THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) METHOD AND PICTURES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL (A CAR OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP AL-USWAH SEMARANG)

This research is aimed to improve students‟ writing skill through CIRC method and pictures. This research answer these basic questions (1) How is the implementation of CIRC method and pictures improve students‟ writing skill of the eighth grade students of SMP Al -Uswah Semarang? and (2) How is the students‟ writing skill improvement after being taught using CIRC method and pictures of the eighth grade students of SMP Al -Uswah Semarang? The methodology of this research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) and the data were analyzed by qualitative and quantitative data. It conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, action, observation and reflection. From the result, the writer found several findings on it. The result of this research is there is an improvement of students‟ writing skill by using CIRC method and pictures. It can be seen from the mean score of pre -test and post-test. In cycle 1 post-test is higher than pre-test: 77,8 >64,1 then in cycle 2: 86,2>75,5. Besides that, the t-test calculation also show that t -test > t-table (2,76) in each cycle. T-test in cycle 1 is 3,92 and t -test in cycle 2 is 4,28. In addition, the percentage of students‟ score who pass the KKM in pre-test 1 is 53,57%, post-test 1 is 67,86%, pre-test 2 is 71,43% and post-test 2 is 89,29%. The KKM of English subject in this school was 70. The writer‟s target was 85%, it meant that 24 of 28 students must pass the KKM. While the result in post-test 2 was 89,29%, so 25 students was pass the KKM, thus the target was achieved. It meant that the use of CIRC method and pictures are able to improve students‟ writing skill.