Enhancing Reading Comprehension Via Know, Want And Learn Strategy AT The Eight-Grade Students On SMPN 176 West Jakarta In The Academic Year 2018/2019

dr. roslaini, m.hum; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd;

YOSY NURAIDAH. NIM: 1701059011. “ enhancing reading comprehension
via Know, Want and Learn Strategy AT the Eight-grade students on SMPN 176
West Jakarta in the academic year 2018/2019” . A paper; Jakarta: A Paper: the
Study Programme of English Education, the School of Teacher Training and
Education, the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, Jakarta 2018.
The main objective of this research is to find out the enhancement of
Know, Want and Learn strategy in teaching reading comprehension to the eighth
grade students of SMP 176 West Jakarta in the Academic Year 2018/2019. The
research was held in the second-semester students of the eighth grade of SMPN
176 Jakarta in the Academic Year 2018/2019, which is located Jl. Raya Duri
Kosambi No.9, RT./ RW.Duri Kosambi, Kecamatan Cengkareng, City of West
Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta 750.
The research was carried out from 1st up to May, 30th May 2019.The
population are the eighth grade students of SMPN 176 Jakarta in the Academic
Year 2018/2019. Those are divided into four classes: VIII.A up to VIII.D. Those
fourth classes have the same ability;the writer takes two classes for experiment
class and a control class. Thus, VIII-C as an experiment class and VIII-D as a
control class.
The instrument of the research is a test. The analysis of the data is done by
using the t-test. The t-test is used for measuring the similarities of two averages.
Based on the result of this research, The df (degree of freedom) of this study is in
(n+n2-2)= 20+20-2= 38. It can show that tobserved = 3,295 is higher than ttable, =
,684. So it can be concluded that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. It means that
the effects of a applying Know, Want and Learn strategy in Teaching Reading
Comprehension is significant at the Eight Grade of SMPN 176 West Jakarta in the
Academic Year 2018/2019. Thus, it can be concluded that Know, Want and Learn
the strategy in Teaching Reading Comprehension to the eighth grade students of
SMPN 176 West Jakarta is effective. The results of the research are expected to be
useful for learning Reading Comprehension. Meanwhile, the teacher can make the
class more active and interesting. For school; they can provide various teaching
aids to support learning and teaching activity in the school so that the learning and
teaching activity can more fluently