Improving the Grade Eight Students’ Participation and Their Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using Numbered Heads Together Technique at MTsN Arjasa”

Abstract

This classroom action research was intended to improve the grade eight students ’ participation and their reading comprehension achievement by using Numbered Heads Together (NHT) Technique at MTsN Arjasa. This research was conducted in two cycles. The subjects of the research were the students of class VIII-C chosen purposively. The data collection methods of this research were a reading comprehension achievement test, observation, documentation, and interview. The collected data were analyzed by using statistic with percentage formula. The result of the students’ active participation increased 13.82, from 63.33% in Cycle 1 to 77.15% in Cycle 2. Moreover, the result of the students’ reading comprehension achievement improved 9.99% from 66.7% in Cycle 1 to 76.66% in Cycle 2. The research found that the use of NHT Technique could improve the grade eight students' participation and their reading comprehension achievement. Therefore, it is suggested that the English teachers use NHT as an alternative Technique to teach reading comprehension.