Astuti DwiPuji,An Analysis of…

Nama : Riskiah Tirta

Nim : 148820319025
Judul Penelitian Surver : Survey Research about An Analysis of the reading comprehention in
descriptive text of the seventh grade students of mts negeri gembor pati taught by using circ.

Tujuan
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah 1.Mengetahui pemahaman membaca teks deskripsi peserta
didik kelas 7 mts negeri gembong pati tahun ajaran 2011/2012 sebelum menggunakan metode circ,
2. Mengetahui pemahaman membaca teks deskripsi peserta didik kelas 7 mts negeri gembong pati
tahun ajaran 2011/2012 sesudah menggunakan metode circ, 3. Mengetahui perbedaan pemahaman
membaca teks deskripsi peserta didik kelas 7 mts negeri gembong pati tahun ajaran 2011/2012
anatara sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan metode Circ. Sampel dari penelitian ini yaitu keseluruan
kelas 7 sebanyak 147 peserta didik. Jenis penelitian yang di gunakan yaitu one grup pretest posttest.
Instrument yang di pakai yaitu penulis menggunakan cluster random sampling untuk menentukan
sampel penelitian. Hasil dari penelitian yaitu nilai rata-rata post-test peserta didik sebesar 87,67 dan
termasuk katagori “istimewah” .ini lebih besar nilai prest-test mereka 72 yang termasuk dalam
katagori “baik” ,sehingga asumsi penelitian di terima. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa
selama pelaksanaan penelitian,kebanyakkan peserta didik memperoleh nilai baik dan mereka mampu
mengerjakan dengan lebih baik. Hal ini merupakan salah satu kelebihan penggunaan kelompok
dalam melaksanakan skill membaca.
 THE READING COMPREHENSION IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS
OF MTs NEGERI GEMBONG PATITAUGHT BY USING CIRC (COOPERATIVE
INTEGRATED READING ANDCOMPOSITION)
METHOD IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012

By
DWI PUJI ASTUTI
NIM 200832094
 THE READING COMPREHENSION IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE
SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS
OF MTs NEGERI GEMBONG PATI TAUGHT BY USING CIRC
(COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING ANDCOMPOSITION)
METHOD IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012

SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the SarjanaProgram in
English Education

By
DwiPujiAstuti
NIM 200832094
 MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:

Faith, prayer, effort, and love are my motivation in life.

DEDICATION:

The skripsi is dedicated to

The writer’s beloved lecturers, parents and friends
 ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Sarjana Skripsi of DwiPujiAstutihas been approved by the

skripsiadvisors for further approval by Examining Committee.

Kudus, September 19, 2012

Advisor I

TitisSulistyowati, SS, M.Pd

NIP. 19810402-200501-2-001

Advisor II

Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd

NIS. 0610701000001146

Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,

Drs. SusiloRahardjo, M.Pd

NIP. 19560619-198503-1-002
 EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Skripsi of DwiPujiAstuti (NIM 200832094) has been

approved by the by Examining Committee as a requirement for the SarjanaDegre in

the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.

Kudus, September 27, 2012

Skripsi Examining Committee:

TitisSulistyowati, SS, M.Pd. Chairperson

NIP. 19810402-200501-2-001

Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd. Member

NIS. 0610701000001146

AtikRokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd. Member

NIS. 0610701000001207

Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd. Member

NIS. 0610701000001204

Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,

Drs. SusiloRahardjo, M.Pd

NIP. 19560619-198503-1-002
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The first and foremost, the writer wishes to express his highest gratitude and all

best to Allah SubhanahuwaTa'alathe King of universe also almighty for the blessing

so that the writer is able to accomplish this skripsi entitle "The Reading

Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade Students of

MtsNegeriGembongPati Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading

and Composition) Method in the Academic Year 2011/2012".

This skripsi could not have been completed without support and guidance from

many people. So, the writer would like to express her great gratitude to:

1. Drs. SusiloRaharjo, M.Pd as the Dean of Teacher Training Education Faculty of

Muria Kudus University.

2. Fitri Budi Suryani, SS, M.Pd as the head of English Education Department of

Muria Kudus University.

3. TitisSulistyowati, SS, M.Pd as the first advisor. The writer thanks to her for all

her patience, help, advice, and attention.

4. Rismiyanto, SS,M.Pd as the second advisor. The writer thanks to him for his

patience, advice and guidance.

5. The writer’s beloved parents who always give support to the writer to do and to

finish this skripsi.

6. All lecturers and staff of English Education Department of Muria Kudus

University who always support and help the writer in learning English.
7. All teachers of MTs NegeriGembongPati, especially Mrs Sri Hartatik, S.Pd who

help the writer in conducting and finishing her skripsi.

8. Her friends in English Education Department of Muria Kudus University and all

of people who have helped her in finishing this skripsi.

Finally, the writer also realizes that the writing is still far from perfect so the

writer still needs some comments and suggestions for the goodness in the next time.

It will be useful for her for further research and study and all of the readers.

Kudus, September 27, 2012

Dwi Puji Astuti

 ABSTRACT

Astuti, DwiPuji. 2012. "The Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the

Seventh Grade Students of MtsNegeriGembongPati Taught by Using CIRC
(Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Method in the Academic
Year 2011/2012". Skripsi of English Education Department; Teacher Training
and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (1)
TitisSulistyowati, SS., M.Pd. (2) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd.

Key words: reading comprehension, descriptive text and CIRC method

Teaching English as the first foreign language is much needed in every levels
of education especially in Indonesia. The aim is to develop spoken and written
communication capability which is reflected in listening, speaking, reading, and
writing. The four basic language skills above are equally essential for students to
learn and it is emphasized on reading. They have many difficulties in reading English
text due to the different English features from their mother tongue, Indonesian.CIRC
method makes students more understand and be easy to comprehend reading text. It
also can improve the students’ motivation and help them to try move on one step
from other.
The objectives of this research proposal are (i) to find out the reading
comprehension in descriptive text of the seventh grade students of MTs
NegeriGembongPati in the academic year 2011/2012 before being taught byusing
CIRC method, (ii) to find out the reading comprehension in descriptive text of the
seventh grade students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the academic year 2011/2012
after being taught by using CIRC method, (iii) to find out the significant difference
between the reading comprehension in descriptive text of the seventh grade students
of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the academic year 2011/2012 before and after being
taught by using CIRCmethod.
The writer did the research for the seventh grade students of MTs
NegeriGembongPati in the academic year 2011/2012.This research used the one
group pretest posttest design.There were 145 students. Here, the writer uses cluster
random sampling technique to determine the sample. Finally, the class for the
experimental group is VII B. Pre-test is given to the students in the experimental
groups. Then, they are taught descriptive texts by using CIRC method and then are
given a post-test
The mean of post-test is 87,67 and it is categorized as “Excellent”. It is higher
than the mean of pre-test which is 72 and categorized as “Good”. Thus, the
hypothesis research is accepted.The result shows that during the treatments, most of
the students have good scores and they can do the task better. It is one of the
advantages of using the group style in doing the reading task.
Based on the research result above, it is suggested to English teacher to
consider about using CIRC method in the elementary and the secondary level in
teaching reading.
 ABSTRAKSI

Astuti, DwiPuji. 2012. "Pembelajaran Pemahaman Membaca dalam Teks Deskriptif

pada Peserta Didik Kelas Tujuh MTs NegeriGembongPatidengan
Menggunakan Metode CIRC (Membacadan Menulis Terpadu)
dalamTahunAjaran2011/2012". Skripsi Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa
Inggris; Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan; Universitas Muria Kudus.
Dosen Pembimbing:Titis Sulistyowati, SS., M.Pd. (2) Rismiyanto, SS, M.Pd.
Kata kunci: pemahaman membaca,teks deskriptif dan metode CIRC

Pengajaran Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing utama sangatlah diperlukan

di semua tingkat pendidikan Indonesia. Tujuannya adalah mengembangkan
kecakapan berkomunikasi lisan dan tulis dalam segi mendengarkan, berbicara,
membaca, dan menulis.Keempat kemampuan dasar tersebut sama pentingnya untuk
dipelajari peserta didik yang ditekankan dalam segi membaca. Tetapi mereka
kesulitan dalam membaca teks Bahasa Inggris karena berbedadengan Bahasa
Indonesia. Metode CIRC membantu peserta didik untuk lebih memahami dan
menguasai teks Bahasa Inggris. Metode tersebut juga dapat meningkatkan motivasi
dan membantu mereka dalam berkompetisi antar sesama.
Tujuan penelitian ini untuk (i) mengetahui pemahaman membaca teks
deskriptif peserta didik kelas 7 MTs Negeri Gembong Pati tahun ajaran 2011/2012
sebelum menggunakan metode CIRC, (ii) mengetahui pemahaman membaca teks
deskriptif peserta didik kelas 7 MTs Negeri Gembong Pati tahun ajaran 2011/2012
setelah menggunakan metode CIRC, (iii) mengetahui perbedaan pemahaman
membaca teks deskriptif peserta didik kelas 7 MTs Negeri Gembong Pati tahun
ajaran 2011/2012 antara sebelum dan setelah menggunakan metode CIRC.
Penulis melakukan penelitian bagi peserta didik kelas 7 MTs Negeri Gembong
Pati tahun ajaran 2011/2012. Penelitian ini berbentuk one group pretest posttest.
Jumlah keseluruhan kelas 7 sebanyak 145 peserta didik.Penulis menggunakan cluster
random sampling untuk menentukan sampel penelitiannya. Akhirnya terpilihlah
kelas VII B sebagai grup eksperimen .Pre-test diujikan bagi pesertadidikdalam grup
eksperimen.Kemudian mereka diajarkan teks deskriptif menggunakan metode CIRC,
lalu diujikan post-test.
Nilai rata-rata post-test peserta didik sebesar 87, 67 dan termasuk kategori
“Istimewa”. Ini lebih besar dibandingkan nilai pre-test mereka 72 yang termasuk
dalam kategori “Baik”. Sehingga asumsi penelitian ini diterima. Hasil penelitian
juga menunjukkan bahwa selama pelaksanaan penelitian, kebanyakan peserta didik
memperoleh nilai baik dan mereka mampu mengerjakan dengan lebih baik.Hal ini
merupakan salah satu kelebihan penggunaan kelompok dalam melaksanakan skill
membaca.
Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diatas, penulis memberi masukan kepada para
guru BahasaInggris agar mempertimbangkan untuk menggunakan metode CIRC
untuk mengajarkan skill membaca bagi tingkat pendidikan dasar dan menengah
pertama.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

Page

COVER.........................................................................................................................i
LOGO..........................................................................................................................ii
TITLE.........................................................................................................................iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION................................................................................. iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL......................................................................................... v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL.................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT....................................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT................................................................................................................ix
TABLE OF CONTENT.............................................................................................xi
LIST OF TABLES.................................................................................................... xv
LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................xvi
LIST OF APPENDICES........................................................................................xvii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research...................................................................................1

1.2 Statement of the Problem........................................................................................6

1.3 Objective of the Research.......................................................................................7

1.4 Significance of the Research...................................................................................7

1.5 Limitation of the Research......................................................................................8

1.6 Operational Definition............................................................................................9

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS

2.1 Teaching Reading Comprehension in MTs NegeriGembongPati........................10

2.1.1 The Curriculum of Teaching Reading Comprehension in MTs

NegeriGembongPati........................................................................................11

2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching Reading Comprehension in MTs

NegeriGembongPati........................................................................................12
2.1.3 The Method of Teaching Reading Comprehension in MTs

NegeriGembongPati........................................................................................13

2.1.4 The Material of Reading Comprehension..........................................................14

2.1.4.1 Narrative Text.................................................................................................14

2.1.4.2 Descriptive Text..............................................................................................15

2.1.4.3 Procedure Text................................................................................................16

2.2 Reading Comprehension.......................................................................................17

2.2.1 The Purpose of Reading.....................................................................................18

2.2.2 The Model of Reading.......................................................................................20

2.2.3 The Level of Reading Comprehension..............................................................21

2.3 CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Method.....................22

2.3.1 The Advantages of Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition) Method........................................................................................22

2.3.2 The Description of CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition) Method.....................................................................................24

2.3.3 The Element of CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition)

Method...............................................................................................................26

2.4 Reading Comprehension Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated

Reading and Composition) Method.....................................................................28

2.5 Review of Previous Research...............................................................................29

2.6 Theoretical Framework.........................................................................................31

2.7 Hyphotesis............................................................................................................32

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH

3.1 Design of the Research.........................................................................................33

3.1.1 Variable of the Research....................................................................................33

3.1.2 The Experimental Design..................................................................................34

3.2 Population and Sample.........................................................................................35

3.2.1 Population..........................................................................................................35

3.2.2 Sample...............................................................................................................35

3.3 Instrument of the Research...................................................................................36

3.3.1 Pre-test and Post-test..........................................................................................37

3.3.2 Validity of the Test............................................................................................38

3.3.3 Reliability of the Test........................................................................................38

3.4 Data Collection.....................................................................................................39

3.5 Data Analysis........................................................................................................41

CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH

4.1 The Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade

Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic Year 2011/2012

before being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition) Method..........................................................................................45

4.2 The Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade

Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic Year 2011/2012

after being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition) Method..........................................................................................49

4.3 The Hypothesis Testing........................................................................................53

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
5.1 The Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade

Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic Year 2011/2012

 before being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition) Method..........................................................................................56

5.2 The Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade

Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic Year 2011/2012

after being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and

Composition) Method..........................................................................................57

5.3 The Difference between the Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of

the Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic

Year 2011/2012 before and after being Taught by Using CIRC

(Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Method..............................60

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1 Conclusion............................................................................................................63

6.2 Suggestion.............................................................................................................64

BIBLIOGRAPHY.....................................................................................................66
APPENDICES...........................................................................................................68
CURRICULUM VITAE.........................................................................................147
 LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

3.1 The Criteria of the Reliability of the Correlation Coefficient..............................39

3.2 The Schedule of the Treatments...........................................................................41
3.3 The Criteria of Measuring the Test Score.............................................................42
4.1 Score of the Pre-test RCAT (Reading Comprehension Achievement Test)
of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 before being Taught by Using CIRC
(Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Method..............................46
4.2 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test RCAT (Reading Comprehension
Achievement Test) of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs
NegeriGembongPati in the Academic Year 2011/2012 before being Taught
by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition)
Method.................................................................................................................47
4.3 Score of the Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh
Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic Year
2011/2012 after being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading
and Composition) Method...................................................................................50
4.4 Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text
of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the
Academic Year 2011/2012 after being Taught by Using CIRC
(Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Method..............................51
 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

4.1 The Diagram of Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the

Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 before being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative
Integrated Reading and Composition) Method....................................................48
4.2 The Diagram of Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the
Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the Academic
Year 2011/2012 after being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative
Integrated Reading and Composition) Method....................................................52
 LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1. Syllabus...................................................................................................................68
2. Lesson Plan.............................................................................................................70
3. Rekap Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal Mts Negeri Gembong Pati............................86
4. The List of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati Taught by
Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition) Method
in the Academic Year 2011/2012...........................................................................89
5. The Table of Specification of RCAT (Reading Comprehension Achievement
Test) of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati in the
Academic Year 2011/2012.....................................................................................90
6. Pre-test RCAT (Reading Comprehension Achievement Test)...............................91
7. Post-test RCAT (Reading Comprehension Achievement Test)..............................95
8. The Score of Pretest RCAT (Reading Comprehension Achievement Test) of the
Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati before being Taught by
Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition)
in the Academic Year 2011/2012...........................................................................99
9. The Score of Posttest RCAT (Reading Comprehension Achievement Test) of the
Seventh Grade Students of MTs NegeriGembongPati after being Taught by
Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition)
Method in the Academic Year 2011/2012...........................................................100
10. The Index of Realibility of the Pretest RCAT....................................................101
11. The Calculation of Realibility of the Pretest RCAT...........................................102
12. The Statistic Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Reading
Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs
NegeriGembongPati before being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated
Reading and Composition) in the Academic Year 2011/2012..........................103
13. The Statistic Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Reading
Comprehension in Descriptive Text of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs
NegeriGembongPati after being Taught by Using CIRC (Cooperative Integrated
Reading and Composition) in the Academic Year 2011/2012..........................105
14. The Calculation of t-Test for the Pretest and Posttest Data................................107
15. Nilai-NilaiDalamDistribusi t...............................................................................109
16. Students’ Worksheet of Pre-test and Post-test....................................................110