Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Method to Improve of Students’ Reading Comprehension at The Second Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Wasile

Abstract

The objective this research is to find out the improvement of students’ reading comprehension at the Second grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Wasile by using cooperative integrated reading and composition (CIRC) Method. The result of observation and interview to the English teacher in SMP Negeri 1 Wasile, the researcher found that many students got difficulty when they read the texts. They cannot find the meaning and information in the texts. Therefore, researcher took since she wanted help the students to solve their problem in reading comprehension. Based on the problem above, the researcher used cooperative integrated reading and composition (CIRC) method to improve students’ reading comprehension. The researcher used pre experimental design with non-equivalent control group design (Gay, 2006, p. 225). The group given pre-test, treatment and post-test. The sample of this research were 15 students. In collecting data, the researcher used one kind instrument namely reading test. The data collected will be analyze based on the scoring the students’ answer and Calculating the mean score of the students’ answer by used the formula. The scoring of student’s posttest is higher than pretest.  Researcher can concluded that there is an improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using CIRC Method. Some aspects that improve students’ reading comprehension is CIRC Method direct students work together in a group to comprehend reading material to answer questions based on story. There are some advantages in cooperative learning, they are: positive interdependence, face to face primitive interaction, individual accountability, interpersonal and small group skills.