IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH COOPERATIVE SCRIPT TECHNIQUE AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENT OF SMA NEGERI 12 BANDA ACEH

This research focused on improving students’ reading comprehension through cooperative script technique. The purpose of this study was to find out whether or not cooperative script technique improves the students’ reading comprehension and to know the students’ perception about using the the cooperative srcipt technique in teaching reading at the Second Grade Student of SMA Negeri 12 Banda Aceh. The researcher used experimental quantitative research as the method in this study. The test was used as the instrument. The result showed that the mean score of post-test was 77.16 and pre-test got 63.33. This result shows that there is significant difference score of reading explanation text before and after the students taught by using cooperative script teachnique. The result showed that t-score (11,15) is higher than critical at level significant 0,05 (2,01505) for one test. It means that there was significant different between two test. The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Therefore, it answers the first research question that using cooperative script technique improved the students’ ability in reading explanation text. In addition, the analysis of questionnaire showed positive response. The response was taken from the students in experimental class toward all of questions. One of the result tell that 68,67% of the students like learning reading explanation text by using cooperative script technique. They have different reason for this statement. But, most of them explain that it helps them to gain lots of vocabulary and easily to know the main idea of the text.