Abstract
This research aims to explore the benefits of Know, Want and Learn (KWL) strategy towards students’ reading comprehension, particularly in English Language Teaching (ELT). The chosen topic is selected due to the students’ difficulties in comprehending English texts, showing that learners’ lack of motivation and reading interests and the ineffective teaching method offered. Additionally, this paper applies semi-structured interview to collect data, interviewing 3 English teachers in regard to the implementation of KWL strategy in the teaching and learning of reading comprehension. The research’s result shows that KWL strategy boosts students’ engagement and understanding. It also enhances students’ concentration and grades in reading comprehension. It would be a sensible idea for teachers to apply an interactive learning process and deeper exploration concerning this topic is required as well in upcoming investigations
Highlights
Reading comprehension might be perceived as a challenging learning by students
The research question of this study is to explore teachers’ perceptions of using the KWL strategy towards students’ reading comprehension, mainly its benefits
In teaching and learning process, a teacher must prepare whatever is needed in the process of teaching and learning activities
Summary
Reading comprehension might be perceived as a challenging learning by students. Reading comprehension is the process where learners comprehend content and meaning stated in the text (Nunan, 2005). Learners often do not understand what they have read in various English texts, even though they have been learning (Syatriana, 2013). Jayanti (2016) contends that learners find it difficult to read and comprehend English text. In contrast to the condition above, reading comprehension is one of the required skills in classrooms, especially in secondary schools (Nanda, 2019). It is found three factors affecting poor reading comprehension. Lack of students’ motivation is the first leading factor of students’ low understanding. They are lazy to read and comprehend given English texts because
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