Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Texts by Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique at Class VIII.5. of SMPN 6 Pekanbaru.

Based on the researcher’s experiences and observations, the students’ ability in reading comprehension of narrative texts at class VIII.5 of SMPN 6 Pekanbaru was low. This condition was caused by some factors. There were inappropriate teaching technique, lack of vocabulary, or lack of narrative features. This research was aimed at explaining whether CIRC can better improve the students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts. The researcher was helped by a collaborator used observation sheets and field notes as instruments of the research. Besides that, she also used reading test to find out the improvement of students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts at the end of every cycles. There were a continue improvement on this research. Before beginning cycle I, the average score of students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts was under than KKM (70). Therefore, the researcher conducted an action research at this class. At the end of cycle II, their score was higher than KKM. Therefore, the researcher conducted this research in two cycles. There were some factors that influence the students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts are: interesting topics, students’ interest in solving problems, classroom atmosphere, and students’ motivation in teaching learning process. Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that CIRC can better improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts at class VIII.5 of SMPN 6 Pekanbaru academic year 2009/2010.