The use of Know-Want-Learned (KWL) strategy in improving EFL students ability to comprehend academic reading materials
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of Know-Want-Learned (KWL)strategy to improve English Foreign Language students’ ability in comprehending academic readingmaterials. The subjects of this study consisted of 60 junior high school students in the districtof South Kalimantan, B...
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| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to examine the use of Know-Want-Learned (KWL)strategy to improve English Foreign Language students’ ability in comprehending academic readingmaterials. The subjects of this study consisted of 60 junior high school students in the districtof South Kalimantan, Banjarmasin. The researcher adopted a mixed-method and employed aquasi-experimental design. The experimental group was taught by using KWL strategy while thecontrol group was taught by using the conventional strategy. The instruments used in this studywere questionnaires, pre and post-test and semi-structured interview. Data from questionnaires wereanalyzed by using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that the students were proficientin reading activity and were interested in using KWL strategy in comprehending academic readingmaterials. The pre and post-test mean scores were analyzed through paired and independent samplet-tests. The findings of the pre and post-test showed that there was a significant improvement inachievement for the experimental group (M=91.83, SD=5.33) when compared to the control group(M=82.00, SD=6.64), t(58)=6.32, p<0.05. The qualitative data from the semi- structured interviewwere analyzed based on thematic analysis. As a conclusion, the result of the interviews showed thatKWL strategy has increased the students’ interest in reading academic texts and helped the studentsto comprehend those texts. Thus, this study showed that the use of KWL strategy could improve EFLstudents’ ability to comprehend academic reading materials. |
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