Abstract
This research aims to know the reading comprehension of students through KWL learning strategies. The research is descriptive research survey. The subject of research is the student of Mathematics Education Program who learned English. A sample of this research used sampling Simple Random Sampling (n = 40). Data collection is done by carrying out a test of reading using the test, after the students being treated by KWL learning strategies. Analysis of research data using descriptive statistical techniques. The results showed that on the item reserved text reading comprehension there is 75% of the students who were able to resolve the matter at this stage determine the topic, 62.5% of the students were only able to resolve the matter at this stage determine the word citation and 67.5% of students were able to determine at the conclusion of the recitation and 50% specify detail information. It can be concluded that the KWL strategy is able to improve students reading comprehension. Key Words: Know-Want-Learn Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English.
Highlights
English is one of the subjects that must be taught at every level of education
The results of reading comprehension test of students who were treated with KWL learning strategies obtained the following results: number of respondents 40 students, minimum score is 50, maximum score is 90, the range of empirical scores were 91-50 = 41, and the theoritical range of 0-100
The score of reading comprehension of students who were treated with KWL learning strategies, shows that there are 12 (30%) students under the interval class which contains an average score, 14 (35%) students are in the interval class which contains an average score and 14 (35%) students are above the interval class which contains the average score
Summary
English is one of the subjects that must be taught at every level of education. In the University, English is taught at the first and second semester for study programs. Reading is one of the skills that process and receive information. Reading is seen as a channel of language processing, a form of communication between writers and readers who are mediated through a written text (Sulistyo, 2011). The learners still have difficulty in understanding the text It can be seen from the test results. There are several factors that cause the learners faced the difficulties in understanding the text, such as lack of vocabulary in English, lack of grammatical understanding, and lack of background knowledge.
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