The Effect of Word Wall Application on Students Reading Comprehension in Ninth Grade Students

Abstract

This study examines the use of Word Wall application in teaching reading comprehension to ninth-grade students at SMP NU Kaligesing. The material used in this study was narrative text. This research was a classroom action research (CAR). The research, conducted in two cycles, aimed to address issues such as low motivation, vocabulary mastery, student scores, and text comprehension. To analyze this data the researcher used research conclusions, data visualization and data reduction. The mean score in cycle 1 was 68.66 and in cycle 2, it was 72.46. The study found a significant percentage change in students' reading comprehension scores in each cycle, with a significant difference of approximately 26.17% for cycle 1 and 5.54% for cycle 2.