Improving Reading Comprehension of the SeventhGrade Students of SMPN 1 Kuta Utara In The Academic Year 2023/2024 Through Numbered Heads Together

Reading comprehension is about deriving meaning from connected texts. This skill should be taught in learning process to make the students enjoy learning English especially reading comprehension. The results of the pre-test showed that most of the subjects faced problem in reading comprehension. The subjects had difficulty in identifying general information, specific information, textual meaning, and textual reference of the text. The objective of the study was to find out whether or not reading comprehension of the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Kuta Utara in academic year 2023/2024. Therefore, to achieve the objective of the present study, the researcher conducted classroom action research. The research was done in two cycles and each cycle consisted of two sessions. Furthermore, the research instruments were analyzed by comparing the results of the pre-test and post-tests. The results of the post-test in each cycle clearly showed that there was significant improvement on the subjects reading comprehension. Besides, the subjects also gave positive responses on the implementation of NHT in the teaching reading comprehension. To sum up, the presents study concluded that reading comprehension of the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Kuta Utara in academic year 2023/2024 could be improved through NHT.