IMPROVING READING ABILITY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROCESS BY USING COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs MUHAMMADIYAH KASIHAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Riski, Intan Fajari Resa (2013) IMPROVING READING ABILITY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROCESS BY USING COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs MUHAMMADIYAH KASIHAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The objective of the research was to improve the students’ reading comprehension skill in the English teaching and learning process through Cooperative Reading and Composition (CIRC) method. It was expected that this method would improve the quality of English teaching and learning process at the school. The research was Action Research. Based on the preliminary observation, the problems came not only from the students but also from the teacher. The problems were students found the difficulty to comprehend the English reading text and there was no reading method used in the English teaching and learning process of reading. The research consisted of two cycles. The data were obtained by interviewing the students of class VIIIB of MTs Muhammadiyah Kasihan, Bantul, holding the discussion with English teacher, the headmater, and doing observation in the English teaching learning process. The instruments used for collecting data were pretest and posttest, observation guidlines, and interview guidlines. The data collected were quantitative and qualitative data. The source of the data were from the field notes, interview transcript and the result of pretest and posttest. The result of the study showed that the students’ reading comprehension skill in the English teaching and learning process improved through CIRC method. This research showed that the mean score of posttest was higher than the mean of pretest. The mean score of pretest was 58.93; the mean score of posttest was 81.3. Thus, there was an increasing point of 22.5. In conclusion, the students’ reading comprehension skill in the English teaching and learning process improved.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: improving reading ability, cooperative integrated reading and composition, MTs
Subjects: Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited: 01 Sep 2015 03:11
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2019 03:19
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/25741

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