The effectiveness of two stay two stray technique to teach narrative reading text (an experimental research at the 7th grade of SMP Negeri 23 Semarang in the academic year of 2014/2015)

This study is focused on reading. Reading is important to be learnt because it is the way to communicate with other people, but in fact the students’ ability in reading is low. It is caused by students’ limitation in mastering the elements of reading text is low. In this research, the researcher used Two Stay Two Stray technique to improve students’ reading skill. This research is intended to answer some problems: (1) How is the effectiveness of Two Stay Two Stray technique to teach narrative reading text on 7th grade students of SMP Negeri 23 Semarang?. And the objectives are: (1) To know the effectiveness of Two Stay Two Stray technique in teaching narrative reading text.. This study is experimental research that was done in two treatments. The data collection was done using test and documentation. The data from the test that had been taken from try out test, pre-test and post-test were analyzed quantitatively. The implementation of Two Stay Two Stray technique in teaching reading at 7th grade of SMP Negeri 23 Mijen was conducted in two treatments. The participant of this study were 32 students in class A, B and C of class 7th. The result of this study shows that Two Stay Two Stray technique can improve students’ reading skill. This study have key words, those were Two Stay Two Stray Technique, Reading Text, Narrative. The result of this study is expected to be information and new knowledge about technique in teaching reading text for teacher of English subject