Abstract :
Key Words: Team ? Assisted Individualization, Reading Ability
Language is one of the important skills in English and it gives many benefits for us. To master reading, students need to have reading desire and must be tried to read something intensively and continually. In teaching reading, we can use technique to improve students? reading ability. The method is Team ? Assisted Individualization. In accordance to the fact above, the researcher formulated the statement of the problems, they are 1). How the implementation of Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) method at the eight students SMP 4 Jatisrono? And 2). Is Team Assisted individualization (TAI) method able to improve the students? reading ability? The purposes of this research, there are: to implement Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) in teaching reading and to improve of the students? reading ability by using Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) method. The subject of this research was the students of the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 4 Jatisrono in 2013/2014 academic year which consisted of 32 students. The research was started on April 17th until May 22nd 2013. This research was conducted in two cycles. The writers used three research instruments. There are observation check list, questionnaire and test. The research was done in two cycles. In cycle 1, the result of students? observation score was 67,86%. It showed that during teaching and learning process the students had been good enough. The result of questionnaire score was 66,80%. It showed the students not enjoying. from the students? test result, there were 27 students can reach KKM and 5 students cannot. It means that this research had not been successful in cycle II, the students? result of observation score was 92,86%. It showed the students were more active than before. The result of questionnaire score was 88,66%. It showed that the students were very enjoying and more interested in studying English, especially in reading narrative text. The students? percentage of test that got the minimum score based on KKM was 100%. It means that the students? achievement were very satisfying and was successful. Finally, the researcher gives suggestion that English teachers can use Team ? Assisted Individualization method as alternative method in teaching reading. The next researcher can develop this method by using various kinds of the media to get the better result in teaching learning process.