| dc.description.abstract | Reading is one of the language skills that is very important in foreign
language learning. In order to teach students to read the reading text, there is a need
for the English teacher to select the appropriate strategy which helps the students
easier in comprehending the English texts. One of the ways that can be used by the
teacher in teaching reading comprehension is SQ3R strategy. The SQ3R strategy is a
five-process for effective academic reading to help the students in comprehending the
texts. This strategy can help the students easier to comprehend the topic and
information in reading the English texts. The researcher used SQ3R as strategy of
teaching and learning process, especially in teaching reading comprehension and this
strategy worked well for the students in this research.
This research was an experimental research. The purpose of this research was
to know whether or not there was an effect of using SQ3R strategy on the eighth
grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMPN 2 Arjasa Situbondo.
The area of this research was SMPN 2 Arjasa Situbondo. The school was
chosen because the English teacher had never applied SQ3R strategy in English
teaching learning activity with the form of recount text, especially in teaching reading
comprehension. There was also no previous researchers had been conducted in this
school related to the use of SQ3R strategy in teaching reading comprehension.
The respondents of this research were VIII A as the experimental group and
VIII B as the control group for each group 3 times in teaching activities (meeting 1,
meeting 2, and test). Those classes were chosen by cluster random sampling by
lottery. The experimental group consisted of 25 students who were taught by using SQ3R strategy in reading comprehension. The control group consisted of 26 students
who were taught by using Question-Answer that was usually used by the English
teacher in reading comprehension.
The primary data of this research were collected from students’ scores of
reading comprehension test (post test). The primary data was analyzed statistically by
using t-test formula. The result of the data analysis in this research proved that using
SQ3R Strategy significantly affected the students’ reading comprehension
achievement at SMP Negeri 2 Arjasa Situbondo. It could be seen from the result of ttest
analysis on the students’ scores of reading comprehension achievement test
scores that statistically the value of the t-test was higher than the value of t-table with
significant level of 5% (2.77 > 2.01). It indicated that the result of t-test analysis was
significant. From the post test scores, it could be seen that the experimental group
who was taught reading comprehension by using SQ3R Strategy there was an effect
compared to the achievement of the control group who was taught reading
comprehension by using Question-Answer Strategy.
In conclusion, using SQ3R strategy is one of the effective strategy that has a
significant effect on reading comprehension achievement for the students. Based on
the result of the research, it is recommended to use the SQ3R strategy as an
alternative strategy of teaching English especially reading comprehension to make the
students to become more effective readers. | en_US |
