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    The Application Of Cooperative Integrated Reading And Composition Technique To Improve The Ability Of The Second Year Students Of SMPN 14 Pekanbaru In Comprehending Descriptive Texts
    (2013-06-05) Juita, Afni; Renny
    Reading is one of language skills that should mastered by the students to improve their knowlegde. There are many problems that face by the students when they learn about English, in term of reading. In this research, the writer want to solve those problems by using CIRC. It is one of learning techniques that can apply by teacher in the class. This research conducted to improve reading ability of the second year students of SMPN 14 Pekanbaru in comprehending descriptive texts. So, the writer applied this techique in the class not only to improve the students’ score in reading comprehension, but also to create an interesting classroom activity. The purpose of this research was to improve reading ability of the second year students in order to get score as 78. It was based on KKM at SMPN 14 Pekanbaru. It is an action research. The writer gave a pre test to the students before applying CIRC in order to know the pre test score in comprehending descriptive texts. After conducting pre test, the writer began to apply CIRC technique in teaching learning process. After that, the writer gave a test by using multiple choice at the end of cycle 1 but the result was unsatisfying. So, the writer tried to continue to cycle 2. In the result of post test, the writer found the improvement score because it was higher than KKM. From the result, the writer regarded that the students have comprehended descriptive texts.