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THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) METHOD ON ENGLISH COMPREHENSION FOR STUDENTS AT THE FIFTH GRADE OF SD KARTIKA X-3

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ABSTRACT As we all know, communication is a part of human's daily activities. Through communication, people share ideas and thought with others. So the research entided, "THE EFFECT OF COMMIJMCATM LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) METHOD ON ENGLISH COMPREHENSION FOR STUDENTS AT THE FIFTH GRADE OF SD KARIKA X-3". The research was conducted to answer one question: "Is there any sipificant improvement in ttre sfudents' English comprehension through Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method?" This study involves the students at the fifth grade of SD Kartfta X-3 as the subject of the research. And the writer teaches them tbrough Information Gap, games, pair Work, et cetera. The le'rel of students' English comprehension is measured by administering the prc-test and post-test. Then the data was analyzed by using T-test. The result shows that students' English comprehension had improved by using Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method at the coeffrcient G,,au = 2265 > tror: 1667 with the sigrificance of level in 0.05 and the degrec freedom is 32 (dFn-l). The students' respoffies toward the post-test given prove that Communicative language Teaching (CLT) method is effective to improve students' English comprehension ability.