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Problem Statement Objectives of the Study

commit to user The aim of using KWL technique is to help the students to be active readers as well as active thinkers while they read. It is hoped that through such a method, all the problems listed above about teaching reading and comprehending expository texts can be solved. The students are able to achieve all the basic competences in KTSP related to comprehending expository text which is shown by the good grades they make in every reading test given. Hence, the researcher had courage to conduct a study entitled “Improving the Students’ Ability in Comprehending English Text through the KWL Technique A Classroom Action Research at the Tenth Graders of SMA Negeri 4 Kendari in the Academic Year of 20102011”.

B. Problem Statement

This research is concerned with the following problems: 1. Can KWL technique improve the ability of the students of class XI of SMA Negeri 4 Kendari in comprehending expository text? 2. What are the strengths and weaknesses when KWL technique is applied to improve the ability of the students of class XI of SMA Negeri 4 Kendari in comprehending expository texts?

C. Objectives of the Study

Based on the problem statement above, the objectives of the study are: 1. To know whether KWL technique improves the ability of the students of class XI of SMA Negeri 4 Kendari in comprehending expository texts. commit to user 2. To know the strengths and weaknesses when KWL technique is applied to improve the ability of the students of class XI of SMA Negeri 4 Kendari in comprehending expository texts. D. Benefit of the Study It is hoped that this research can be useful to the students, the other teachers, and the other researchers as well as the researcher himself. For the students, this research will help them to improve their reading skills because they are taught using the KWL technique that is theoretically effective for improving students’ reading skills and comprehension. The students can use it as an alternative strategy that can help them to be skillful readers and have a better comprehension. For the other teachers, they will get knowledge about teaching reading using KWL technique and use it as an alternative strategy to help students improve their reading skills in order to master reading materials. For other researchers, they can use this research as additional and comparative resource to conduct another research about reading comprehension. For the researcher, he will know whether or not KWL technique is effective to help the students improve their reading skills. The writer will get enrichment and beneficial experience about teaching learning process, especially in reading that can help him improve the way of teaching. commit to user CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES In this chapter, the researcher describes the concepts of research’s variables. They are: the concept of reading and reading comprehension, the concept of expository text, and the concept of KWL technique. In addition, he also describes the role of the teacher which is considered as an important role in the process of teaching and learning.

A. Reading 1. Theory of Reading

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