IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH QUESTION AND ANSWER RELATIONSHIP (QAR) AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 16 BANDAR LAMPUNG in 2021/2022
Keywords:
Reading, Question And Answer Relationship (QAR)Abstract
The purpose of this research was to know and describe To find out whether the Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy can improve students' reading comprehension. The method used in this research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subject of the research is the students in the first semester of the tenth grade of SMAN 16 Bandar Lampung. Based on the result of the students’ reading test It could be proved from the mean score of students in reading test before applying Question Answer Relationship Strategy was 58.03. The class percentages which passed the Minimum Mastery Criterion was 0 %. It means that there were no one students who passed the Minimum Mastery Criterion and there were 28 students failed of the target. Furthermore, the mean score in the reading test of cycle 1 was 78.25. It meant that there was some students’ score improvement from the previous test was 1.13. Meanwhile, the class percentages which passed the Minimum Mastery Criterion in reading test of cycle 1 were 35.71 %. While the mean score in the reading test of the second cycle was 78.83, it showed the students’ improvement score was 4.17 %. Meanwhile, the class percentages which passed the Minimum Mastery Criterion were 46.43 %. This class percentage showed the improvement from the pre-cycle to the second cycle was 82.14% in the class percentage. The reading test of cycle 2 had fulfilled the target of Minimum Mastery Criterion by using Question Answer Relationship Strategy; it was above 75% of the students can pass the Minimum Mastery Criterion.
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