Using Computer-Aided Reading Activities To Develop Students’ Autonomous Learning In Reading

For some students, English lesson has been taught since elementary school. However, it does not prove that, they learned all of the material that should be taught in the classroom especially in learning reading. It is caused by time and source limitation and lack of students’ willingness to learn English independently at home. They tend to spend their leisure on chatting with their friends or foreigner in social media. Therefore, the writer applied a new learning model in this study by using computer-aided reading activities to foster students’ autonomous learning in reading. The purpose of this study is to investigate the learning model for improving reading comprehension and to find out whether using computer-aided reading activities foster the third year of MTsN Jeureula students’ autonomous learning in learning reading or not. In this study, classroom action research within the framework of qualitative research approach was used. The data was obtained from observation checklist and questionnaire. The result showed that, the use of computer-aided reading activities foster students’ autonomous learning in reading. It can be proven from the students’ participation in the classroom. They tend to comment, post or share links, post images, ask question and answer their friends’ question during the learning process in the classroom.