Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension
by Using Learning Cell Method.
This research was aimed to find out how Learning Cell Method can
improve the students’ reading comprehension, especially in finding main idea,
finding factual information, guessing vocabulary, identifying reference and
inreference of the English text. This research was conducted through classroom
action research design. This research conducted in SMA Al-Ishlah Pontianak
which was located in Jl.Husein Hamzah, gang Lawu.
The research was conducted in March-April 2016. Then, the subject of
research was the tenth grade students of SMA Al-Ishlah Pontianak, which was
consisting of twenty students with the detail of 3 male students and 17 female
students.
This research used observation and measurement as the technique of data
collecting, while the tools of data collecting used were observation checklist, field
note, video recorder and reading comprehension test. Then, the data analysis used
in this research were qualitative analysis to analyze the qualitative data and
statistic descriptive used to analyze the quantitative data.
This classroom action research was done in three cycles. Each cycle
consisted of four actions; they were planning, acting, observing and reflecting.
The result of this research showed that the students’ reading comprehension was
improved. It was proven by the research findings which showed a significant
improvement of students from cycle to cycle.The students were became more
active and enthusiastic in the learning process, because they working in a pair in
learning process.The students were more interested in reading comprehension
learning process. The class climate was also more life, fun and joyful. Then, the
individual score of students also improved from cycle to cycle. It showed that the
students’ reading comprehension improved.