The Effect Of Applying Cooperative Intergrated Reading And Composition Strategy To The Students’ Achievment In Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This study deals with the effect of applying Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition. This is an experimental research which applied Reading Comprehension using quantitative method. The objective of the research was to investigate the effect of Applying Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition to the Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension. This research was conducted in SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Medan. The population of this research was the VIII grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Medan. Total sampling technique was applied to take the sample. The experimental group, class VIII-2 was taught by using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition and Control Group, class VIII-1 was taught by using conventional Method. The instrument used in collecting data was multiple choices. The total items of the test was 20 items. The finding test shows that tobservewas higher than ttable ( 11.483 > 2.056). Program got significant Effect of Applying Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition Strategy to the students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension.