CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF STRATEGY KNOW, WANT AND LEARN (KWL) FOR READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES
Ervina Esti, Retno Winarni, and Suharno
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
Abstract
This study aims to discuss in depth the relevance of the Know, Wan, and Learn (KWL) strategy to facilitate students in reading comprehension activities. The method used is descriptive qualitative. Data collection is obtained by examining several textbooks and related journals. Reading comprehension is a skill that students need in all subjects, not only language-related subjects. The results of the study indicate that the KWL strategy is a reading strategy that can enable prior knowledge of students as readers to be able to associate the text with the knowledge they already have, so they can more easily understand the text. The KWL strategy step can be combined with the steps of reading learning in general which include the pre-reading, reading, and post-reading stages. The pre-read stage is covered by stage K (know), the reading stage is covered by stage W (Want), and the post-reading stage is covered by stage L (Learn). This strategy also requires the active role of students in the three stages of reading. Thus it can be said that the KWL strategy is very suitable to be applied in reading comprehension learning activities.
Keywords: Reading comprehension, KWL strategy, reading strategy, prior knowledge, intensive reading
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