THE EFFECT OF USING COOPERATIVE SCRIPT ON STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

This study deals with the effect of Cooperative Script on students reading comprehension. The population of the study was the 2014/2015 academic year first semester grade XI students of SMA Negeri 2 Pematangsiantar. The samples were two classes, namely XI PMIA 5 and XI PMIA 6, with the total was 60 students selected by applying random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups. Experimental group (XI PMIA 6) was taught by applying Cooperative Script Method while the control group (XI PMIA 5) was taught by applying explaining method. There were two data used in this research namely pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula to show the effect of applying Cooperative Script Method on students reading comprehension. After analyzing the data, the finding indicates that t-observed was higher than t-table (4.52> 2.00) at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. It means that applying Cooperative Script Method has affected students’ reading comprehension.