Penggunaan Naskah Kooperatif Untuk Meningkatkan Pemahaman Membaca Siswa Kelas Delapan SMP Negeri 15 Palu

NUR AINUN (A12120131) The Use of Cooperative Script to Improve Reading Comprehension of The Eight Grade Students of SMP Negeri 15 Palu. English Education Study Program Language and Art Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Tadulako University, under the Supervision of Darmawan and Hastini.

This research aims to investigate the use of cooperative script to improve reading comprehension of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 15 Palu. The research design was Quasi-Experimental, with 32 students assigned to the experimental class and 32 to the control class. The sample was selected by using the purposive sampling technique. Data collection involved pre-test and post-test, and an analysis was conducted using paired sample t-tests with the assistance of SPSS version 29. The result showed a significant improvement in students reading comprehension in experimental class from 55.625 before the intervention to 71.406 afterward, while the control class means scores rose from 53.984 to 67.344. Additionally, the improvement in the experimental class exceeded that of the control class. The resulting significance value was 0.001, indicating statistical significance (0,001 < 0.05) which means the use of cooperative scripts can improve the reading comprehension of eight grade students of SMP Negeri 15 Palu.
Key Words: Improving, Reading comprehension, Cooperative script technique.