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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PREVIEW, QUESTION, READ, STATE, AND TEST (PQRST) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT CRITICAL READING SKILLS AT TENTH GRADE OF SMK NEGERI 2 TARAKAN

IDUL LESTARI

2025•

Critical reading is the ability to analyze, evaluate, and interpret a text by questioning the evidence, arguments, and underlying the assumptions. Thus, in teaching critical reading skills, the interesting learning media such as the PQRST strategy are needed. This study aimed to analyze the significant effect of the Preview, Question, Read, State, and Test (PQRST) strategy in improving the critical reading skills of grade X students of SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan. This study used an experimental method with a group pretest-posttest design. The research sample consisted of 25 students of class X TAB 2 who were selected using the cluster random sampling technique. The research instrument was in the form of a multiple-choice test consisting of 25 questions that measured the students' critical reading skills before and after the implementation of the PQRST strategy. The data was analyzed using the Wilcoxon test with the help of SPSS version 30 program. The results of the study showed a significant improvement in students critical reading skills after the implementation of the PQRST strategy. At the pretest stage, the results of data analysis showed that the average pretest score was 50.72, while the average posttest score was 78.56. This showed an increase in the average score of 54.90%. The results of the Wilcoxon test showed a value of p≤0.001 which was less than 0.05, meaning that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. It showed that there was a significant difference between the results of the pretest and the posttest. Therefore, it can be concluded that the teaching English of news texts using the PQRST strategy was effective in improving the critical reading skills of grade X students at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan.

PQRST StrategyCritical Reading News Text

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IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH P-Q-R-S-T STRATEGY AT ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 2 TARAKAN

SHERLY PEBRIANI BID

2024•

The purpose of the research was to improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative text through the Preview-Question-Read-Summarize-Test (PQRST) strategy. The research method used was classroom action research. The subjects of this research were students of class XI B SMA Negeri 2 Tarakan in the 2023/2024 academic year which consists of 36 students. There were two cycles in this research. Each cycle consists of two meetings which include planning, action, observation, and reflection. The instruments used to collect data are tests and observations. In the first cycle, there were 24 students who reached the Learning Objective Achievement Criteria (KKTP) with a percentage of (67%) and 12 students (33%) had not yet reached KKTP. In the second cycle, there were 30 students (84%) who had achieved KKTP and there were 6 students (16%) who did not achieve KKTP. The observation results of teacher and students also improved. The results of teacher observation in the first cycle obtained an average score of 77.5% and increased to 87.5% in the second cycle. It is concluded that the use of the PQRST strategy can enhance students’ reading comprehension of narrative text in class XI B SMA Negeri 2 Tarakan during the 2023/2024 academic year. The results of the research suggest that teachers may consider employing the PQRST strategy in teaching, especially teaching reading comprehension.

Classroom Action ResearchReading ComprehensionPQRST

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