Journal of English and Education
Vol 5, No 1 (2017)

K-W-L: A TEACHING STRATEGY TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN THE SEVENTH GRADER OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Khairunnisa Khairunnisa (Department of English Education, Indonesia University of Education)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Feb 2018

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the implementation of K-W-L strategy to develop seventh graders students’ reading comprehension and their involvement in the classroom activities. This study employed a mixed method design. There were two classes of seventh grade that were selected to be samples; one class of control group and one class of experimental group. Each of the class consisted of 32 students. The data were gained from the pre-test and post-test, the classroom observation, the field notes, and the interview. The results from the pre-test and post-test showed that there was a small increase of the mean of the control group whih was 11.41 (pre-test 28.75 and the post-test 40.16), meanwhile, the experimental group showed a significant increase by 46.71 (pre-test 30.16 and the post-test 75.31). In addition, the value of eta squared was 0.725, which indicated that the implementation of K-W-L strategy had large effect on students’ reading comprehension. It can be implied that the students’ reading comprehension skill could be developed through the implementation of K-W-L Strategy. The results from the classroom observation, the field notes, and the interview revealed that each step of K-W-L strategy contributed to improve reading comprehension and develop students’ involvement in the classroom activities.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

L-E

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Learning is an anthology of articles from students of English Education study program at Indonesia University of Education. It publishes twice a year: October and April. The articles in each issue are based on undergraduate students' final paper ...