Fadzilah, Dwi Ainun, 2021. The Efectiveness of KWL (Know-Want-Learn) Strategy in Teaching Reading Descriptive Text at Senior High School. Thesis,Deparment of English Language Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah, IAIN Kediri. Advisor: (1) Ima Fitriyah, M. Pd and (2) Erna Nur Kholida, M. Pd. Keywords: Effectiveness, Reading, KWL strategy, Descriptive text. The aim of this research is to find out the significant difference in using Know – Want – Learn (KWL) Strategy in teaching reading descriptive text at the first year of MA Al-Manar Prambon, Nganjuk. KWL strategy is an instructional reading strategy that is used to activate the students’ background knowledge, and to facilitate students’ thinking process. There are three element in applying KWL they are; what I know, what I want to know, and what I have learned. This research was conducted in MA Al-Manar Prambon, Nganjuk. The design of this study is quasi experimental design. The population of this research is the first grade students of MA Al-Manar Prambon in the second semester. The sample of this research consists of two classes, there are class X IPS 2 as experimental group and class X IPS-1 as control group. The experimental group was taught by using KWL strategy and the control group was taught by QRST (Question-Read-State-Test). To collect the data, pre-test and post-test were applied to experimental group and control group. The result of the test was analyzed by using ANCOVA through SPSS 25. After analyzing the data, it was found the significant value of the class is 0.02 which is lower than 0.05. Based on the result above, that the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted. It means that students were thought using KWL and without KWL has significant differences.

Fadzilah , Dwi Ainun .   (2022). The Effectiveness Of Know-Want-Learn (KWL) Strategy In Teaching Reading Descriptive Text At MA AL-Manar Prambon. IAIN Kediri