Sunan Bonang Junior High School. The writer found that the way of English teacher in teaching reading comprehension is used the whole class
teaching. It is caused the decreasing of student’s interest in learning
English and the student’s low score in learning reading skill. Knowing problems in teaching reading skill, the writer is interested
in using a small group interaction in teaching reading comprehension. On the title: “The Effectiveness of Using Small Group Interaction in Teaching
Reading Comprehension”. The writer believes that small group interaction serves more habit forming than the Grammar Translation Method.
B. The Limitation and Formulation of the Problem
The problem that will be discussed in this paper is limited only in the use of small group interaction in teaching reading comprehension on
descriptive text at the first year students at Sunan Bonang Junior High School Bojong Nangka Tangerang.
The formulation of the problem which is going to be discussed in this paper is as follows: “Is the use of Small Group Interaction more
effective in teaching reading comprehension than whole class technique on even semester of the seventh grade SMP Sunan Bonang?”
C. The Objective of the Research
The objective of the research is to find the empirical evidence of the differences between students’ achievement in the learning of reading
comprehension using Small Group Interaction and Whole Class Technique.
D. The Significance of the Research
The significance of the research is expected to be useful for broadening the perspective of the writer and for giving the English
Teachers a different method in teaching reading comprehension especially the reading comprehension by using small group interaction.
E. The Method of the Research
The method of this research is an experimental method. The writer teaches in two different classes with two different methods. Small group
interaction is employed in an experiment class and whole class is employed in a controlled class.
F. The Organization of the Research
This paper is divided into four chapters. The following is the short description about what each chapter contains.
The first chapter is introduction. It is illustrated; A. The Background of the Research, B. The Limitation and Formulation of the
Problem, C. The Objective of the Research, D. Significance of the Research, E. The Method of the Research, and F. The Organization of the
Research. The second chapter is theoretical framework. It is illustrated the
theory of the writer uses in library study. The main points in this chapter
are: Part A. Small group interaction, which consists of four parts: 1. The
Understanding of Small Group Interaction, 2. The Advantages of Small Group Interaction, 3. The Disadvantages of Small Group Interaction 4.The
Aplication of Small Group Interaction. Part B. Whole Class Teaching
which is consists of three parts: 1. The Understanding of Whole-class Teaching, 2.TheAdvantages
of Whole-class Teaching,
3. The Disadvantages
of Whole-class
Teaching. Part
C. Reading
