%0 Thesis %9 Thesis %A Riana, Delistiar %A Universitas Pakuan, %A Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, %A pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, %B Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris %D 2015 %F eprintsunpak:9115 %I Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan %T THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PELMANISM GAME ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION %U http://eprints.unpak.ac.id/9115/ %X ABSTRACT Reading is one of skills that should be mastered besides speaking, listening and writing because information can be accepted if the students comprehend the purpose of text they read. However, there are any problems that should be faced by students in understanding the text they read. So, it will be homework for the teacher to help students. Teacher can use game to help students solve their problems in understanding the reading. Therefore, the researcher conducted the research with the title the effectiveness of pelmanism game on students’ reading comprehension. The aim of the research is to find out the effectiveness of pelmanism game on students’ reading comprehension is effective or not. The population of this research is the second grade students of SMPN 1 Cilebar Karawang. There are 120 students of three classes. The sample of the research is taken about 25% of the population using proportional sampling. The samples are divided into two groups; experimental and control group. There are 30 students of each group. Quasi experimental method and non-equivalent control group design are used. The result of this research shows that t-test value is 2,516 with degree of freedom (df) is 58. The value of ttable at the significant level t0,01 is 2,42 and t0,05 is 1,68. It can be described as 2.516 > 2.42 > 1.68. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted because t-calculated is higher than t-table. Finally, it can be concluded that the Pelmanism game is effective used on students’ reading comprehension.