The Use of Learners’ Background Knowledge to Connect to Text on Reading Comprehension

Maulidya Ekasary(1*), Murni Mahmud(2), Kisman Salija(3),

(1) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(2) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(3) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(*) Corresponding Author



Abstract


The research objectives are to know the types of schema used by the students in reading comprehension; and the level of learning the students have while using background knowledge on reading comprehension. The researcher used reading tests and interviews as data sources in this research. The research participant was 13 students of the English Education Study Program. The result of the data analysis presents that students used linguistic schema and content schema in understanding the reading test. Other than that, the level of students’ learning in reading was also measured. The result presented that 31% of students performed a deep level learning and 69% of them applied a surface level learning. It was measured by their reading test results using the Making Connection strategy.


Keywords


Reading Comprehension; Background Knowledge; Making Connection

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