IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION USING PQ4R TECHNIQUE

Abstract

This aim of this research is to investigate the use of PQ4R method whether can improve the students' reading comprehension in explanation text in Forward English Course Medan. The research sample consisted of (30) male students and female students in class VII. This research used experimental research; with its design is only one-group pre-test and post-test design. The Results of This research is the students’ reading comprehension in explanation text has Improved significantly by using PQ4R method The research findings can be proved that the students mean score in pre-test is 5.30 while the mean score in post-test is 14.35. Thus improvement can be calculated by the result of that tcount is 15.15 was more than ttable is 1.697. It means that the hypothesis of this research is tenable;it namely PQ4R Method had large effect on students’ reading comprehension of explanation text or it proved there was a difference of students’ comprehension of explanation text.