THE EFFECT OF USING SQ3R STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GRADE XI STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 2 TANGGUL

Abstract

This research was an experimental research. This research was intended to investigate whether or not there was a significant effect of using SQ3R Strategy on reading comprehension achievement on the grade XI students at SMA Negeri 2 Tanggul in the 2012/2013 academic year. The research participants were the eleventh class students who were determined purposively by consulting to the eleven grade English teacher. The area of this research which was SMA Negeri 2 Tanggul that was chosen purposively because the use of SQ3R Strategy had never been applied in teaching learning process reading comprehension in this school. The eleven grade of the SMA Negeri 2 Tanggul was homogeneous so the researcher did the lottery to choose the experimental group and the control group. Then, the result of the lottery was XI IPA 3 as the experimental group and XI IPA 4 as the control group. Both classes were taught by the teacher two times. The teacher here was the researcher. The activity in both classes had different treatment. The experimental class which XI IPA 3 taught by using SQ3R Strategy in teaching reading comprehension. In the other hand, the control group which XI IPA 4 taught by using Question-Answer strategy. Meanwhile, the researcher did try out in a different class which was not both experimental group and control group in order to know the reliability of the post test. After conducting the activity in both classes; the experimental and the control group; the researcher administered post test. Therefore, the post test result called as a primary data and the supporting were documentation and interview. The primary data of this research were collected from the students’ post test score of reading comprehension. Otherwise, documentation and interview with the English teacher were used to get the supporting data. The primary data were analyzed by using t-test sampling formula with 5% significant level. The results of statistical computation in reading comprehension achievement indicated that the statistical value of t-test was higher than t-table (3.41 > 2.00), and the degree of freedom (Df) was 73. It meant that the null hypothesis was rejected, while the alternate hypothesis was accepted. Then, the result of Degree of Relative Effectiveness (DRE) was 9%. It meant that the degree of relative effectiveness of using SQ3R Strategy in teaching reading comprehension was 9% more effective than teaching reading without SQ3R Strategy. In conclusion, there was a significant effect of using SQ3R Strategy on reading comprehension achievement on the grade XI students at SMA Negeri 2 Tanggul in the 2012/2013 academic year.