Arvan. 2022. The Use of Extensive Reading to Improve the Students’ Reading
Skills at SMPN 2 Suli Barat (supervised by Hafirah Patang and Andi
Mangnguntung S).
The main objective of the research is to find out the effectiveness of
implementing extensive reading toward the students reading skill at SMPN 2 Suli
Barat. The researcher used purposive sampling technique to take the samples and
total number of the sample were 25 students. The instrument of the research was
reading test. The result of the research reveals that implementing extensive
reading is effective in improving the students reading skill at SMPN 2 Suli Barat.
It is proven by the mean score of the pretest is 44 (very poor) and in the post test
the students’ mean score is 78 (good). It is also found out that (t – Test) or P-
Value = 0,000, (α) = 0,05. It means that t- test is smaller than (α), so there is a
significant different between pretest and posttest of students’ reading skill before
and after the researcher gave the treatment.