IMPROVING EFL STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON METACOGNITIVE READING STRATEGIES
Abstract: The aims
of this study
were improving EFL
students’ reading comprehension by
using Metacognitive Reading
Strategies and finding
out the students’ perceptions
on Metacognitive Reading
Strategies. The method
of the research was a classroom action research. The research subjects were 29 studentsmajoring in Accounting
Program class 3 of Year-10. This research was conducted in three cycles to
maximize the students’ improvement in comprehending the text. The findings
of data collecting
revealed that integrating
Metacognitive Reading Strategies instruction
and raising the
students’ metacognitive reading
strategies awareness have successfully
improved the students’
reading comprehension.Thus, this
study implies that Metacognitive Reading Strategies are
needed to be integrated in the
teaching and learning reading English in the EFL classroom.
Author: Kristina Linda,
Regina, Y. Gatot Sutapa, Y
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150149
