IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PREVIEW, QUESTION, READ, STATE AND TEST (PQRST) STRATEGY (A Classroom Action Research for the Second Grade Students of SMA Muhammadiyah (Plus) Salatiga in the Academic Year 2019/2020)

SAPUTRI, TRI APRILIYANI (2019) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PREVIEW, QUESTION, READ, STATE AND TEST (PQRST) STRATEGY (A Classroom Action Research for the Second Grade Students of SMA Muhammadiyah (Plus) Salatiga in the Academic Year 2019/2020). Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

The objectives of the study are: (1) to find out the implementation of PQRST strategy improves students’ reading comprehension for the second grade (2) to find out whether the use ofPQRST strategy improves students’ reading comprehension for the second grade or not. (3) to know the extent of the students’ reading comprehension after the use ofPQRST strategy for the second grade. The methodology of this research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). There were two cycles, each cycle contains four steps. They were planning, action, observing, and reflecting. The data collected through observation, pre-test, post-test, and documentation. The implementation of PQRST strategy to improve students’ reading comprehension was successful. It analyzed by using students’ observation sheet and average score of students from each cycle. The result of the research shows that the meanpre-test cycle I was 66.15 and post-test cycle I was 71.73. Meanwhile, the mean of pre-test cycle II was 73.26 and post-test cycle II was 85.26. The percentage of minimum passing grade cycle I was 42.11% and 47.37%. In cycle II, the percentage of minimum passing grade was 68.42% and 94.73%. The improvement in cycle I was 5.26% and cycle II was 26.31%. The result of t-test in cycle I (2.70) and cycle II (6.61) were higher than t-table (2.101). It means that there was significant improvement of students’ reading comprehension after use PQRST strategy.

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