Reading takes a very significant role in our lives. By reading, people get many advantages. We will get knowledge and experience. In teaching English, especially teaching reading the teacher emphasizes on cognitive strategies in transferring knowledge to the students. In order to teaching reading does not become monotonous, so it is needed a learning method. By this, learning method is expected to produce the maximum interaction and involvement of students in learning. In reality, especially second grade of Junior High School of MTs Roudlotusysyubban Winong Pati the students find difficulty. They are confused of distinguishing descriptive text and recount text. Beside that the teacher used teacher centered. Students are passive in learning activities because they were given a little chance such as asking question, giving opinion, to be active in learning process thus they only focus on listening and writing. So the teacher needs a method to improve student’s reading skill. One of methods is Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC). A Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition is a comprehensive reading and writing program for students. It includes story-related activities, direct instruction in reading comprehension, and integrated reading and language arts activities.
The subject of the research is the students at 8th grade of MTs Roudlotusysyubban Tawangrejo - Winong – Pati. They are consisted of 22 students. The research method is classroom action research. The writer conducted this research through three cycles that consist of pre-cycle, second cycles and three cycles. The methods of data collection in this research are documentation, observation and test.
The results of the study are there were the improvement of student’s achivement in studying descriptive text. 27.2% or 6 students had passed the test in the pre cycle. 50% 0r 11 students had passed the test in the first cycle. 63.6% or 14 students had passed the test in the second cycle. And the last cycle 21 students had passed the test or 95.5% or amount. This result had reached the indicator of students’ achiovement that had been determined with passing grade is 69. The students’ achivement must be 80%. Beside that there were 11 students having very active and active participation or amount 50%. In the seciond cycle, it was improved by 14 students or amount 50%, in the third cycle there were 19 students or amount 87%. This result had reached the indicator that had been determined which was 75%.