%0 Generic
%A Berliana , Apriani	
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2024
%F eprints:86925
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%T TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE  INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) TECHNIQUE AT SMPN 13    BANDAR LAMPUNG
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/86925/
%X This research aims to find out whether the use of the Cooperative Integrated Reading and  Composition (CIRC) technique is effective in students' reading comprehension or not and to  find out the students’ perceptions after they were taught through the Cooperative Integrated  Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique. This research was quantitative. The researcher  used one group pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research was the first-grade  students at SMPN 13 Bandar Lampung of the academic year 2023/2024 where students of 7.1  which consisted of 30 students were chosen as the sample. In collecting the data, the researcher  used a reading comprehension test to explore the students' reading comprehension after the  students were taught through the CIRC technique and a questionnaire to investigate the  students’ perceptions of reading comprehension using the CIRC technique. The researcher used  a Repeated Measure t-test to analyze the data.  The result of this research showed that there was a significant difference in students’ scores  from 55.60 in the pre-test to 73.13 in the post-test. It was found that the t ratio is higher than  the t-table (8.963 > 2.045) and two-tailed significance showed that p < 0.05 (p = 0.001). The  result showed an improvement in scores from the pre-test to the post-test in students’ reading  comprehension after being taught through the CIRC technique. Furthermore, based on the data  obtained from the questionnaire, it was found that the student’s perceptions of the CIRC  technique were positive. It can be concluded that the CIRC technique is considered an effective  technique for improving students’ reading comprehension.  Keywords: Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique, Cooperative    Learning, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Text