PENERAPAN STRATEGI HUBUNGAN PERTANYAAN DAN JAWABAN (QAR) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PEMAHAMAN MEMBACA SISWA KELAS XI SMA NEGERI 1 SINDUE

Widya Alvionita, 2025. “The Implementation of Question and Answer Relationship Strategy (QAR) To Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension of Eleventh Grade of SMA Negeri 1 Sindue”, skripsi. English Education Study Program. Language and Art Education Department. Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Tadulako University. Under the supervision of Dr. Syahrul Munir, M.Hum., and Afrillia Anggreni, M.Pd.

Reading comprehension still became a problematic competence for some EFL students at the High School level. Many scholars have implemented various cognitive reading strategies. Thus, the objective of this research is to explore whether or not the implementation of the Question-and-Answer Relationship Strategy (QAR) can boost students’ reading comprehension in the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Sindue. Narrative text in terms of local folklore was focused on this research and limited to the literal and inferential levels of understanding. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. The researchers applied a random sampling technique and selected XI G as an experimental class with 22 students and XI C as a control class with 22 students. Then, tests were used as research instruments, which consisted of a pretest and a post-test. Furthermore, the researchers used SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 29.0.2.0 to analyse the data. The data prove that the mean score of the experimental class was higher than the mean score of the control class. In addition, the result of sig. (2-tailed) is lower than 0.05. Therefore, it can be indicated that the hypothesis is accepted. Thus, this research concludes that the Question and Answer Relationship Strategy can effectively enhance the students’ reading comprehension in the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Sindue.

Keywords: Inferential, Literal, Narrative Text, Reading Comprehension, Question and Answer Relationship Strategy (QAR)