Enhancing Student’s Reading Comprehension of Descriptive Text by Using K-W-L (Know, Want, Learn) Strategy at the Eight Grade Students of SMP Negeri 9 Lembang Kabupaten Pinrang
| Main Author: | Jumriati, Jumriati |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.iainpare.ac.id/1816/1/15.1300.106.pdf http://repository.iainpare.ac.id/1816/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Reading Comprehension is the process of making meaning from text. Therefore, to gain an overall understanding of what is described in the text rather than to obtain meaning from isolated words or sentences. In understanding read text information children develop mental models, or representations the meaning of the text ideas during the reading process. The researcher aimed to find out whether effective or not using K-W-L (Know, Want, Learn) Strategy to improve the student’s reading comprehension at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 9 Lembang Kabupaten Pinrang. Generally, K-W-L Strategy is a social way for students to tap into and build background knowledge for a text. In this research, used pre-experimental design pre-test and post-test and took one class, which is the effects of treatment is judged by the difference between the pre-test and the post-test scores. The sample was taken by total sampling. The success of the treatment is determined by comparing pre-test and post-test score. To collect the data, the researcher used instrument in the form of question sheet test of descriptive text which had been tried out before the treatments. The instrument was given in pre-test and post-test. The result of this research dhow that the post-test (71.89) was greater then pre-test (58.21). for the level significant (p) 5% and value of the table was 1703, while the value of t-test was (1.88). it means that, the t-test was greater than t-table (1.88 1703). It showed the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Based on the result above, the researcher concluded that using K-W-L (Know, Want, Learn) was able to increase the students’ reading comprehension at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 9 Lembang.