IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY THROUGH P-Q-R-S-T STRATEGY AT SMKI ASSYA’RONIYYAH

Nikmatul Khoiriah, Ujang Suparman, Flora Nainggolan

Abstract


Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan pada kemampuan siswa dalam pemahaman membaca setelah belajar  menggunakan strategi PQRST. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Sasaran penelitian ini adalah 23 siswa tingkat kedua SMKI Assya’roniyyah Mataram Baru, Lampung Timur. Tes membaca, observasi dan wawancara digunakan sebagai alat untuk pengambilan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan pada kemampuan pemahaman membaca siswa setelah implementasi strategi PQRST. Dapat disarankan bahwa pengajaran membaca menggunakan strategi PQRST dapat membantu siswa untuk menemukan infromasi pada teks dengan mudah.

 

The aims of this study was to find out whether there was an improvement of students’ reading comprehension ability after the students were taught through PQRST strategy. This research was quantitative. The subjects were 23 students of the second grade of SMKI Assya’roniyyah Mataram Baru, East Lampung. Reading tests, observation, and an interview were used as the research instruments. The result of the research showed that there was an increase of students’ reading comprehension ability after the implementation of PQRST strategy. This suggests that reading through PQRST strategy facilitates the students to find information the text easily. 

Keywords: Reading, Reading Comprehension, PQRST Strategy.


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