THE USE OF SELF-MONITORING APPROACH TO READING AND THINKING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION

Fera Sukowati (Masters Study Program of English Language Education Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak)
Clarry Sada (Masters Study Program of English Language Education Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak)
Sudarsono Sudarsono (Masters Study Program of English Language Education Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak)

Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK)
Vol 6, No 12 (2017): Desember

AbstractThis study reports the finding of a classroom action research implementing Self-Monitoring Approach to Reading and Thinking (SMART) strategy to improve the students’ reading comprehension. It covered read, self-translate, troubleshoot, pinpoint and get help. Thirty-two science students of Year-11 of SMAN 1 Balai in the 2016/2017 academic year were interviewed after conduct of two Cycles over a three-month period. They were also observed while being involved to SMART strategy in the classroom. Results of this study revealed that students could experience a more interesting and meaningful learning by using this strategy. It showed the implementation of SMART strategy was successful in improving students’ ability in comprehending report text. The improvement can be seen from the increase of students’ mean score and the students’ achievement test of reading comprehension aspects from preliminary study to Cycle 2. They were also becoming highly motivated to use English more intensively while exposed to this teaching strategy. This research also proved SMART strategy could bring positive gains due to teacher’s pedagogical. Keywords: SMART, strategy, improving, reading comprehension.