IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AND IDENTIFYING CHARACTER-BASED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) METHOD: A STUDY ON THE ELEVENTH-YEAR-STUDENTS OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KLATEN IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018/2019

Azura, Nuraliza (2019) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AND IDENTIFYING CHARACTER-BASED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) METHOD: A STUDY ON THE ELEVENTH-YEAR-STUDENTS OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KLATEN IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018/2019. Bachelor (S1) thesis, Universitas Widya Dharma.

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Abstract

Azura Nuraliza. 1511202936. English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Widya Dharma University of Klaten. 2019. Undergraduate Thesis: Improving Students’ Reading Skills and IdentifyingCharacter-Based Learning in the Classroom through the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Method: A Study on the Eleventh- Year-Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Klaten in Academic Year of 2018/2019 This study attempts to reveal students’ reading skill and to investigate their character-based learning in the reading classroom. This study involved 21 students of X IPA 2 class applying for the CIRC method to be the respondents. This study was conducted by following the Kemmis and McTaggart’s model consisted planning, acting, observing, and reflecting with two cycles. Each cycle consisted of two meetings. This study used observation, test, and document as the data collection. The finding showed that students’ reading skills and their character-based learning improved gradually. The mean score in the first cycle 68.10, whilst the second cycle, the mean score gained 76.43 with the minimal passing grade criteria (Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal) was 70. On the other hand, the students’ achievement in their character-based learning portrayed the gained score on the curiosity (M = 2.33), creativity (M = 2.36), and hard working (M = 2.40) in the first cycle and the second cycle was M = 3.35 for the curiosity, M = 2.95 for creativity, M = 3.33 for hard working. Based on the results achieved in both cycles, the classroom action research (CAR) was granted to be successful in improving the students’ reading skills and character-based learning through the cooperative integrated reading and composition (CIRC) Method. Key word: CIRC, reading, character-based learning.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor (S1))
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pend. Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Unwidha Perpustakaan Unwidha
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2019 06:52
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2019 06:52
URI:	http://repository.unwidha.ac.id/id/eprint/1624

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