AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACHING TECHNIQUE (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMA NEGERI 1 BANYUMAS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/ 2012)

TUSINI, . (2012) AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACHING TECHNIQUE (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMA NEGERI 1 BANYUMAS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/ 2012). Bachelor thesis, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO.

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Abstract

The research was aimed at improving student’s comporehension in a reading class using Reciprocal Teaching technique. It used classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted at XI IS 2 students of SMA N 1 Banyumas in academic year 2011/ 2012 as the subject of the research. The subject of the class was 34 students. It was done for three weeks (1 August- 22 August 2011). The researcher worked in collaboration with the English teacher in the class. The CAR was carried out based on Kemmis and McTaggart design. The researcher took two cycles with two actions in each cycle: in which each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing, and evaluating. The data were collected through observation, reading test, (pre- test and post- test), questionnaire, field note, and documentation. There were two kinds of data analysis: qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative analysis was gained by observation result in using Reciprocal Teaching technique that improved the students’ reading comprehension in learning English. The quantitative analysis was done by accounting the percentage of indicators of activities through pre-test and post- test, and questionnaire result of students. The result of the research showed that there was an improvement of students’ reading comprehension. The improvement of students’ reading comprehension in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 could be seen from the mean of pre - test and post - test. The mean of pre - test was 78.23 and the mean of post - test in the last Cycle was 92.21 and it had reached the indicator of the action success (17.85 %). The result of students’ observation in the classroom showed that there was an improvement 17.23% from the mean of students’ activities in the end of the Cycle 2.

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