Supahing, Ajun (2018) The Effectiveness of Using Relaxation Time in Teaching Students' TOELF Reading Comprehension Preparation At Beswan English Course Pare Kediri. Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS ISLAM KADIRI.
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As an intemational language, English has key position in transferring knowledge and technology needed by people. To measure how far people especially non-native English understand about English is doing English test like TOEFL. TOEFL stands for test of English as foreign language becoming a standard test for English leamers to assess their ability and comprehension in learning English. TOEFL gives challenge-itself for the students to know their ability and comprehension in learning English. There are 3 sections in doing TOEFL test. TOEFL reading comprehension preparation is one of them which has to be mastered to reach desirable score. Relaxation time is needed to decrease tense and to increase mentality and concentration when doing the test. The objective of this study was; (1) to analyze students’ TOEFL reading comprehension preparation in experimental class after taught by Relaxation Time, (2) to analyze students’ TOEFL reading comprehension preparation in control class after not taught by Relaxation Time, (3) to analyze the significant difference of students’ TOEFL reading comprehension preparation between the experimental and control class, and (4) to analyze the effect of using Relaxation Time in teaching students’ TOEFL reading comprehension preparation at BESWAN English course Pare Kediri. The sample of this study was 32 students divided within two classes, A Class as experimental and B Class as control which were taken from BESWAN English Course Pare Kediri. They were the students of Advance Program who were in the fourth month study at the course. The method used in this research was a quantitative method. The design used was a quasi-experimental study and the instrument of this research were test and questionnaire. The researcher used relaxation time in teaching A Class as experimental and another method in B Class as control. Then the researcher gave the test to get the data and questioner only for experimental class. Relaxation time was done in teaching learning process in the pre—activity and in the post-activity. The steps to do relaxation are; (1) Ask them to enjoy their sitting by putting their hands on the thighs, feet on the floor, and laying down their back to the chair head, (2) Ask them to close their eyes to make them easy to concentrate, (3) Ask them to do simple respiration like taking breath form their nose, stopping their breath for a while in the belly, and exhaling their breath from their mouth. (4) Give positive suggestion by using belly respiration like stopping the breath in the belly while giving suggestion, and (5) if done, wake them up by positive suggestion.
Keywords: TOEFL, TOEFL Reading Comprehension Preparation, Relaxation Time.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Skripsi) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | 400 - Bahasa (Bahasa Indonesia dikelas 499) > 400 Bahasa > 407 Pendidikan, riset dan topik terkait tentang Bahasa 400 - Bahasa (Bahasa Indonesia dikelas 499) > 420 Bahasa Inggris dan Inggris kuno > 420 Bahasa Inggris dan Inggris kuno (Anglo-Saxon) |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Perpustakaan Pusat |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2025 06:37 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2025 06:37 |
| URI: | http://repo.uniska-kediri.ac.id/id/eprint/2167 |
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