English Education Journal
Vol 13 No 3 (2023): September 2023

Metacognitive Think-Aloud Strategy for Reading Comprehension in Vocational High Schools with Varying Student Anxiety Levels

Shinta Puspita Sari (Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia)
Rudi Hartono (Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia)
Suwandi Suwandi (Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Sep 2023

Abstract

Implementing effective strategy to teach reading comprehension is a must in order to overcome students’ obstacles in comprehending text. This study focuses on the effectiveness of Metacognitive Think a Loud Strategy in reading comprehension with different students’ anxiety. This study used quantitative research with a quasi experimental design. The data collection was done by using test and questionnaire to the students and conducted the pre-test and post-test. Then, to measure the data was analysed by using t-test in SPSS. The result of this study was that there was a significant effect of Metacognitive Think a Loud Strategy in teaching reading comprehension. There is a significant different between pre-test and post-test score of experimental class that using Meacognitive Think a Loud Strategy and there is significant different between experimental class and control class. Based on the data, it can be concluded that Metacognitive Think a Loud Strategy is effective in teaching reading comprehension with different students’ anxiety.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eej

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Subject

Education

Description

English Education Journal (p-ISSN 2087-0108 e-ISSN 2502-4566) is a quarterly journal published by Graduate School of Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia, in the months of March, June, September, and December. It is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to enhancing and disseminating ...