Application of the "Intelligent Guessing" Method to Optimize the Ability to Read English of State Junior High School in Tuban, East Java, Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to improve students' ability to understand English discourse through effective interpretation of word meanings where students do not need to continually open dictionaries but by using analysis through interpretation of basic sentences in English. The method used in this study is by comparison. Data were collected through questionnaires, observations, interviews, and student progress sheets. The results of this study indicate that the intelligent guessing method can increase the percentage of student's mastery of English vocabulary by 17%. So this method makes it easier for students to understand English discourse.