phonics approach in teaching reading

this research aimed to determine the effectiveness of phonics approach in teaching reading for the seventh graders of smp negeri 1 aikmel, east lombok, and to what extent it is effective. this research was designed as pre-experimental with read aloud test as the instrument to collect data. the sample of this research consisted of 36 students of smp negeri 1 aikmel. the sample was taken through purposive sampling. in collecting the data, a pre-test and a post-test were given to the students. spss 17 for windows and paired-sample t-test were applied to analyze the collected data. after calculating the data, it was found that there was a significant difference in the mean scores between pre-test and post-test, t(df=35) = 23.314 at p = 0.001, meaning that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. in a nutshell, phonics approach was significantly effective in teaching reading for the seventh graders of smp negeri 1 aikmel.