Improving Students' Reading Comprehension by Implementing Reciprocal Teaching at the Second Semester of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung Padang Pariaman Regency

The research is motivated by t he low of second semester students’ reading comprehension at STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung year 2012/2013. It is caused by one factor, lack of effectiveness in teaching and learning process in reading comprehension. In this case, it is necessary to conduct the research. The purpose of this study is tofind out to what extent Reciprocal Teaching canimprove the effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading comprehension. Besides, this study also aims toi dentify the dominant factors that influencet he effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading comprehension. This research was classroom action research consisted of two cycles. Each cycle runs for four meetings. Each cycle consisted of four phases: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The participants of the research were 31students of the second semester STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung. The instruments were observation sheet, interview and reading comprehension test. Reading comprehension test was distributed at the end of the cycle. The test consisted of 20 multiple choice questions. To collect the data from the observation, the researcher helped by the collaborator to identifythe dominant factor that influence the effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading comprehension. From the data obtained, the researcher concludes that there are some improvements in the teaching and learning reading comprehension. This is evidenced by the increase of the students' score in reading comprehension test. Thedominant factor that influence the effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading comprehension are: classroom activities, teaching material, teacher knowledge, interaction, and behavior assessment.