THE EFFECT OF CIRC MODEL ON THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT GRADE X SMA N 1 BP. MANDOGE IN 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

This study aims to find out the ability in mastering the reading text in narrative text by using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Model model. The object of this study is one of the gradeX student of SMA Negeri 1 BP. Mandoge. The design of this research was experimental design. There are two groups of students, namely experimental group and control group. Consist of 60 students involved in this study. The experimental group will be taught by using CIRC and control group will be taught reciprocal teaching strategy. This study is an experimental design that conducted with two randomized groups, pre-test and post-test design. The students of class X MIA-1 and X MIA -2 were chosen as the sample. The data collection is done by giving test. The result of calculation, it is obtained the value of the t observation (to) is 10,28 the degree of freedom (df) is 29. The degree of significance of 5% and 1%. The value of degree of significance are 2,045 and 2,756. If the to compared with each value of the degrees of significance, the result is 2,045 2,756. The result of the analysis showed that the hypothesis of the study was accepted. It was concluded that Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) significantly affects students reading comprehension in Narrative Text.Keywords: Reading, Narrative Text, CIR