IMPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH SQ3R TECHNIQUE IN MTs N 1 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

Aprilia, Anggita (2018) IMPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH SQ3R TECHNIQUE IN MTs N 1 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

This research about improving students’ reading comprehension by SQ3R technique at the eighth grade of MTs N 1 Bandar Lampung. It was focused on students’ reading and use of SQ3R technique. The objective of this research is to find out whether there is any improvement of students’ reading comprehension after being taught by SQ3R technique (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review). In this research, the researcher used classroom action research as research design that was held in two cycles. The subject of the research was the students of VIII-KK (special class) which consist of 30 students of the eighth grade of MTs N 1 Bandar Lampung at the second semester. In this research, the instruments are reading test and observation sheet.The improvement of students’ reading is analyzed by comparing of score from each cycle and percentage of high score. The actions implemented in this research were applying the SQ3R technique in reading activity to improve students’ reading comprehension. There were some steps in applying the SQ3R technique, they are; surveying, questioning, reading, reciting and reviewing.In this research is there is improvement of students’ reading in the learning product after being taught by SQ3R technique. The students’ reading improved students in first cycle to students in second cycle. Because,in second cycle, the researcher tried to modified based on the weaknesses found in first cycle. So, for second cycle the students were asked to recite the text using their own words in front of the class.The text used in the teaching and learning process of reading was about recount text. Every cycle consisted of some steps, those wereplanning, action, observation and reflection. The result shows that the implementation of the SQ3R technique in this study is succesful to improve the students’ reading comprehension. The indicators of the success of the implementation were that: 1) effectiveness of teaching learning, 2) student involvement in teaching, 3) improvement of students ability and comprehension of lesson. For reading the standard goal is 73. Therefore, the researcher determine that if 80% of students got score 75 it assume that using SQ3R tecnique in teaching learning improved students’ reading comprehension.Looking at the scores, it was found that the students’ reading comprehension is improved from 43.3% of students passed in first cycle to 83.3% of students passed in second cycle. It means that SQ3R technique is good technique in teaching learning process especially in teaching reading.

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