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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CIRC
(Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) TECHNIQUE ( A Classroom Action Research at the VIII C Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2
Adipala in Academic Year 2012/2013)
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree
By:
Isnaeni Nindya Putri 0801050054
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
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Title : IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION
THROUGH CIRC (COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND
COMPOSITION) TECHNIQUE
Name : ISNAENI NINDYA PUTRI
NIM : 0801050054
Faculty : Teacher Training and Education
Department : English
Supervisor I : Dr. Furquanul Azies, M.Pd
Supervisor II : Dodi Siraj Muamar Zain, M.Pd
Approved by:
Supervisor I Supervisor II
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Skripsi Berjudul
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at the VIII C Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2
Adipala in Academic Year 2012/2013)
Yang dipersiapkan dan disusun oleh :
ISNAENI NINDYA PUTRI 0801050054
Telah dipertahankan di depan Dewan Penguji pada tanggal 16 Agustus 2013 dan dinyatakan memenuhi syarat untuk diterima
sebagai kelengkapan persyaratan untuk mendapatkan gelar Sarjana Pendidikan Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Pembimbing
1. Dr. Furqanul Aziez, M.Pd. ...
NIP. 19621106 198910 1 001
2. Dodi Siraj Muamar Zain, M.Pd. ... NIK. 010313357
Penguji
1. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum. ... NIP. 19560508 198603 1 003
2. Faisal, S. S., M.Pd. ... NIK. 2160441
Purwokerto, 16 Agustus 2013 Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Dekan,
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SURAT PERNYATAAN
Saya yang bertandatangan di bawah ini:
Nama : ISNAENI NINDYA PUTRI
NIM : 0801050054
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
penyusun skripsi dengan judul:
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at the VIII C Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2
Adipala in Academic Year 2012/2013)
menyatakan dengan sungguh-sungguh bahwa skripsi ini adalah hasil karya tulis saya
sendiri dan bukan buatan orang lain atau jiplakan atau modifikasi karya orang lain.
Jika pernyataan ini tidak benar, maka saya bersedia menerima sanksi, termasuk
pencabutan gelar kesarjanaan yang sudah saya peroleh.
Purwokerto, 16 Agustus 2013 Yang menyatakan,
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MOTTO
Try to learn something about everything and
everything about something
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DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated for:
My beloved parents who always give me support, motivation, advice, pray,
and endless love. You are my inspiration and my spirit to finish my thesis. I love you so much
My beloved brothers who always accompany me and make me strong
All my big family thank you for your motivation
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer would like to say thank to Allah SWT who has guidance,
mercy, and His permission, so that the thesis could be finished as the partial
fulfillment to get S.Pd Degree at the English Department of Teacher Training and
Education Faculty in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
In this occasion, the writer would like to say deeply thank to:
1. Drs. Ahmad, M. Pd, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of
Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for encouragement to do this thesis.
2. Drs. Pudiyono. M. Hum, as the Head of the English Department of Teacher
Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for
assisting the writer in accomplishing the research.
3. Dr. Furquanul Azies, M. Pd, as the first supervisor who gave guidance,
encouragement, advice, support, suggestion, and helpful correction.
4. Dodi Siraj Muamar Zain, M.Pd, as the second supervisor who gave guidance,
encouragement, advice, support, suggestion, and helpful correction.
5. Mursid Purwanto, M. Pd, as the Head Master of SMP Negeri 2 Adipala who gave
his permission in accomplishing the research.
6. Ari Murti, S.Pd, as the English teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Adipala who helped in
conducting the research.
7. All of the students in VIII C class of SMP Negeri 2 Adipala who participated in
this research.
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Although this thesis is still far from being perfect and the mistakes still color
this thesis, the writer this thesis is hoped will give positive contributions and be useful
to this field of study.
Purwokerto, August 2013
x ABSTRACT
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at the VIII C Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2
Adipala in Academic Year 2012/2013)
By
ISNAENI NINDYA PUTRI 0801050054
This research was aimed to improve students’ reading comprehension through
CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) technique. It used a
Classroom Action Research (CAR), which was conducted at VIII C grade students’ of
SMP Negeri 2 Adipala in the Academic Year 2012 / 2013 consisting of 35 students. The CAR was based on Kemmis and McTaggart design. The researcher took two cycles, in which each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. There were two kinds of data collection: qualitative data and quantitative data. The qualitative data were taken from observation, interview, questionnaire and
documentation. The quantitative data were taken from test to measure the students’
result of reading comprehension in pre test and post test by calculating the percentage
of indicators to measure whether there was an improvement of students’ reading
comprehension through CIRC technique in CAR or not.
After the data were analyzed, it can be concluded that CIRC could improve
students’ reading comprehension. It was proved by the result students’ reading
comprehension in post test 1 was 12.64% and post test 2 was 27.53%. It reached the criterion of the success indicator which was 20%. The improvement of the students’ observation improved significantly. Cycle 1 improved from 29.99% to 37.85%, or the
improvement was 7.86%. The improvement of the students’ observation result in
Cycle 2 improved from 45.71% to 56.42%, or the improvement was 10.71%. The
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CHAPTER II : THEORETICAL REVIEW A. The Nature of Reading ... 6
4. Reading Comprehension Assessment ... 12
5. The Type Evaluation of Reading Comprehension ... 13
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2. The Advantages of CIRC... 17
3. Teaching reading Using CIRC... 18
D. Basic Assumption... 18
CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Method Of The Research ... 20
B. The Place and Time of Research ... 20
C. The Subject of The Research ... 21
D. Reasearch Designs... 21
E. Procedure of the Research... 22
1. Determining the Pronblem... 22
2. Planning... 23
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d. Reflecting ... 44
3. Cycle 2 ... 47
a. Planning ... 47
b. Acting ... 48
c. Observing ... 52
d. Reflecting ... 56
4. The Result of Students’ Group Activity Cycle 1 ... 58
5. The Result of Students’ Group Activity Cycle 2 ... 58
B. Discussion ... 59
CHAPTER V :CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ... 66
B. Suggestion ... 67
REFERENCES
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 The Schedule of Research ... 21
Table 2 The Students’ Observation list ... 25
Table 3 The Teacher’s Observation list ... 26
Table 4 Student’s Questionnaire... 28
Table 5 Students’ Observation at Pre - Condition ... 35
Table 6 The Result of Students’ Individual Activity in Cycle 1 ... 42
Table 7 The Result of Teacher’s Activity in Cycle 1 ... 43
Table 8 The Improvement of Students’ Reading Coprehension of Cycle 1 ... 46
Table 9 The Result of Students’ Idividual Activity in Cycle 2 ... 53
Table 10 The Result of Teacher’s Activity in Cycle 2 ... 54
Table 11 The Improvement of Students’ Individual Activity in Cycle 1 to 2 ... 55
Table 12 The Improvement of students’ Reading Coprehension of Cycle 2 ... 57
Table 13 Students’ Group Activity Cycle 1 Action 2 ... 58
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Spiral Design by Kemmis and McTaggart ... 22
xvi 1. The Observation Sheet of Teacher’s Activities ... 73
2. The Result of Teacher’s Activities Observation in Cycle 1 ... 74
3. The Result of Teacher’s Activities Observation in Cycle 2... 75
4. The Students’ Group Activity... 76
5. The list of CIRC Group... 77
6. The Observation Sheet of Students’ Activities ... .. 78
7. The Result of Students’ Activities Observation in Pre Condition... 80
8. The Result of Students’ Activities Observation in Cycle 1 Action 1... 81
9. The Result of Students’ Activities Observation in Cycle 1 Action 2... 82
10. The Result of Students’ Activities Observation in Cycle 2 Action 1... 83
11. The Result of Students’ Activities Observation in Cycle 2 Action 2... 84
12. Questionnaire Sheet ... .. 85
13. The Result of Questionnaire Indicator ... 86
14. The Result of Questionnaire ... 87
APPENDIX C 1. Lesson Plan of First Meeting in Cycle 1... ... 88
2. Lesson Plan of Second Meeting in Cycle 1 ... ... 98
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4. Lesson Plan of Second Meeting in Cycle 2 ... 119
5. Pre-Test ... 129
6. Post-Test 1 ... 134
7. Post-Test 2 ... 139
8. Answer Key... 144
APPENDIX D 1. Students’Interview Before The Implementation of CIRC Technique. 145 2. Teacher’s Interview Before The Implementation of CIRC Technique..147 3. Students’Interview After The Implementation of CIRC Technique.. 150
