IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH TWO STAY TWO STRAY (TSTS) TECHNIQUE AT SMPN 1 TANA LILI

Abstract

This study is aimed to know the extent and students‟ response toward the implementation of Two Stay Two Stray technique in improving students‟ reading comprehension at the ninth grade of SMPN 1 Tana Lili. This research focused applied classroom action research. The population of this research were the ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Tana Lili in academic year 2020/2021which consisting of 160 students. This research was used to take one class as the sample of the research which consist of 32 students. The instrument of this research was multiple choice test. There are two cycle in this research. The result shows that students means score in cycle 1 was 59,68 and in the cycle II was 75,31. From the data it indicate that using of Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) technique was effective and from the data above it could be concluded that the students‟ reading comprehension have been improved by using Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) technique. It‟s related to the result of observation sheet showed that the students were more interested and motivated in joining the class and they were enthusiastic during teaching learning process.