IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION SKILL THROUGH QTB STRATEGY

 Abstract

The paper reports the research “Improving Reading Comprehension Skill through QTB Strategy.” It aimed at discovering the effectiveness of reading comprehension instruction, the use of reading comprehension strategies, and the improvement of reading comprehension skill.

The research was conducted through the Class Action Research (CAR) method in two cycles, each going with three phases: plan, act and observe, and reflect. It was given to the twelfth graders of Science Program 2 in SMA Negeri 1 Babakan Kabupten Cirebon. The data were collected from the subjects through structured observation, questionnaire, and written reading comprehension test. The first was instrumented with checklist formats to record the data of instructional plan, teaching performance, and learning performance. The second was to record the data of students’ knowledge and application of reading strategies. And the third was to record the data of students’ reading comprehension skills. The data were then analyzed through descriptive statistical formulas, from coding, to scoring, and to grading. 

The analyses of them led to the results, that, by QTB Strategy the instruction was effective, and from cycle one to cycle two the effectiveness improved; that the students were aware of and used the strategies when they were reading, and it improved in every cycle; and that the students improved in skill, and it occurred from pre treatment to the treatment of cycle one, and to the one of cycle two. In conclusion, the QTB Strategy could improve the effectiveness of reading comprehension instruction, the students’ knowledge and application of reading comprehension strategies, and the students’ reading comprehension skill.

IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION SKILL THROUGH QTB STRATEGY