The Use of K-W-L (Know-Want-Learn) Strategy To Improve Students’ Reading Ability In Recount Text

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the students' reading proficiency when taught with and without the KWL strategy, to determine the significance of the difference between the students' reading proficiency when taught with and without the K-W-L strategy, and to determine the students' perception following the use of the K-W-L strategy. This study relied on quantitative research, and its quasi-experimental research design. The entire eighth grade school population at SMP N 1 Jepara for the academic year 2022/2023 served as the population for this study. The VIII A experimental group, which had 32 students, and the VIII B control group, which also had 32 students, made up the sample for this study. To collect data, the instrument used were multiple choice and questionnaire. Both of classes got the same test, pre-test and post-test. The result of pre-test mean is 47.41 for experimental class and 49.47 for the control class with The post-test mean of experimental class is 78.50 and The post-test mean of control class is 67. The students’ perspective about KWL strategy is most of them agree that KWL strategy is effective to improve their reading skill, helps them to add more the vocabulary of English, stimulates them to be more active. The researcher recommends the use of KWL strategy to be implemented to improve the students’ reading skill, but it would be better the teacher combines the KWL strategy with another teaching method, so that the students’ reading achievement will be more maximum.