THE USE OF RECIPROCAL TEACHING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION SKILL

The objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether and to what extent the use of reciprocal teaching can improve the students’ reading comprehension skill; and (2) to describe what happens to the class climate when reciprocal teaching are implemented in the reading class. The research is carried out at SMP Negeri 1 Jaten Karanganyar. The subject of the research is the students of class VIIIG of SMP Negeri 1 Jaten in the academic year of 2012/2013. In collecting and analyzing the data, the researcher used qualitative and quantitative data. The research findings show that the use of reciprocal teaching improves students’ reading comprehension skill and classroom room climate. It can be seen from their interest and motivation in learning English, and reading mean score of pre-test 5.7 increased to 6.7 in posttest 1, and 7.6 in post-test 2