The implementation of p-q-r-s-t strategy to improve students' reading comprehension ability at SMAN 3 Bandarlampung
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The objectives of this research were to investigate if there was an improvement on students’ reading comprehension and to find out students’ attitude toward the implementation of PQRST strategy for teaching reading comprehension. The samples of this research were 30 students of the first year students of SMAN 3 Bandar Lampung. The data were obtained through a pre-test and post-test in which the results were analyzed by using Paired Sample T-Test. The results of the research showed that there was a significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension since the t-value was 7.844 with the significance level of 0.00 and the students’ attitude toward the implementation of the strategy was positive. It can be concluded that PQRST strategy enables students to improve their reading comprehension and they have a positive attitude toward the use of the strategy for teaching reading.
Keywords: PQRST strategy, reading comprehension, students’ attitude
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