ABSTRACT
Abdurrahman(521200154).THE USE OF LEARNING CELL METHOD TO
IMROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ( A Classroom Action
Research on the Tenth Grade Students at MAN 2 Kapuas Hulu in the Academic
Year of 2018/2019). Main supervisor: Citra Kusumaningsih, M.Pd.; Assistant
supervisor: Maliqul Hafis, M.Pd. Thesis: English Department, Language and Arts
Education Faculty, IKIP-PGRI Pontianak.
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
inference of the English text. This research was conducted through classroom
action research design. This research conducted in MAN 2 Kapuas Hulu which
was located in Jongkong, Kapuas Hulu.
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.
Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that in this research,
Learning Cell Method successfully improved the students’ reading
comprehension.

Key Words: Learning Cell Method, Reading Comprehension, Classroom Action
Research