IMPROVING THE READING COMiPREHENSION SKILL BY USING JIGSAW TECHNIQUE IN THE EIGHT GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMP N 3 GODEAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

摘要

This research was aimed to improve the reading comprehension skill by using Jigsaw in the eight grade of Junior High School at SMP N 3 Godean in academic year of 2012 /2013.udThis study was an action research study consisting of three cycles. In conducting the study, the researcher worked collaboratively with the English teacher, the collaborator, and the students of 8A .The subject of the research is 32 students of eight grade of SMP N 3 Godean. The data of this study was qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and interviewing the students, the collaborator, and the English teacher about the implemented actions. The qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assesing the students‟ reading comprehension through the pre-test and post-test.udThe result of cycle 1 showed that the implementation of jigsaw was successful in improving the students‟ reading comprehension and their involvement. However, the researcher lacked the time to finish the lesson using jigsaw. Moreover, there were some students who were make noise while they were doing exercises. Therefore, the researcher improves that action by conducting having two meeting to finish a lesson using jigsaw. It was shown in Cycle 2 that the implementation of jigsaw was not successful in improving students‟ reading comprehension and involvement because of some problems. The problems were the material of this cycle which was difficult enough and there were too many questions of the exercises. At Cycle 3 that the implementation of jigsaw was very succesful in improving the students‟ reading comprehension and involvement in the English teaching and learning process. The students were enthusiastic in learning English, especially in reading using jigsaw. The finding was supported by the mean of the students‟ reading scores which improved from 5.15 in the pre-test to 78.00 in the post-test. In conclusion, this study was suggested that several stages in using jigsaw should be carried out systematically in order to maximize the learning out puts.