Improving The Students’ Reading Comprehension by Using Suggestopedia Method

The problem is “how can the use of Suggestopedia Method improve students’ reading comprehension?” and “how can the use of Suggestopedia Method improve students’ active participation?” and the objective of this research referring to the research problem is to find out how the use of Suggestopedia Method can improve students’ reading comprehension and students’ active participation. The design of this research is classroom action research. The research subject is VIIIE class consisting of 30 students. The data are collected using interview, observation, test and instrument used is test items. In order to analyze the data students’ reading score-, percentage formula is used. Suggestopedia Method improved the students’ reading comprehension in two cycles percentage of students scored ≥75. In Cycle I the students who scored ≥70 was 56,6% and in Cycle II the students who scored ≥70 was increased become 76,6%. Based on the research result, it can be concluded that Suggestopedia Method is able to improve reading comprehension at SMPN 2 Bangorejo in the 2015 – 2016 academic year.