Improving The Students Reading Comprehension by Using Reciprocal Teaching Technique (An Action Research at seconds Year Students in MTsN 2 Kepahiang Academic Year 2018/ 2019)

Ramadani, Elza and Hidayah, Jumatul and Kusmaningrum, Melli (2019) Improving The Students Reading Comprehension by Using Reciprocal Teaching Technique (An Action Research at seconds Year Students in MTsN 2 Kepahiang Academic Year 2018/ 2019). Sarjana thesis, IAIN Curup.

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This study is aimed to improve students’ ability in reading text through reciprocal teaching technique at VIII grade of Mtsn 2 Kepahiang academic year 2018/2019 as the subject of the study. This study was conducted for two months. This research answers this main question: “Can reciprocal teaching technique improve the English reading comprehension ability of the seconds year students in MTsN 2 Kepahiang academic year 2018/ 2019?”. This study is categorized as a classroom action research. The writer worked collaboratively with the English teacher in the class. The CAR was done based on Kurt Lewins’ design. The writer did two cycles in which each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The data were gathered through qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained by analyzing the observation. Then, quantitative data were obtained from the students’ reading score of pretest anposttest.The finding of this study showed that there was improvement on the students’ ability in reading comprehension. It can be seen from the mean score of pretest was 64.5. Then, the mean score of posttest cycle 1was 71.71 and the mean score of posttest cycle 2 was 77.02 . In addition, there were 11 students who passed KKM in the pre test. Meanwhile, in the cycle 1, there were 17 students who passed KKM, and it gained which was in the posttest cycle 2 there were 32 students who passed KKM. So, the criteria of success was achieved. Then, from the result of questionnaire, it showed that there was improvement of positive responses in the teaching-learning process of reading text. Related to the result of observation and interview, it can be concluded that the students’ ability in reading text improved and the students’ were motivated in the teaching-learning process.

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