THE INFLUENCE OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING TYPE JIGSAW TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY AT THE ELEVENTH CLASS OF SMK TAMAN SISWA TELUK BETUNG BANDAR LAMPUNG IN 2017/2018

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ABSTRACT Generally, most of students have some problems in learning English, especially in learning reading. The problems in this research are the students have lack of vocabulary and grammar. The students got difficulties in comprehending the English text and answered the questions from the text. The English teacher should have good method in teaching and learning English. The object of this research is to know whether there is significant influence of Cooperative Learning Type Jigsaw towards students’ reading ability at the eleventh class of SMK Taman Siswa Teluk Betung Bandar Lampung in 2017/2018. Cooperative Learning Type Jigsaw was applied to improve students’ reading ability. The sample in this research were two classes, they were experimental class and control class. In the experimental class the writer used Cooperative Learning Type Jigsaw technique in teaching reading and the control class the writer used direct instruction. In the data collecting technique the writer used reading test. In the data analysis the writer used t-test formula. Based on the calculation, the writer got t_test = 2.99 and t_table for significance level 5% (α= 0.05) = 2.00 and t_table for significance level 1% (α = 0.01) = 2.66 it means that t_test was higher than t_table. So, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that there is significant influence of Cooperative Learning Type Jigsaw towards students’ reading ability at the eleventh class of SMK Taman Siswa Teluk Betung Bandar Lampung in 2017/2018. And the average score of students’ reading ability which is taught through Cooperative Learning Type Jigsaw = 69.75 was higher than which is taught through direct instruction = 62.88 at the eleventh class of SMK Taman Siwa Teluk Betung Bandar Lampung in 2017/2018. Key words: Cooperative Learning Type, Type Jigsaw, Students’ Reading Ability