IMPROVING STUDENT READING COMPREHENSION AND STUDENT MOTIVATION BY USING LITERATURE CIRCLES (CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IN SMAN 1 CINANGKA 2017-2018)
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The objective of this research is to find out the improvement of reading comprehension and student’s motivation by using literature circles in SMAN 1 Cinangka. The researcher used classroom action research. The sample of this research is students who sit in the eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Cinangka with 35 students. There are three cycles which was used by the researcher. In order to improve the reading comprehension and student’s motivation, literature circles was implemented in four weeks. In the last circle pre-cycle and post cycle were compared. The researcher found that there is significant improving of reading comprehension and student’s motivation by using literature circles. The first cycle students reading comprehension improved 42,9%, and the students motivation improved 41,%. The second cycle gradually students reading comprehension improved 68,6%, and the students motivation improved 80,%. The third cycle students reading comprehension improved 91,4%, and the student’s motivation improved 91,4,%. It means that there is significant improvement of reading comprehension and student motivation’s which focused on discerning main idea, specific information, understanding the sequence, and inference, in SMAN 1 Cinangka by using literature circles. All these suggest that improving students reading comprehension and student’s motivation by using literature circles is highly encourage.
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