Sisca, Fransisca. 2016. The efectiveness of jeopardy game to students’ reading
comprehension in descriptive text of eleventh grade at SMA Kristen Petra Malang. Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Language and Literature. University of Kanjuruhan Malang. Advisor I: Dra. Nanik Suratmi, M.Pd. Advisor II: Uun Muhaji, M.Pd.
Text. In learning language, one of the aspects that should be improved is reading. In daily life, it is very important to get information from every reading passage, especially in learning English. Learning English focuses on four skills namely: listening, writing, reading, speaking. The four skills must be mastered by the students to be able to master english properly. However, many problems are faced by teachers and students in teaching and learning English, such as in reading. The difficulties faced by students are such as especially in comprehending text, low enthusiasm, and uninteresting strategy applied by teacher. To solve the problem, the researcher use appropriate jeopardy game to teach reading. Jeopardy Game is fun a game like any fun quiz in general. So the students can be enthuasistic to answer in quiz session. Game is one of effective media in learning English. Games helps students on how to interact with their classmates. The research conducted at the second grade of SMA Kristen Petra Malang. The objective of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of jeopardy game in students’ reading comprehension on descriptive text. The design of the research was experimental design use quasi experimental. The sample of the study was two groups, those were experimental and control group. The instruments that were used in this study were test and questionnaire. In analyzing the data, the researcher used validity, reliability, normality, homogeneity, and indepenent sample T test. The result of the data showed that the mean score from experimental group was higher than control group. The mean score of control group was 67.5714 while the experimental group was 88.5714. The minimum score from experimental group is 80.00 and from control group 61.00. And the maximum score from experimental group was 100.00 while the maximum score from control group was 76.00. The t-test showed that the significance (2-tailed) was 0,000, it less than 0,05. It means that hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and (Ho) is rejected. So the students who are taught by using jeopardy game have a significance difference in their reading comprehension on descriptive texts. In conclusion, the results of the study showed that jeopardy game was effective to teach reading descriptive text. It was proved by the result of the test. So, the researcher suggests the English teacher and further researchers to use jeopardy game as the media for teaching English, because it makes students more active and easier to learn English especially in reading comprehension on descriptive text.