USING WEBQUEST MODEL TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION (original) (raw)
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The aim of this study is intended to show the implementation of WebQuest model to improve students' reading comprehension and their effectiveness in learning process through WebQuest Model. Concept of WebQuest to improve students' reading comprehension by doing task . The task could be reading text such as narrative and descriptive text. The task is presented in website. The kinds of comprehension that the students can achieve by using WebQuest model are literal comprehension and inpretative comprehension. The process of WebQuest model to improve students' reading comprehension consist of some steps, those are introduction, task, resources, process, evaluation and conclusion.
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