Fety Ferawaty Pengarang

Reading comprehension can be defined as the process in which the readers construct meaning from a text connected to the background knowledge they have to get the clear understanding of the writer’s message. The result of the pre-test showed that most of the students in senior high school faced problem in reading comprehension. The objective of the present study was to figure out the effectiveness of Collaborative Learning in teaching reading comprehension on the eleventh grade of SMA Genta Syaputra in academic year 2018/2019. Therefore, to achieve the objective of the study, the researcher conducted experimental research in which there are experimental class and control class. The research instruments were given in order to collect the data needed. Then, the data were analyzed by comparing the result of pre-test and post-tests. As supporting data, a questionnaire was also administered in the end of the treatment and the result showed positive responses with the implementation of collaborative learning. Based on the result of the pre-test, post tests and questionnaire, it could be concluded that collaborative learning was very effective in teaching reading comprehension on the eleventh grade of SMA Genta Syaputra in academic year 2018/2019.