THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SABELS IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

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This article is about the implementation of SABELS in teaching reading comprehension. A qualitative research was
conducted to a class X of SMK Panca Budi Perdagangan in order to find out the process of teaching and learning by using
SABELS and its hindering factors. The data was collected by observing the teaching and learning process for three
sessions. It is found that: 1) students became more critical in posing questions, 2) students were actively involved in
discussion, 3) students were encouraged to be more confident in expressing ideas to classmates. Some obstacles found in
the implementation are: 1) there is no in-focus in the classroom to be used to show audio-visual media to students, 2) it
was hard to access internet during class since very few of them had smartphone, and 2) not all students had equal chance
in communicating ideas due to very limited time. In conclusion, SABELS is recommended to teachers who want to
enhance students‟ higher order thinking skills.