KEEFEKTIFAN STRATEGI KWL (KNOW, WANT TO KNOW, LEARN) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN TEKS DESKRIPTIF PADA SISWA KELAS VII SMPN 4 TARAKAN
Reading comprehension is one of the basic skills in English language which is quite difficult to be mastered, especially for students. Thus, in teaching reading comprehension, interesting teaching strategies such as the KWL strategy is needed. The aim of this research was to determine the significant effect of implementing the KWL strategy on descriptive reading comprehension of grade 7 junior high school students. The research method used pre-experimental method. The population of this research was students of class VII at SMP Negeri 4 Tarakan with a sample of class VII-10 of 29 students. The research instrument used a reading test in the form of pre-test and post-test. In addition, the results of data analysis obtained were processed using the SPSS version 25.0 program. The results of data analysis revealed that the average pre-test score was 57.44 and the average post-test score was 78.89. The Shapiro Wilk Test result was 0.965, which was greater than 0.05. It means the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (HO) was rejected. Therefore, it can be concluded that teaching descriptive text using KWL strategy had proven effective in improving the reading comprehension at seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Tarakan.