IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH TEXT THROUGH COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION METHOD (An Action Research at Dharma Widya Junior High School Tangerang)

The objective of this researah firstly was to describe the process of improving students’ reading comprehension in English text, secondly is to know the significancy students’ improvement on reading comprehension after learning through CIRC method, and some factors which influence those improvement. The subject was the 30 students of VIII B class at SMP Dharma Widya Tangerang. Selection of the research’s subject was based on the result of the students’ reading comprehension that lower than the other class. This action research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consist of four phases, they were planning, action, observation, and reflection. It was started on February until April 2019. During the research, the researcher assisted by other English teacher as an observer. The data were obtained in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected through observation and student’s interview. Then, the quantitative data obtained through score of the reading comprehension test and the students’questionnaire responds. Based on the result of this research, the use of CIRC method in reading comprehension English text able to improve students' reading comprehension competencies. This improvement was seen in the findings of the research, the students' average score on the pre-test was 61.07, then after treatment on the first cycle was 74.40. Finally after treatment on the second cycle average score became 81.00. From the data found from the both of cycle, it can be concluded that the use of CIRC method able to improve students’ reading comprehension competencies. Another effects of the implementation CIRC method that make learning process become more active, inovative, creative, and meaningful for students activities. Key Word: Improving English Text Comprehension, CIRC