Development of Learning Methods based on Deiktische Ausdruecke Method to Improve Leseverstaendnis (Reading Comprehension) of German Students Suci Pujiastuti, Jujur Siahaan, Ryan Dallion, Cindy Hasibuan, Risma ES Panjaitan
Universitas Negeri Medan
Abstract
The aim of this research is to develop the deiktische Ausdruecke (referral speech) method to improve the Leseverstaendnis (reading comprehension) of German language students in Semester 2 Academic Year 2021/2022. In this study, a development method with a design and development research by Richey and Klein (2009) will be used. Leseverstaendnis is the process of decoding in the form of writing that must be interpreted, so that what the author conveys can be understood and concluded. However, students often face difficulties in the process of understanding the encoding of the reading text, so a method is needed, namely the deiktische Ausdruecke. Deiktische Ausdruecke is a pragmatic study which is one of the linguistic units (words, phrases, clauses) whose reference or referent is determined by the speaker. References contained in reading texts are often ignored by students, causing errors in understanding information about the contents of the text. In the deiktische Ausdruecke, every referent or reference in the reading text that refers to the previous information becomes a guideline for understanding the contents of the reading text. The deiktische Ausdruecke consists of die personal deixis, place deixis, time deixis, discourse deixis, and social deixis. Basically, Leseverstaendnis aims to understand and analyze German reading texts in the level of difficulty from simple (A1) to more difficult (B1). It is important to apply this deixis method in order to achieve the objectives of the Leseverstaendnis. This research was conducted at the German Language Education Study Program, Universitas Negeri Medan. In this study, there was one class that was treated as an experimental class with deiktische Ausdruecke. The experimental class is class C 2020 totaling 26 people. Leseverstaendnis of students before the deiktische Ausdruecke treatment showed an average score of 75.80 while after the deiktische Ausdruecke it reached 83.84. This shows that there is a positive increase.
