ENHANCING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH KNOW -WANT TO KNOW- LEARNED (KWL) TECHNIQUE

This Classroom Action Research (CAR) aimed at developing the tenth graders’ reading ability in comprehending narrative text by using KWL technique. This research was crucially conducted due to the fact that the results of preliminary study indicated that students faced difficulties in understanding narrative text.  Besides, the English teacher in that particular school elicited that students were less motivated and uncooperative in learning English. The selection of using KWL was based on the findings of previous research  which showed that KWL technique was proven as an effective technique in enhancing students’ ability in learning English. To obtain the data in both cycles, the researchers applied several instruments as questionnaires, observation sheets, field notes, and tests. The findings revealed that KWL technique had improved students’ reading skill, both qualitatively and quantitatively. In term of qualitative, it was proven that the students were more enthusiastic in learning because they had more opportunities to interact one another; besides, the admitted that the experienced a new way of learning English. Similarly, the quantitative data also elicited that 25 out of 27 students had obtained narrative reading scores above the school minimum standard. These findings gave meaningful information for English teachers, who might face similar problem, to try to adopt or adapt KWL technique in their teaching and learning process.