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The effect of know, want to know, learned (KWL) strategy on students’ reading comprehension in expository text at grade XI in SMA N 1 Barumun

Hasibuan, Robiatul Adawiyah (2018) The effect of know, want to know, learned (KWL) strategy on students’ reading comprehension in expository text at grade XI in SMA N 1 Barumun. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research focused on the effect of know, want to know, learned (KWL) strategy on students’ reading comprehension in expository text at grade XI in SMA N 1 Barumun. The problems of this research were: 1)Most of the students still get low grade with 60 grades meanwhile the standard of English competency in the school 70, 2) Most of students did not understand the text that the students read. They just read the text without comprehending the text. Beside the students’ problem, teacher’s strategy also became a problem in learning English. The teacher still used the conventional strategy and did not have variation in teaching reading. The purpose of this research was to examine the significant effect of know, want to know, learned (kwl) strategy on students’ reading comprehension in expository text at grade XI in SMA N 1 Barumun. The method was used in this research was experimental research. Two classes were chosen randomly as the sample. They were XI MIA-2 as the experimental class that consisted of 25 students and XI MIA-3 as the control class that consisted of 25 students. It was taken after conducting normality and homogeneity test. The data was derived from pre-test and post-test. To analyze the data, the researcher used t-test formula. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that mean score of experimental class after using know, want to know, learned (kwl) strategy was higher than control class. Mean score of experimental class before using know, want to know, learned (kwl) strategy was 55.64 and mean score of experimental class after using know, want to know, learned (kwl) strategy was 73.84. Besides, the score of tcount was higher than ttable (4.14 > 2.021). It meant that the hypothesis alternative (Ha) was accepted. It was concluded that there was the effect of know, want to know, learned (kwl) strategy on students’ reading comprehension in expository text at grade XI in SMA N 1 Barumun.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Keywords: KWL; strategy; reading comprehension
Subjects: 13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130204 English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan > Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Ms. Suci Syahfifa Nasution
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2020 04:13
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2020 04:13
URI: http://etd.uinsyahada.ac.id/id/eprint/2739

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