Implementation Of Bilibili Comic, "My Imperial Physician Story" To Increase The Students' Reading Comprehension Atau Eighth Grade SMP PGRI 3 Medan

Abstract

The aims of this study were to know the implementation of Bilibili Comic, “My imperial physician story” to increase the students’ reading comprehension. The sample of this study was eighth grade students of SMP PGRI 3 Medan which consist of 22 students in academic year 2021/2022. It used classroom action research (CAR). This research was done in two cycles. Each cycle consists of four steps. They are planning, action, observation, and reflection. The results showed that there were an improvement of the students' reading comprehension by using bilibili comic as the media. This can be seen in the improvement in average student scores from cycle to cycle. Post test I had an average score of 74 and post test II had an average score of 81.75.

The percentage of students who got Minimum Mastery Criteria score ≥75 points also increased. In the pre-test, students who got ≥75 were only 4 of the 20 students in the class or about 20%. In the post test I, there were 11 students who scored ≥75 or about 55% of the 20 students in the class who achieved the Minimum Completeness Criteria. Finally, in the post test II, there were 18 students who got ≥75 or about 90%.  Researcher also analyzed qualitative data from interviews, observation sheets and documentation.