This research is classroom action research (CAR) by applying the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) learning model because it has been proven to improve the students' reading comprehension skills. | Improving the reading comprehension ability by applying the cooperative integrated reading and composition CIRC International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology IJMET Volume 10 Issue 03 March 2019 pp. 828 836 Article ID IJMET_10_03_086 Available online at http ijmet JType IJMET amp VType 10 amp IType 3 ISSN Print 0976-6340 and ISSN Online 0976-6359 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed IMPROVING THE READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY BY APPLYING THE COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION CIRC Martono Martono FKIP Universitas Tanjungpura Pontianak Eva Purwanti FKIP Universitas Tanjungpura Pontianak M. Syukri FKIP Universitas Tanjungpura Pontianak Soeharto Soeharto University of Szeged Muh Barid Nizarudin Wajdi STAI Miftahul Ula Nganjuk ABSTRACT Reading comprehension is a very important skill to support the student learning process and is very useful when they are working on test questions. Apart from the importance of understanding reading skills there are still many students who have not been able to master this skill well. This research is classroom action research CAR by applying the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition CIRC learning model because it has been proven to improve the students reading comprehension skills. This study was carried out with 2 cycles to find out how the implementation and evaluation of learning to read comprehension of the CIRC type cooperative model that can improve comprehension reading skills in class VII A students of SMP Negeri 1 Singkawang. The results of this study were analyzed by quantitative and qualitative analysis. The results of this study cannot be generalized to other subjects. The research results suggest further implementation of the CIRC model into different subjects and problems. Key words CIRC Reading Comprehension Improving. http IJMET 828 editor@ Martono Martono Eva Purwanti M. Syukri Soeharto Soeharto Muh Barid Nizarudin Wajdi Cite .
