THE METACOGNITION OF THE FOURTH-SEMESTER STUDENTS OF STAIN MALIKUSSALEH LHOKSEUMAWE IN READING COMPREHENSION

This research deals with metacognition phenomena in reading comprehension. The objectives of the research were to describe metacognitive processes occuring in reading comprehension by the fourth-semester students of STAIN Malikussaleh Lhokseumawe, and to find out the reason why the metacognitive process occur in that way. To achieve the objectives, this research was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative design. The subject of this research was the university students of STAIN Malikussaleh Lhokseumawe in the fourth semester. The data was collected from the think aloud protocol and retrospective interview. The data collected was analyzed by applying Miles and Hubermans model. The findings show that the students comprehend the text by using their metacognition into some aspects of metacognition. They are (1) metacognitive knowledge of person knowing about himself; (2) metacognitive knowledge of person knowing about the world; and (3) metacognitive experience of monitoring, all of that appeared when the students read the text naturally. The 3 types of metacognition as formerly described took place in ways which are different from the ways the related theory state. Finally, it is suggested that the teachers or lecturers show models of how to apply all the aspects of metacognition and provide enough practices of using these aspects.