The Use Of Youtube Video Through Know-Want-Learn Method To Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension (A Classroom Action Research at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 2 Boyolali in the academic Year of 2012/2013)

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Erni Yunita Sari - X2211018 - Fak. KIP

This thesis is written to 1) identify whether or not and in what extent YouTube video through KWL method enhance Students’ Reading comprehension, and 2) describe the classmate when YouTube video through KWL method are implemeted in reading class. This study was conducted on the basis of the preliminary study in SMA N 2 Boyolali in which I found that almost all of the students of the tenth grade got difficulty in understanding such text. They got difficulties catch the main idea of the text, explisit and implisit information, guess the meaning of word and find the reference in the text. Their reading comprehension score in the pre-test were below the passing grade of 75,0 which was 60,8. The research was conducted from 6 April until 18 May at the SMA N 2 Boyolali. The research was conducted in two cycles, in which the first cycle there were four meetings and in the second cycle there were two meetings. Every cycle consist of four steps: planning, implementing, observation and reflection. The data were collected by using technique of qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative method consists of assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test. The research finding shows that the use of YouTube video through Know-Want-Learn (KWL) can enhance the students’ reading comprehension and the classroom situation in teaching and learning activity. The improvement of students’ comprehension includes: 1) students can understand word meaning; 2) students can understand detail information or explisit information; 3) students can get the implisit information; 4) students can guess the meaning of word; 5) students can find the reference in the text. In addition, the students’ mean score also improve: pretest 60,8; post-test 1 70,6; post-test 2 77,6. The improvement of classroom situation includes: 1) students enjoyed and interested in the classroom situation. 2) students were not noisy during teaching learning English in the classroom. 3) students tended to be active learner. This research shows there are improvements in students’ reading comprehension and situation of the class. For that reason, it is recommended that the English teacher should apply certain effective technique and create an enjoyable situation in the teaching and learning process so that the students can learn effectively and involve actively in class. By using YouTube video through KWL method, the process study can run effectively and the students will not be bored. Keyword: YouTube video, KWL method, Reading comprehension, Class Action Research