This study is aimed
at
know the effectiveness of using
authentic material
in teaching
reading
toward
the
second
grade students of
SMK Purnama 2
,
Banyumas
in academic year 2013
/2014
.
This research was conducted using
experimental design. The participants of this research were
second
grade students
of
SMK Purnama 2
,
Banyumas
. There were 2 classes which class A
P
for
experimental class and class
AK
for control class. Test was used in collecting data
of this research, they are pre
-
test and post
-
test. After the data was collected, it was
analyzed using t
-
test. Based on the computation, t
-
test result was
7.475
, and the t
-
table was
2.037
. It means that t
-
test
result was higher that t
-
table (
7.475
>
2.037
).
It could be concluded that
authentic materials
is effective for teaching
reading
at
second
grade students of
SMK Purnama 2
, Banyumas
in academic year
2013
/2014
.