A STUDY ON TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) TO THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 NGASEM KEDIRI
Author (Penulis)
TIKA RAWURI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
09.1.01.08.0261
Abstract
Reading skill is the basic requirement for people both in the general life and education context. Reading skill also become a basic standard of other skills and knowledge, children who have poor skill in reading in their early age usually also faced difficulties in mastering other skills such as speaking, writing, and listening. On the other hand, reading is not a simple process it’s a complex one especially reading activity in foreign language classes. It must be assisted by exact strategy or method to support the students’ reading comprehension. One of suitable methods to support reading activity is CIRC. The aim of this research is to investigate the implementation of CIRC for reading activity in English class. The subjects of this research are the students and English teacher of 8D class in SMPN 1 Ngasem Kediri academic year 2013/2014. The research approach used is descriptive qualitative. The data collections gained from observation and interview both the teacher and the students. The result of the data administered to find out the objectives of the research such as; how the process of teaching reading by using CIRC, the strength and weakness of CIRC and also to investigate the students’ responses towards the teaching and learning by means of CIRC.