Electronic Theses and Dissertation

This study s focused on the students in increasing their reading skill by using communicative approach. the purpose of this study is to find out whether the use of communicative approach can increase the students' skill in reading or not. the sample of this research was all of the students in smp negeri 2 kuta baro especially class vtia as the experiment group and class viib as the control. group. the test was used ten multiple choice questions, ten true and false questions and ten translate questions. the statistic procedure is used to analyze the data. the result of the test found that there was significant different of the students' skill in reading between experimental group and control group after the treatment was given. it can be seen from the result oft-score in this study is 4.00 and the table is 2.00. it means that using of communicative approach in teaching leaning reading can increase the students' ability in reading comprehension. finally, the writer conclude that teaching reading by using communicative approach can improve the students' ability in reading therefore the teachers are suggested to use this method in teaching english.