DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION USING JIGSAW TO THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 SIMO BOYOLALI ACADEMIC YEAR’S 2009/2010 (A Classroom Action Research)

This study is aimed at describing the implementation, students’ reading achievement on jigsaw in teaching reading. The result of this study is contributed the teaching of learning reading. The study was implemented in SMP N 2 Simo Boyolali, especially class VIIID using action research. The writer took 36 students as the subject of research. To find the results, the researcher took the information from the students’ answers on written test in the form of pre-test and post-test. The result of the research showed that after the writer conducted the action, the student’s motivation to read, to study reading, and student’s achievement of reading has improved. It can be seen from the result of the students’ activities during the action, the students’ reading achievement of reading in the form of score sheet, and the mean of pre-test and post-test. From the result of post-test in this meeting, the researcher could know that 86,11% students in Very Good category. It could be said that this research was successful. Because, it had reached the performance indicator of this research; 75% students in Very Good category. Meanwhile, to finding the significant difference between students’ achievement before and after action, the writer used pre-test and post-test. The students could do the post-test better than pre-test, meaning that the teaching reading using jigsaw is successful to improve students’ motivation to read, to study reading, and to improve students’ reading achievement