TY - GEN CY - FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION ID - eprints27581 UR - http://digilib.unila.ac.id/27581/ A1 - Nikmatul Khoiriah, 1313042056 Y1 - 2017/07/19/ N2 - The aims of this research were (1) to find out whether there was an improvement of students? reading comprehension ability after being taught using PQRST strategy, (2) to find the aspects of reading that improve the most after being taught through PQRST strategy. This research was conducted on the second grade of SMKI Assya?roniyyah Mataram Baru. The sample of this research was one class, XI-A which consisted of 23 students. One group pretest and posttest was used as the design of the research. The instruments of this research were reading test (pretest and post test), observation and interview. Pretest and posttest were used to see the difference of students reading comprehension achievement before and after being taught through PQRST strategy. The observation was used to investigate the students? reaction and participation in teaching learning process. The interview was administered in the end of research to know the students? responses after being taught by using PQRST strategy. The data were analyzed using paired sample t-test and the hypothesis was tested using SPSS version 16. The result showed that there was an improvement of students? reading comprehension ability after being taught through PQRST strategy. It was proven by the result of mean score from pretest (44.17) increased to (63.59) in the posttest at the significance level (p<0.05). In addition, finding details information was the reading aspect that improved the most. Based on observation and interview, the implementation of PQRST strategy in teaching reading could help the students to comprehend the material well. This suggests that PQRST strategy facilitates the students to improve reading comprehension. PB - UNIVERSITY LAMPUNG TI - THE IMPLEMENTATION OF P-Q-R-S-T STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS? READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AT SMKI ASSYA?RONIYYAH MATARAM BARU AV - restricted ER -