THE EFFECT OF USING QUESTION, REDUCE, READ, AND REVIEW STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSIONAT STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 14 MANDAU

Abstrak / Ringkasan

Based on the researcher’s preliminary observation and information from
the English teacher at State Junior High School 14 Mandau, it was found that
some of the first year students had problems in reading comprehension, especially
in narrative text. They could not reach the passing grade (KKM). The purpose of
this research to determine whether there is influence in using Question, Reduce,
Read, and Review strategy on reading comprehension of narrative text. Type of
the research is Pre-Experiment. The sample class was VIII A as experimental
class. In this research, the writer used a pretest and posttest to collect data. Then,
writer used the formula of paired sample t-test by using SPSS 16 for data analysis.
After analyzing the data by using SPSS computer program, it was found that
tobtained was 8.664, which was greater than ttable at 5% (2.12) and 1% (2.92) level of
significance. It can be concluded that 2.12 < 8.664 > 2.92. It means that null
hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted.
In conclusion, there is significant effect of using question, reduce, read, and
review strategy to improve students’ reading comprehension on narrative text of
the second grade students at State Junior High School 14 Mandau.

Keyword: Reading Comprehension, Question, Reduce, Read, and Review
Strategy.

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