Teaching Reading Comprehension by Using Numbered Heads Together Technique

This research is entitled “Teaching Reading Comprehension by Using Numbered Heads Together Technique”. It was aimed at finding out to know how to teach students to comprehend the reading using NHT and to know some benefits of applying NHT in teaching reading comprehension. To achieve the goals of this study, the researcher did pre-experimental research using Numbered Heads Together technique. The study was carried out in one experimental class. The data were gathered through tests which were delivered as pre-test and post-test. Questionnaire was used as instrument to get data on students’ responses in this research. The result of this study indicates that Numbered Heads Together technique was effective to use in teaching reading comprehension. Students’ score of the post-test is (70.15) higher than that of pre-test (39.55). This scores prove that the significant different before and after applying Numbered Heads Together technique in teaching reading comprehension. Therefore, Numbered Heads Together Technique is effective in teaching reading comprehension.