A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF USING PQ4R AND ETR STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT SMP PLUS TERPADU PEKANBARU

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the comparison of Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite and Review (PQ4R) and Experience-Text-Relationship (ETR) strategies on Students’ Reading Comprehension. The research design was quasi-experimental by comparing two strategies, and two experimental groups with pre-test and post-test design. This research involves 64 participants which consisted of 32 students from experimental group 1 and experimental group 2 at SMP Plus Terpadu Pekanbaru. There were 3 research questions with 3 hypothesis proposed in this research in order to identify the significant difference between the effect of using PQ4R and ETR Strategies on students’ reading comprehension. Pre-test and post-test were administered in this study to two experimental groups. Independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test were used to analyzed the data. he research finding indicated that there was no significant difference of post-test mean score between an experimental group 1 which was taught by using PQ4R and ETR Strategies on students’ reading comprehension. The contribution of PQ4R strategy to improve students’ reading comprehension was 83% while ETR strategy was 85%. Finally, it can be concluded that both PQ4R and ETR Strategies can be implemented in improving Students’ Reading Comprehension at SMP Plus Terpadu Pekanbaru

Keyword: Reading Comprehension, PQ4R Strategy, ETR Strategy.