The effectiveness of using quizizz to teach reading for the 1st grade students at SMAN 3 Kediri

Abstract

Reading is very important because reading is a process carried out to get messages or information. Teaching reading English is important to be taught at all levels of education, procurement of resources for students, facilities and methods used by teachers is an absolute requirement of success in learning English in school. There are many media that can be applied by teachers, such as that is commonly used these days is Quizizz. The writer takes the online class (blended learning) with the various difficulties because of the Covid 19 pandemic. The aims of this research are to know students’ reading ability before and after being taught using Quizizz, and to know whether there is any significant effect of quizizz application to the students’ reading ability of SMAN 3 Kediri in Academic Year 2021/2022. Quantitative approach and pre-experimental research was implemented in this research. The subject of this research is tenth grade students, while the sample was X MIPA 4 class that consists of 30 students. The students were given pretest, treatment, and posttest. To analyze the data, the researcher uses SPSS version 16.0. The data result shows that t-score is higher than t-table in the level significant of 5% (1,699). The mean score of pretest is 51,50 and mean score of posttest is 77,50. The result of the research shows that there is any significant effect of using the Quizizz application, it is proven by the different score between pretest and posttest. This application helps the students to solve their problems in reading ability. Quizizz application proves that it is effective for teaching reading inclasses and the grades of students are good.