Using Know, Want to Know, Learned (KWL) Strategy to Enhance the Seventh Grade Students' Reading Comprehension Achievement at SMPN 1 Mumbulsari, Jember

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to improve the students' active participation and reading comprehension achievement by using Know, Want to Know, Learned (KWL) strategy. The research design was classroom action research. The area and participants of this research were chosen by using purposive method. The data were collected by observation, a reading comprehension test, interview and documentation. The results showed that the students‟ active participation in cycle 1 increased 49.77% from 28% to 77.77% and it increased 14.17% from 77.77% to 81.94% in cycle 2. Moreover, the students‟ reading comprehension achievement increased 52.14% from 25% to 77.14% in cycle 1 and it increased 5.71% from 77.14% to 82.85% in cycle 2. It indicated that using Know, Want to Know, Learned (KWL) strategy enhanced the Seventh C grade students‟ descriptive text reading comprehension achievement and their active participation.