MARLIANI. 2026. The Use of Meta AI WhatsApp in Enhancing Reading Comprehension of Tenth Grade Students at SMAN 4 Palopo. (supervised by Andi Mangnguntungi S & Reski Yusrini Islamiah Y ).
The objective of this research is to examine whether the use of Meta AI WhatsApp is effective in enhancing students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts at SMAN 4 Palopo. This research applied a mixed-methods approach with utilizing a pre-experimental design in the quantitative phase to investigate whether the use of Meta AI WhatsApp has a significant effect on students’ reading development, focusing on orientation, complication, and resolution. The sample was obtained using a purposive sampling technique, resulting in one class with 14 students in the group. The findings of this research indicate that the use of Meta AI WhatsApp successfully enhanced students’ reading comprehension. This is shown by the increase in students’ mean scores from 33.21 in the pre-test to 80.21 in the post-test, with a mean Normalized Gain (N-Gain) score of 0.7034, which falls under the highly effective criterion. The significance value from the paired sample test was 0.000 < 0.05, which means that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test results after the treatment. Additionally, qualitative findings from the open-ended questionnaire supported these results, indicating highly positive student perceptions as the integration of Meta AI successfully lowered their affective filters and provided a safe, private learning environment. Therefore, the research hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It can be concluded that Meta AI WhatsApp is an effective medium for enhancing students’ reading comprehension of narrative text in the tenth grade of SMAN 4 Palopo.