IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF THE GRADE VII STUDENTS BY USING BUZZ GROUP TECHNIQUE

This research aims at discovering whether the use of buzz group technique can improvereading comprehension of grade VII students at SMPN 5 Palu or not. The researcher applied intact group research design which employed two classes consisting of experimental class and control class. These classes received the same test which is only posttest. The research population was the seventh grade students of SMPN 5 Palu. The samples werethe students of class VII D as the experimental class and class VII E as the control class containing of 20 students for each of them. It was selected purposively sampling technique. In collecting the data, the researcher used test (posttest). The data were analyzed descriptivelyand statistically. Having analyzed the data, it was revealed that there were different scores obtained from experimental and control classes. In other words, the t-counted (12.91) was greater than t-table (2.093). In this case, the research hypothesis is accepted. In short, buzz group technique is effectively improve reading comprehension of grade VII students at SMPNegeri 5Palu. Keywords: Improving, Reading, Comprehension, Technique, Group, Buzz