THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING QUESTION ANSWER RELATIONSHIP (QAR) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 31 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

The objective of the study are to know students’ reading  ability after being taught using Question Answer Relationship strategy and find out whether using Question Answer Relationship strategy is effective or not to improve the students’ reading comprehension ability of the seventh grade of SMPN 31 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013. The result of this research shows that using Question Answer Relationship is effective to improve the students’ reading comprehension ability. It proved that the result of t-value is 4.88 which is higher than t-table 2.00 (4.88>2.00). The result of pre-test before the researcher gave treatment is 65.97 and the result post-test after the researcher gave treatment is 73.22. It shows that the Hypothesis of research (Ha) is accepted.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Question Answer Relationship, Reading Comprehension Ability.