submitted to English Education Program of the Faculty of Teachers‟ Training and

Education, University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara in partial fulfillment of

the requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan.

University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara.

1. Dr. Agussani, M.AP, rector of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera

2. Dr. Elfrianto Nasution, S.Pd., M.Pd, the Dean of FKIP University of

Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara.

Head and Secretary of English Education Program of FKIP University of

finish this study.

guidance, suggestion and advice, so she could finish this study.

5. All lectures especially those of English Education Program for guidance,

advice, and suggestion during the years of her study.

6. Ricardo A. Sirait , ST., M.Si, the Headmaster of SMA Swasta YPK

Medan, and eleventh grade students of SMA Swasta YPK Medan in

academic years 2017/2018 who helped during the experiment.

given supports, motivations, and spirit in finishing her study.

8. All of her classmates in D-Morning English Education in FKIP UMSU.

especially for the students of English Education Program who want to do

blessing all of us.

Medan, April 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................... i

A. The Background of the Study ......................................................... 1

B. The Identification of the Problem ................................................... 3

C. The Scope and Limitation ............................................................... 3

D. The Formulation of the Study ......................................................... 3

E. The Objective of the Study ............................................................. 3

F. The Significance of the Study ......................................................... 4

REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................................. 5

A. Theoritical Framework .................................................................... 5

1. Reading Comprehension ........................................................... 5

1.1.The Purpose of Reading ...................................................... 6

1.2.Types of Reading ................................................................ 6

1.3.The Basic Skills of Reading ................................................ 7

1.4.The Reading Activities ........................................................ 8

1.5.Indicators of Reading Comprehension ................................ 10

2. Analytical Exposition ............................................................... 11

2.1.The Basic Competency of Analytical Exposition Text ....... 11

2.2.The Indicator of Analytical Exposition .............................. 11

2.3.Generic Structure of Anlytical Exposition ......................... 11

3. Quipper School Application...................................................... 12

3.1.The Concept and Procedures of Quipper School ................ 13

3.2.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Quipper School ..... 14

B. Conceptual Framework ................................................................... 15

METHOD OF RESEARCH ..................................................................... 16

A. Location and Time of the Research ................................................ 16

B. Subject and Object of the Research ................................................ 16

C. Research Design .............................................................................. 17

D. Procedure of the Research ............................................................... 18

E. Instrument of the Research.............................................................. 21

F. Technique of Collecting Data ......................................................... 21