Influence Of Reciprocal Teaching On Students Reading Comprehension Achievement

Abstract: The study aims to find out whether there is a significance difference in students reading achievement between the students who are taught by using reciprocal teaching and that of the students who are taught by using another method. This study used quasi experimental design. The participants of the study are the Second Year Students of At-Tahzib Islamic Senior High School. Reciprocal teaching (RT) is a process involving four distinct activities (predicting, clarifying, summarising and questioning) employed in a learning process, team approach to develop reading comprehension skills among the students. The readings were used in a study comparing the effects of Reciprocal Teaching with those of a more traditional approach to reading. It is one of teaching reading methods developed by Palincsar and Brown in 1984. It was designed for students who could decode but find it difficult to comprehend the text. It teaches students to use the four strategies collaboratively in a dialogue which help them draw the meaning of the text as well as promote their internalization of the use of the strategies and improve their reading comprehension.