Improving VIII C Students' Active Participation and Reading Comprehension Achievement on Recount Text by Using Jigsaw II Technique at SMPN 2 Tanggul, Jember

Abstract

Reading is one of English language skills that have to be mastered by the learners. The aim of this research was to solve the students' problems in their active participation and their reading comprehension achievement. The research design was Classroom Action Research. The area and participants of this research were chosen by using purposive method. The data were collected by a reading test, observation, interview and documentation. The results showed that there was improvement of the students' active participation and reading comprehension achievement in Cycle 1 to Cycle 2. The students' active participation increased from 59.71% in cycle 1 to 79.74% in cycle 2. Moreover, the students' reading comprehension achievement increased from 59.37% in Cycle 1 to 77.14% in Cycle 2. It indicated that the use of Jigsaw II technique could improve the students' active participation and reading comprehension achievement.