TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PEER TUTORING TECHNIQUE TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA SANTA MARIA KABANJAHE IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021

The aims of this study are to prove whether Peer Tutoring Technique can improve students’ reading comprehension and to know the students’ responses after being taught by using Peer Tutoring technique. This research is Classroom Action Research (CAR) which was conducted by Teaching Reading Comprehension Through Peer Tutoring technique to the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Santa Maria Kabanjahe Class X IPA II in the Academic Year of 2020/2021. The quantitative data analysis showed that the students’ mean score increased continuously from 46,42 in pre-test, 68,33 in formative test, and 80,38 in post-test. The percentage of the students’ score increased from pre-test to post-test was 69,69%. The qualitative data analysis showed that the students’ responses after being taught by using Peer Tutoring t echnique are very good. It can be seen from observation sheets and field notes; they felt more confident, enthusiastic and motivated to learn reading comprehension on narrative texts after Peer Tutoring technique was applied. The responses of students it can be seen from the total percentage of questionnaires strongly agree about 46,66% and followed by the highest percentage of agree about 46,06%. The Peer Tutoring technique was  beneficial and  effective  for  teaching  reading  comprehension.  It  is suggested  that  English  teachers  use  Peer  Tutoring  technique  as  an  alternative technique  in teaching reading to the students in Senior High School in order to improve their students’ reading comprehension.