The researcher conducted testing in collecting data, as follows:
1. Pre-test
Pre-test was given before treatment. A pre-test is a test given before an experimental treatment. So the pre-test was completed before the treatment process to determined the improvement of the student's abilities before being taught using the CIRC strategy. The researcher provided material on narrative texts, a test that contains 20 questions and consists of four alternative answers.
2. Treatment
Treatment in this research used the CIRC strategy in teaching reading comprehension to treat the samples. Researcher began to stimulate students to improve their reading comprehension by using the CIRC strategy. In this case, students are divided into several groups. I conducted four meetings that took 90 minutes each. These steps are described as follows:
a. The first meeting
At the first meeting, the researcher opened the class by saying greetings and praying before the learner began, then checked the attendance of the students. Next, the researcher explained the material about the narrative text. After explaining, the researcher gave a pre-test to the students.
b. The second meeting
At this second meeting, the researcher opened the class by saying greetings and praying, and then she checked the attendance of the students. Furthermore, the researcher explained the material and divided the students into groups of 4–5 students. Researchers give narrative texts to each group, and each group is given the
opportunity to read the text, discuss the meaning of the text, and write down the main ideas contained in the text. Furthermore, the researcher gave some questions to students about the narrative text as if they had ever told this story. What is the story called? and so on. After that, researchers selected one of the students from each group to read out the results of their group work about the text in front of the class. After that, the researcher makes a conclusion with the students. The researcher closed the class.
c. The third meeting
At the third meeting, the researcher opened the class by saying greetings and praying. Then the researcher checked the attendance of the students. Furthermore, the researcher explained the material and divided the students into groups of 4–5 students. Researchers gave narrative texts to each group, and each group was given the opportunity to read the text, discuss the meaning of the text, and write down the main ideas contained in the text. Furthermore, the researcher gave some questions to students about the narrative text as if they had ever told this story. What is the story called? and so on. After that, researchers selected one of the students from each group to read out the results of their group work about the text in front of the class. After that, the researcher makes a conclusion with the students. The researcher close the class.
d. The fourth meeting
At this fourth meeting, the researcher opened the class by saying greetings and praying, then checked the attendance of the students. Furthermore, the researcher explained the material and divided the students into groups of 4–5 students.
Researchers gave narrative texts to each group, and each group was given the opportunity to read the text, discuss the meaning of the text, and write down the main ideas contained in the text. Furthermore, the researcher gave some questions to
students about the narrative text as if they had ever told this story. What is the story called? and so on. After that, researchers selected one of the students from each group to read out the results of their group work about the text in front of the class. After that, the researcher makes a conclusion with the students. The researcher closed the class.
e. The fifth meeting
At this fifth meeting, the researcher opened the class by saying greetings and praying, then checked the attendance of the students. Furthermore, the researcher explained the material and divided the students into groups of 4–5 students.
Researchers gave narrative texts to each group, and each group was given the opportunity to read the text, discuss the meaning of the text, and write down the main ideas contained in the text. Furthermore, the researcher gave some questions to students about the narrative text as if they had ever told this story. What is the story called? and so on. After that, researchers selected one of the students from each group to read out the results of their group work about the text in front of the class. After that, the researcher makes a conclusion with the students. The researcher closed the class.
f. The sixth Meeting
At the sixth meeting, the researcher opened the class by saying greetings and praying, then checked the attendance of the students. and, the researcher gave motivation to the students in learning English, next, the researcher asked the students some questions about the narrative text as well as make conclusions with the students.
After that, the researcher gave a post-test to the students.
2. Post-test
After applying the CIRC in the teaching of reading narrative texts, the researcher gave a post-test to the students to see the final grades and find out the differences in student learning outcomes and scores before and after receiving treatment.