IMPROVING READING SKILL THROUGH KNOW, WANT, LEARNED (KWL) TECHNIQUE AT XI GRADE OF MAN PALOPO

ABSTRACT
JUMASRI, 2013. “Improving Reading Skill Through Know, Want, Learned
(KWL) technique at XI Grade of MAN Palopo”. Thesis,
English Study Program of Tarbiyah Departement of State
Collage for Islamic Studies. Under the Supervisors (I) Dr.
Dahlan, M.Hum. (II) Jufriadi, S.S., M.Pd
Key Words: Reading Skill, KWL technique.
The purpose of this thesis is to find out the approriate procedures in using
KWL technique in teaching reading skill at the XI grade of MAN Palopo.
The subject of this research is grade XI of IPA1 of academic year
2012/2013, in which the total of students are 26. This research is Classroom
Action Research in which the implementation consisted of 2 cycles. In every
cycle there were planning, action, observation and reflecting. In collecting data,
the researcher used instrument namely interview, test, observation and camera.
The data were analyzed in 2 ways namely quantitative and qualitative.
Quantitative data were used to find out students score and students mean score
and qualitative were used to find out students participation.
The result of this research showed that in cycle 1 meeting 1, the students’
mean score is 52,88 and in meeting 2 is 61,01 and students were still less active in
learning reading skill. And in cycle 2 meeting 1 students mean score is 69,23 and
second meeting is 74,03, and students were more active in learning reading skill
than cycle 1.This thesis showed that the appropriate procedure in using KWL
technique in teaching reading skill are as follow: (a) The teacher prepares
facilities like sheet of KWL columns and reading material, (b) The teacher gives
the students some motivation and let the students ready to study, (c) the teacher
explains clearly the way of how to learn reading comprehension using KWL
technique and how to fill the columns of KWL, (d) the teacher asks the students
to read the text loud in order that the other students give more attention and be
more motivated and active learning reading skill using KWL technique.