<![CDATA[This research was aimed at improving the reading narrative text comprehension of the grade seven student of SMP YP.KeluargaPematangsiantar through the use of the buzz group technique. This research is action research conducted in SMP YP.Keluarga. The subjects of the study were 26 students of VII-1 as a control class and 26 students as an experimental class of SMP YP.Keluarga in the 2019/2020 academic year. The data of this research were quantitative as the supporting data. The result in this research is teaching by using the buzz groups technique can effectively improve students’ reading comprehension. From the observation, the researcher found that during the action, the students have shown their improvement such as they were able to comprehend the text well, the situation of the teaching and learning process became more enjoyable and interesting, and all of the students were involved in the teaching and learning process. They can share their knowledge and help each other in understanding the lesson material. The students not only learn from the teacher's explanation, but they can learn from their friends who also learn the same thing. From the reading narrative text comprehension test, the students’ pre-test in control class means the score was 16.47, increasing to 6.8 in the post-test. And the students’ pre-test in the experimental class means score was 6.2, increasing to 8.0 in the post-test. Therefore, it can be concluded that teaching reading by using the buzz groups technique can improve the students’ reading narrative text comprehension]]>
