IMPROVING THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY APPLYING COOPERATIVE SCRIPT METHOD

The objective of the study is to know reading comprehension achievement especially Descriptive text on the students SMP Swasta Perguruan Karya Bhakti, after being taught by the Cooperative Script Method. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was 36 students of eighth grade of SMP Swasta Perguruan Karya Bhakti Medan. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle consisted of three meetings and second cycle consisted of three meetings. The instrument for collecting the quantitative data was multiple choice test for reading and the instrument for collecting the qualitative data were observation sheet, interview sheet and diary notes. Based on the analysis, students achievement is improved in every test. In test I, the mean score was 56.44. In test II in cycle I, the mean score was 69.89, and in the test III in cycle II, the mean score was 81.58. Based on the observation sheet, interview sheet and diary notes, it was found that the teaching learning process ran well. The students were more active, enthusiastic in working in pairs. The Cooperative Script Method can improve the students reading comprehension achievement in descriptive text.