IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT

Abstract

This study attempted to improve the students’ reading comprehension
achievement in descriptive text through Team Games Tournament (TGT) method.
This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the
research was class IX SMP PAB 10 Medan Estate which consisted of 25 students.
The research was conducted in two cycles and the first cycle consisted of four
meetings the second cycle consisted of two meetings. The instruments for
collecting the data were quantitative data (reading evaluation) and qualitative data
(diary note, observation sheet and interview sheet). Based on reading scores,
students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the test I the mean was
65,33, in the test II the mean was 71,72 and the test III the mean was 84,54.Based
on diary note, observation sheet and interview sheet, it was found that teachinglearning
process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in
reading. The result of the research showed that Team Games Tournament (TGT)
method significantly improved students’ achievement in reading comprehension
especially in reading descriptive text.