The Effectiveness of Using Question Answer Relationship (QAR) Strategy in Teaching Reading Comprehension at the Eighth Grade of MTs Al- Ikhlas Tanuraksan Kebumen in Academic Years 2015/2016

Abstract

English is one of language important to communicate with others. English is included in Indonesian education from elementary school until university. As a part of language, reading must be taught in English classes of junior high school students compare with other skill; listening, speaking and writing.Teaching reading especially to improve reading comprehension can use many kinds of strategy applied by teacher. One of the teaching methods that can be used of reading is Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy. The objective of this research is to find out whether QAR strategy is effective or not to improve students’ reading comprehension.The researcher took 37 students as the sample. Then, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test. The researcher taught reading narrative text by using QARstrategy at the eighth grade of MTs Al-Ikhlas Tanuraksan Kebumen in the academic year 2015/2016. The researcher then statistically the data by using t-test polled variance. After analyzing the data, the researcher concludes that teaching narrative text using QAR strategy is effective to improve student’s reading comprehension. As a fact, the result of t-value is-7, 818. Based on the shows that t-value is higher than t-table that is -7, 818 > -2,03. Another fact shows that the mean score of posttest is higher than the mean score of pre-test before using QAR strategy in reading comprehension, that is (71,95 > 64, 27). Based on the result of this study the researcher suggests the teacher apply QAR strategy in teaching reading comprehension to get the higher students achievement.