Background of Study INTRODUCTION

text to them. From this case, the writer thinks that teacher inability to conduct a variation technique in teaching reading which the teacher only delivering the material without any interesting actions in teaching and learning process of reading comprehension. Consequently, students ‟ interest in reading low and they got difficulty in comprehending reading text. Therefore, based on the reality, the writer considers that it is necessary to give variation of teaching technique that may help students to get their interest in reading and can help them easily to comprehend reading text, especially in comprehending narrative text. Nowadays, many variations of techniques are offered in teaching reading. One of the techniques is Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR. According to Klingner and Vaughn, Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR is a technique that have been designed to improve students‟ reading comprehension through small group discussion which students learn four strategies including “Preview”, “Click and Clunk”, “Get the Gist”, and “Wrap up”. 7 Here, students are working in groups, and they are taught to activate their prior knowledge, to make prediction, to monitor their comprehension difficulties, to clarify information, to restate important ideas based on the text, to summarize the text, and to form appropriate question about the text. 8 In other words, students are given the opportunity to contribute their group by working together. The objective of Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR is to facilitate the students in improving their reading comprehension by working together in groups and to better understand the material in their reading tasks. As the result of the application of CSR, students are not only able to have better comprehension of a text but also learn to communicate in a small group. Thus, by involving activities of this technique, students are expected can resolve their problems in comprehending reading text. Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR technique had been applied in experimental study that conducted by Dita Andanawati. The research was carried out that the implementing CSR in teaching 7 J. K. Klingner S, Vaughn, Using Collaborative Strategic Reading, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1998, p. 32. 8 Ibid. reading can help students comprehend English text better. 9 Moreover, another research on CSR had been conducted by Dian Novita from Muhammadiyah University Sidoarjo. The result of this study indicates that the use of CSR technique is “effective” to increase the students‟ achievement in teaching reading comprehension. 10 Based on explanation above, the writer thinks that Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR can be an alternative technique for students when doing reading comprehension in achieving their academic success later. To prove this, the writer will conduct a quasi-experimental research design to get the evidence whether Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR can effective on students‟ reading comprehension of narrative text. CSR is supposed to be an interesting alternative technique that will help the students to organize their ideas of a text, so that they can comprehend the text easily. Hence, t his study focuses on students‟ reading comprehension achievement, especially in reading narrative text. Finally, based on the explanation above, the writer entitles this study “The Effectiveness of Us ing Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR on Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text Quasy-Experimental Study at the First Grade of SMA Mathla’ul Huda Parung Panjang Bogor.”

B. Identification of Problem

Based on the background of the study above, there are some problems that can be identified in this research such as: 1. Students got low score in reading comprehension test. 2. Students got difficulties in comprehending narrative text. 3. Students got difficulties in constructing the idea of the narrative text. 4. Students got difficulties in getting the main idea and supporting details of the text 9 Dita Andanawati, “The Use of Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR in Reading Comprehension” , Skripsi at the First Strata S1 Degree at UPI, Bandung, 2013, p. 6. 10 Dian Novita, “The Effectiveness of Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR for Teaching Reading Comprehension “ at Muhammadiyah University of Sidoarjo, p. 4. Retrieved on January 2012. 5. Students lack in vocabulary mastery

C. Limitation of Problem

The limitation of this study focuses on teaching and learning process of reading comprehension in narrativ e text at the first grade of SMA Mathla‟ul Huda Parung Panjang-Bogor in academic year 2014-2015. This study intended to measure whether Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR is effective on students‟ reading comprehension achievement of narrative text.

D. Formulation of Problem

Based on the background above, the writer formulates the problem question as follow: “Was the Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR effective on students‟ reading comprehension achievement of narrative text at the first grade students of SMA Mathla‟ul Huda Parung Panjang-Bogor? And “How effective is Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR on students‟ reading comprehension of narrative text?”

E. Purpose of Study

The purpose of study is to find the empirical evidence of Collaborative Str ategic Reading‟s effectiveness on students‟ reading comprehension, especially for narrative text at first grade students of SMA Mathla‟ul Huda Parung Panjang- Bogor and to find out how is effective Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR on students‟ reading comprehension of narrative text.

F. Significance of Study

The result of this study are expected, firstly for students, it will give many benefits to the students because they are not only can improve their comprehending in reading narrative text but also can make them socialize and active in learning reading text such as, bravery to ask a question, to show their argument and to build their thinking skill. The second, for the writer and English teacher at the SMA Ma thla‟ul Huda Parung Panjang-Bogor, by implementing this study is expected to be able to increase their knowledge and became more creative in learning reading text, especially in teaching reading narrative text in the classroom. The third is for institution of SMA Mathla‟ul Huda Parung Panjang- Bogor, it is hoped to get the advantages for improving the educational field. The last for the other research, in which the results are hopes as an alternative suggestion additional information to do further research study.