Impact of literature circle on students’ reading comprehension

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the effectiveness of literature circle in teaching reading comprehension in one of senior high school in Pandeglang. A Quasi Experimental with pretest-posttest control group design is employed. In the data collection process, reading test is deployed as research instruments. This test is in the form of multiple choice which contains 10 questions. The results show that literature circle is effective in teaching reading. It is seen from the result of t-test. T count is -16.048 and t table is -1.729. In addition, the implementation of literature circle has effect on students’ reading comprehension. It is seen from the result of the average score of reading comprehension test. The average score of experimental class is higher that that of the control class. The mean of experimental class is 6.55 while the mean of control class 4.31. Thus, it is suggested for the teachers that they should implement literature circle to help students in comprehending English text.