APPLYING RECIPROCAL TEACHING TO ENHANCE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MA NAHDLATUL MUSLIMIN UNDAAN KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

English is an international language that plays important role in globalization era. As English has become international language, it is learnt consciously and unconsciously by people among the world. To face it, teaching English must be focused on four skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing. One of that must be mastered by the students is reading. Unfortunately, the researcher found a problem related to their reading comprehension on spoof text. It is proven by their scores lower than the KKM (the minimum score required). There are many factors that influence this achievement. Motivation, the technique of teaching, and language problems are some of them. Based on that, the researcher intends to make a skripsi entitled “Applying Reciprocal Teaching to Enhance Reading Comprehension of the Eleventh Grade Students of MA Nahdlatul Muslimin Undaan Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013”. The objective of this research is to find out whether Reciprocal Teaching can effectively enhance reading comprehension of the eleventh grade students of MA Nahdlatul Muslimin Undaan Kudus in academic year 2012/2013. This research uses a Classroom Action Research design which consists of two cycles. The subject of this skripsi is the whole students of XI IPA which consists of 40 students. The research findings show that there was a good enhancement of students’ reading comprehension of MA Nahdlatul Muslimin Undaan Kudus. It is proven by the students’ average score in cycle 1 (83) and cycle 2 (91.4). Besides that the observation sheets’ average in cycle 1 (73.7%) and the cycle 2 (85.7% ) also show that reciprocal teaching has a good impact in making students to be more active in teaching learning process. Based on those results, the researcher suggests to the teacher of MA Nahdlatul Muslimin Undaan Kudus to apply Reciprocal Teaching to help the students more comprehend the text and make teaching learning process more joyful and interesting