SENSITIZING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE EFL STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

This study was intended to develop a learning strategy that could improve their reading
comprehension. The strategy selected was sensitizing technique. It was developed for
the sake of improving the students’ reading comprehension, namely: literal
comprehension, interpretive comprehension and critical comprehension. The study was
Classroom Action Research. The procedure of the research consisted of four major
steps namely; planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. It consisted of two
cycles. Each of them consisted of three meetings for the teaching learning process and
one meeting for quiz. The result of the research showed that sensitizing reading
technique was effective in increasing the students’ reading comprehension
achievements. This fact was clearly indicated by the increasing of percentages of
achievement through the cycles of action that was 52.7 % (Pre-test), 66.9 % (Cycle 1),
and 81.8 % (Cycle 2). The scores had fulfilled the criteria of success in implementing
sensitizing-reading technique namely the improvement of students’ reading
comprehension ability.
Key word: Sensitizing, literal, interpretive, and critical comprehension