ABSTRACT
This study aimed to help improve third grade students' reading comprehension through the Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) strategy. It helped to determine the effectiveness of the use of PWIM strategy and found answers if there is a significant difference in the results of the students' first and second cycle reading comprehension test before and after applying the PWIM strategy to the student reading worksheet. A descriptive method was used in which data were collected using the adapted and validated Phil-IRI reading passages. The researcher modelled the passages using the picture word inductive model strategy with pictures on the pupils' worksheets in the second cycle test. The frequency and the percentage were used to evaluate the reading comprehension in the first and second cycle tests of the respondents. To determine the significant difference between the test results of the first cycle and the second cycle, the T-test was used. In the general result of the scores of the first and second cycle test of pupils, it was found out that there is a significant difference between the first and second cycle reading comprehension test of third grade students using Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) Strategy. The researcher observed that using the PWIM strategy gives students enthusiasm and helps them become familiar with the images and gives them the confidence to answer their worksheet independently. Therefore, the researcher concludes that this strategy helps students to understand the passage they have read and leads them to become familiar with things through the representation of images used.
Teachers should use this type of strategy to help students understand the text and passage they are reading with enthusiasm and help them expand their vocabulary.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Picture Word Inductive Model, Reading Passages, Descriptive Method, Phil-IRI
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