AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN READING RECOUNT TEXT BY USING CIRC (COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION) TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at the VIII E grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in the academic year 20112012)

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AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN READING RECOUNT TEXT BY USING CIRC (COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED

READING AND COMPOSITION) TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at the VIII E grade of SMP Muhammadiyah

1 Purwokerto in the academic year 2011/2012)

A THESIS

Submitted to the English Department

as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree

By:

ELINA RAHMAWATI 0801050120

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TEACHING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO

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An Effort To..., Elina Rahmawati, FKIP UMP, 2012

MOTTO

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Where there is a will, there is a way.

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Will Allah SWT change the condition of a person until he or she knows

what is in himself or herself...(Q.R. Ar. Ra’d: 11).

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Don’t wait till tomorrow what you can do today.

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There is no success if there is no pray, exertion and hard work.

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With science life will be easier, with love life will be beautiful and with

religion love will be meaningful.

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Being a good person is more difficult than a bad person.

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DEDICATION

From the deepest of my heart, I would like to dedicate my thesis to:

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My beloved spectacular mother in my heart, who always loves me and

will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no

crime of mine can do away, thank you....mother dear....I love you so

much...

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My beloved marvelous father in heaven, you are my inspiration, look at

me dad....it’s for you.

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My diverse brothers, Mas Zaki & Mas Alwi who always give me full

spirit and motivation everytime.

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My beloved sisters, Mba Alina & De’ Riski...thank you so much for

your inspiration and motivation.

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My huge family...Mbah putri Urip, Mbah Syamsuri, Ma Zuhriyah,

Yayu Novi, Lik Ani, De’ Aim, De’ Raihan, De’ Dani, & De’ Alista.

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My commotion friends...Bunda Nindy, Opah Winda, Jeje Geje,

and all my friends of class C1 (English Department).

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PREFACE

Assalamualaikum, Wr. Wb

Praise be for Allah SWT, the most graceful and merciful. The researcher would like to express gratitude for all her blessing so that she managed to finish this thesis entitled “An Effort to Improve Students’ Competence in Reading Recount Text Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Technique At Eight Grade Year of Smp Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2011/2012” as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for S.Pd Degree at the English Department of Teacher Training Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.

The researcher would like to express her thankfulness to all people who had been so kind and very helpful in the process of the thesis. Her thankfulness is dedicated to:

1. Drs. Joko Purwanto, M.Si as the Dean of FKIP Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.

2. Endang Kusrini, S.Pd. M.Hum as the Head of the English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.

3. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum as Consultant I for guiding to finish this thesis. 4. Faisal, S.S., M.Pd as Consultant II for guiding and attention.

5. The Head Master of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto Bpk. Drs. Ngadino Fredy Franmoko who had given permission to the writer to conduct the research.

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6. Mrs. Nurhayati, S.Pd as English Teacher of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto for cooperation and helped in conducting the research.

7. My parents have given attention and motivation for me everytime.

8. My old brothers and old sister who have given supports and full spirit so the writer can finish this thesis and also my younger siste who always make me laugh.

9. All students of class VIII E of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto as respondents of the research.

Finally, the writer thanks all people who had given their supports and attentions throughout her effortion completing this thesis.

The writer hopes that this work can give valuable contributions to all readers especially those who interested in teaching and learning English.

Wassalamualaikum, Wr. Wb

Purwokerto,

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TABLE OF CONTENT... vii

LIST OF TABLE... xii

LIST OF FIGURE... xiii

ABSTRACT... xiv

Chapter I INTRODUCTION……….. 1

A. Background of the Study……….... 1

B. The Reasons for Choosing the Topic………... 4

C. The Problem of Research……….... 5

D. The Aim of Research………... 5

E. The Clarification of Terms………...5

F. The Contribution of Study……….. 7

Chapter II THEORETICAL REVIEW……… 8

A. Reading……….. 8

1. Definition of Reading………... 8

2. The Importance of Reading……….. 10

3. The Aims of Reading……….... 11

4. Microskills of Reading Comprehension... 11

5. The Specification of Microskills in Reading Comprehension...13

6. Evaluations of Reading………... 13

7. The Indicators of Student’s Activity... 15

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B. CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition)……….... 17

1. Definition of CIRC ………... 17

2. Implementation of CIRC Technique... 20

C. Basic Assumption……… 21

Chapter III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……… 22

A. Type of the Research……… 21

B. Place and Time of the Research……… 22

C. The Subject of the Research……….. 23

D. Research Design……….... 23

E. Procedure of the Research... 25

F. Technique for Collecting Data……….. 27

G. Technique for Analyzing Data………... 31

H. Success Indicator………... 34

I. Process of Data Validity……….... 34

Chapter IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION... 35

A. The Result of the Study... 36

1. The Result of Pre-Observation... 36

2. The Implementation of Cycle 1... 37

3. The Implementation of Cycle 2... 49

B. Discussion... 65

1. The Qualitative Data... 65

a. Observation... 65

b. Interview... 68

c. Questionnaire... 70

d. Documentation... 70

2. The Quantitative Data... 71

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Chapter V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION... 73

A. Conclusion... 73

B. Suggestion... 74

C. Limitation of Research... 75

D. Benefits of Research... 75

REFERENCES ………... 76

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APPENDIXES... 78

APPENDIX A... 79

1. The List of Students’ Name... 80

2. The List of CIRC Group in Cycle 1... 81

3. The List of CIRC Group in Cycle 2... 82

APPENDIX B... 83

1. Observation Sheet of Students’ Individual Activity at Pre-Observation... 84

2. Observation Sheet of Students’ Individual Activity in Action 1 Cycle 1... 85

6. Observation Sheet of Students’ Group Activity in Action 2 Cycle 1... 89

7. Observation Sheet of Students’ Group Activity in Action 2 Cycle 2... 90

8. Observation Sheet of Teacher’s Activity in Action 1 Cycle 1... 91

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APPENDIX C... 95

1. The Result of Students’ Questionnaire After Conducting the Research... 96

2. The Result of Students’ Reading Comprehension... 97

APPENDIX D... 98

6. Post-Test Cycle 1... 140

7. Post-Test Cycle 2... 148

8. The Answer Key of Pre-Test... 155

9. The Answer Key of Post-Test Cycle 1... 156

10. The Answer Key of Post-Test Cycle 2... 157

APPENDIX E... 158

1. Teacher’s Interview Before Implementing CIRC... 159

2. Teacher’s Interview After Implementing CIRC... 163

3. Student’s Interview Before Implementing CIRC... 166

4. Student’s Interview After Implementing CIRC... 168

5. The Photos of Students’ Learning Process... 170

APPENDIX F... 172

1. Letter... 173

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LIST OF TABLE

Table 1 Scoring the items of test... 15

Table 2 The Indicators of Students’ Activity... 16

Table 3 The Schedule of Research... 22

Table 4 Teacher’s Observation Activity... 28

Table 5 Students’ Observation Activity... 28

Table 6 Students’ Observation Pre-observation... 35

Table 7 Students’ Individual Activity Action 1 Cycle 1... 40

Table 9 The Result of Students’ Individual Activity in Cycle 1... 43

Table 10 The Result of Teacher’s Activity Action 1 and Action 2 in Cycle 1... 44

Table 11 The Improvement of Students’ Reading Competence of Cycle 1... 47

Table 14 The Result of Students’ Individual Activity in Cycle 2... 55

Table 15 The Result of Teacher’s Activity Action 1 and Action 2 in Cycle 2... 56

Table 16 The Improvement of Students’ Individual Activity in Cycle 1 to Cycle 2... 57

Table 17 The Improvement of Students’ Reading Competence of Cycle 2... 60

Table 18 The Improvement of Students’ Reading Competence from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2... 60

Table 19 Students’ Group Activity Action 2 Cycle 1... 61

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LIST OF FIGURE

Figure 1 Steps of Action Research Based on Kemmis McTaggart... 23 Figure 2 Scheme of Activities of Process Sequence... 30