The Effect of Audio-Visual Media on Reading Comprehension Ability of Grade V Students
Keywords:
audio-visual media, elementary school, reading comprehension, indonesian language, pre-experimentalAbstract
This study aims to determine the effect of audio-visual media on the reading comprehension ability of Grade V students at SD Negeri 30, Sorong City. The research background is the persistently low reading interest and ability among students, largely attributed to the predominance of conventional lecture-based teaching methods and the insufficient use of engaging learning media. A quantitative approach with a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was employed. The research subjects comprised 19 Grade V students (11 boys and 8 girls). Data were collected through observation, questionnaires, documentation, and reading comprehension tests administered before and after the implementation of audio-visual media. Descriptive statistical analysis and a t-test were applied to the data. Results revealed a significant increase in students' mean reading scores from 52.10 (pretest) to 84.74 (posttest), representing an improvement of 32.64 points. The t-test yielded a t-value of 8.23, exceeding the t-table value of 2.101 at a significance level of α = 0.05 with df = 18. The proportion of students in the Very Low category decreased from 63.16% to 0%, while those in the High and Very High categories increased to 42.11% and 26.32% respectively. H₀ is rejected and H₁ is accepted. It is concluded that audio-visual media has a statistically significant positive effect on the reading comprehension ability of Grade V students at SD Negeri 30, Sorong City, and constitutes an effective and engaging instructional medium for Indonesian Language learning.
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