ETERNAL: English Teaching Journal
Vol 10, No 1 (2019): February

The Uses of PQ4R and SSR Strategies in EFL Reading Classroom

Merie Agustiani (Baturaja University, South Sumatra)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Jul 2019

Abstract

Abstract. This paper reports an experimental study which investigated the use of Preview, Question,Read, Reflect, Recite, Review (PQ4R) strategy and Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) strategy to the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 OKU. Two classes consisted of 30 students in each class were choosen randomly and assigned as PQ4R group and SSR group. Reading comprehension test that consisted of 35 multiple choice questions was used to collect the data. Meanwhle, t-test was used to find out the significant results of the two strategies and stepwise regression was used to find out what aspect of reading comprehension that mostly contributed on  students’ achievement. Findings of this study showed that there were significant different achievement of the students after the interventions using PQ4R and SSR strategies which means that the two strategies were proved significantly effective to improve the students’ reading comprehension achievement, but the independent t-test result showed that SSR strategy gave more significant improvement toward students’ reading comprehension achievement

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eternal

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) is published twice a year in the month of February and August ISSN 2086-5473 (Print) and ISSN 2614-1639(Online). It presents articles on English language teaching and learnings, literature and research. The contents include analysis studies, application of ...