Abstract:
This study deals with The Effect of Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique for Students’ Achievement in Writing News Item Text. The objective of the study was to investigate whether Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition significantly effect the students' writing achievement. The populatian of this research was the second year students of SMP N 29 Medan, in academic year 2017/2018. The number of population was 60 students and the researcher was taken IX-7 and IX-8 as the samples. This study was conducted by using an quasi experimental research design. The experimental group was given treatment by using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition.The instrument of the research was an written test. The test given to students aimed to collect the data sporting the students ' mastery in writing. The ttest formula was impelmented to find out the t-observed value of this research showed that the t-observed hypothesis of this research. The result of this researcs shows that the t-observed value was greater than the t-table in which t-observed was 9.69 and t-table 1.701 in a = 5% = 0.05. It shows that t-obs > t-table (9,69>1.701). The hyphotesis was accepted. It means that there is significant Effect of Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique for Students’ Achievement in Writing News Item Text. Total of significant effect was 77.44% and 22.56% from the factor.
