Improving The Tenth Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension By Using Learning Cell Technique At Ma Al Badri Jember In The 2017/2018 Academic Year

The objective of this study is to find “how learning cell technique can improve students’ reading comprehension for tenth grade at MA AL Badri Jember in 2017/2018 academic year”. Based on the research problem and relevant theory, the hypothesis of the study can be described as follows: “the implementation of learning cell technique can improve tenth grade students’ reading comprehension at MA Al Badri Jember”.
Classroom action research is used in this study. The subject of this study was tenth grade students consisting of 30 students. This reseacrh covered four stages of activities. They were planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting the action. The research instrument that had been used is the test namely reading test which had been trial the validity and reliability of test and also the checklist paper for observation in the teaching and learning activity.
This research was carried out in two cycles. The result showed that there were some improvements in the students’ reading comprehension. The material used in this study was narrative text. The activities done during teaching learning process provided them with the classroom interaction and discussion. They also got more chances to share their ideas and thoughts in group. They got three meetings for each cycle. The students’ average score developed significantly from 47% in the preliminary study to 50%(61.3) in cycle 1. It developed to 80% (78.33) who got score 70 or more. It means, the criteria of succes was achieved.
Key Word: Reading Comprehension, Learning Cell