THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) METHOD IN TEACHINGNARRATIVE TEXT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READINGCOMPREHENSIONOF THE TENTH GRADESTUDENTS OF SMA N 10 PURWOREJOIN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013 / 2014

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to know whether the use of CIRC method effective or not to improve students’ reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMA N 10 Purworejo in the academic year of 2013 / 2014. This research was a quantitative experimental research. The population in this research was all of the tenth grade students of SMA N 10 Purworejo in the academic year of 2013 / 2014. The number of population was 160 students, and the researcher took 57 students as the sample by using purposive sampling. The sample consisted of two classes, X.3 as the control group and X.4 as experimental group. The researcher used pre-test and post-test in getting the data and then calculating both of tests using 17.0 . From the result of normality and homogeneity test, it could be concluded that the distribution both classes were normal and homogeneous. For hypothesis testing, the researcher used t-test. From the result, the t-value was 3.461 and ttable was 2.000. It could be said that 3.461>2.000. The null hypothesis was rejected and the research hypothesis was accepted. Based on the explanation above, the researcher concluded that the use of Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) method in teaching descriptive text was effective to improve students’ reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMA N 10 Purworejo in the academic year of 2013 / 2014.