Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the significant effect of applying KWL
strategy on the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The study
applied the experimental research method. The population of this research was
the seventh grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 58 Medan at academic year
2017/2018. The sample was 52 students, consisted of two classes. The research
class was divided into two classes, Experimental Class (25 students) and Control
Class (27 students). The instrument of collecting data was reading test. The data
were analyzed by using t-test formula. After analyzing the data, it was found that
t-observed (4.12) which was greater than t-table (2.14) with the significant level
= 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) = 50. It means that the findings showed
that the hypothesis of the study Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. The result
of this research concludes that, there was a significant effective on the students’
achievement in reading comprehension after being taught by applying KWL
strategy. Indeed, it was recommended for teachers to apply this method in
teaching English. Especially, in teaching learning reading comprehension.
