IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH QUESTION-GENERATION STRATEGY AT THE GRADE-EIGHTH STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 PALU
| Main Author: | Shella, Grace |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Tadulako
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://jurnal.untad.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/ELTS/article/view/11498 http://jurnal.untad.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/ELTS/article/view/11498/8834 |
Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this research is to find outwhether the use ofquestion-generationstrategycan improvestudents’ reading comprehension at the grade-eighth students ofSMP Negeri 2 Palu or not. The study applied quasi-experimental research design.The samples wereVIIIB and VIIIC which was drawn by applying purposivesampling technique.Where VIIIB was chosen ascontrol group,andVIIICasexperimental group. Test was the main instrument to collectdata.The mean score of the pre-test of the experimental group is 61.8 and the controlgroup is 68.4. The mean score of the post-test of experimental group is 77.6 and thecontrol group is 69.8. Based on the result of the pre-test and the post-test, it is foundout that the t-counted value is 6.00. By applying the degree of freedom (df) 60 andthe 0.05 significant level, it is found out that the value of t-table is 1.671. It isproved that the value of t-counted (6.00) is higher than t-table (1.671). It means thatthe hypothesis is accepted. In other words, the use of question-generation strategy iseffective to improve students’ reading comprehension at the grade-eighth studentsof SMP Negeri 2 Palu.Keywords:Question-Generation Strategy; Reading Comprehension; LiteralComprehension