The Effect of Applying PQRST (PreviewQuestion-Read-Summarize-Test) Techniques on the Students’ Reading Achievement in Descriptive text

Abstract

The objective of the research were to find out the significant effect of applying PQRST (Preview-Question-Read-Summarize-Test) which was focused on reading Achievement especially in descriptive text. The research design in this research was quantitative experimental research. This research was conducted at SMA Harapan Mekar Medan in academic years 2017/2018. The population of this research in the tenth grade students which consist of two classes namely: class X IPA and X IPS. The total number of population and sample were 63 students, consisted of two classes. They are X IPA and X IPS.The technique of sample used total sampling to determine the experimental and control group. The sample were devided into two groups, the first group X IPA which consists of 33 students was experimental group which was given treatment by applying PQRST (PreviewQuestion-Read-Summarize-Test)

Techniques and second group X IPS which consist of 30 students was control group which was given treatment by applying Grammar Translation Method. The experimental research method was given multiple choice test as the instrument. Each group was given a treatment, pre-test and post-test. The t-test was 16.72 and the t-table was 1.67 which was used 0.05 as the significant level of this research. Because the t-test value is higher than ttable (16.72 >1.67), it show that the result in t-test was accepted (Ha). Based on

the result of this research, it can be concluded that there was significant effect of

applying

PQRST (Preview-Question-Read-Summarize-Test) Techniques on the Students’ Reading Achievement in Descriptive text. After analyzing the data, the result that the students’ who were taught by applying PQRST (Preview-QuestionRead-Summarize-Test)

techniques got better achievement than those taught by applying Grammar translation method because applying PQRST (PreviewQuestion-Read-Summarize-Test)

(16.72) more the higher than by applying Grammar translation method (13.25)