IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH SMALL GROUP WORKING TECHNIQUE AT SMAN 1 SRONO

Abstract. This article is intended to describe the research result on the use of implementing Small Group Working Technique in improving tenth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement. The research problem was the students’ difficulties in comprehending English text and poor of vocabularies. To solve this problem, implementing Small Group Working Technique was used to improve students’ active participation and their reading comprehension achievement. The research design was classroom action research and the primary data were collected by using reading comprehension test and observation. The result of the research showed that Small Group Working Technique could improve the students’ active participation and their reading comprehension. Key Words : Small Group Working Technique, Reading Comprehension, Active Participatio