Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (circ) Method to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension (An Experimental Research of SMPN 1 Samalanga)

This present research was conducted in order to find out the improvement in students’ reading comprehension by using cooperative integrated reading and

composition (CIRC) method. This research used a quantitative method with pre-experimental design, namely pre-test post-test involving only the experiment group. The population of this research was all students of the seventh-grade who are studying at SMPN 1 Samalanga which amount to 155 students. In addition, the sample of this research was 31 students of class VII 2 that was chosen using purposive sampling. Moreover, this research used pre-test and post-test as well as questionnaires as data collection instruments. The research found that using

cooperative integrated reading and composition (CIRC) Method improve students’ reading comprehension. The results of this study were analyzed by using

T-test on SPSS program and statistic formula. According to the result of the study, using CIRC method could improve students’ reading comprehension. It was
proven by the result of T-test on pre-test and post-test scores, which shown To as T-table (α = 0,05) has more value than Tt as T-result (0,000). The scores mean
there is a significant difference in pre experimental class by using CIRC method. Moreover, based on the analysis of the questionnaire, most of the students gave positive response to CIRC method.