Abstract:
This study dealt with the use of two stay – two stay through manga on the
student’s achievement in reading comprehension. This study was conducted at
SMP Negeri 1 Gebang on Jalan Medan – Pangkalan Berandan Kecamatan
Gebang Kabupaten Langkat eighth grade. The sample was taken by using random
sampling technique. The number of sample were 34 students. The method of
research applied classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the
student’s activity during the use of two stay – two stray through manga on
student’s in reading comprehension. The instruments of this research were
observation sheet and a reading comprehension test which consisted of 10
questions. The researcher conducted two cycles in this research, there were three
meetings in cycle 1 and 1 meeting in cycle 2. This research used quantitative and
qualitative data. The quantitative data showed that the mean score in cycle 1 was
45.00, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.76, the students who got score more than
70 in cycle 1 was 6 student and the percentage was 17.64%, the students who got
score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 34 students and the percentage was 100%. The
qualitative data got from observation sheet in every cycle showed that the
improvement of teacher and students’ behaviour. Based on the results from
quantitative and qualitative data proved that Two Stay – Two Stray Method
improved the students achievement in reading comprehension.
