Students’ Reading Ability toward TOEIC Score

English Education Journal

The comprehension of reading texts and searching for information in texts requires methods in their implementation. One of the things that influences learning to read text is the information in the text and the student's reading method. Therefore, the most effective reading learning method is needed to be applied, and the learning method chosen is the SQ3R method. The purpose of this research is to see how the SQ3R approach influences students' understanding, knowledge, and interest in reading texts in class VIII SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Kebomas Gresik. The method used in this research is experimental research with a true-experimental design (pre- and post-test). The sample for this research is the class VIII students of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Kebomas Gresik. Data collection used reading text information learning assessments and reading information tests to determine whether they correctly understood the content and information of the text they read. Non-test data collection using obs...

https://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR_Vol.9_Issue.2_Feb2022/IJRR-Abstract046.html, 2022

The present study assessed and compared two different techniques for improving students reading achievement. Integrating SQ3R and Quiziz was compared to conventional SQ3R. Thirty one students of second grade SMA IT SMART INSANI participated in this study as experimental and control class. The instrument used in this study was reading test. The data of the research were collected through pre-test and post-test. The result showed that the integration of SQ3R and Quizizz in experimental class and conventional SQ3R in control class improved all the aspects of reading. The highest improve occurred in the aspects of identifying specific information and determining inference in experimental class and determining main idea aspect in control class. In general, the integration of SQ3R and Quizizz in experimental class gives better improvement in students reading achievement than conventional SQ3R. However, it was found that the significance level (2-tailed) was 0.126 higher than 0.05 that indicates there was no significant difference of students' reading achievement between experimental class and control class. Based on the result of the study, it can be concluded that the implementation of Integrating SQ3R and Quizizz was better than conventional SQ3R to improve students reading achievement. The use of integration SQ3R and Quizizz significantly promoted students reading achievement.

Linguistics and ELT Journal

this research aims to improve students reading comprehension by using SQ3R method. This research was a classroom action research and it was conducted in two cycle, each cycle consist of 3 meetings.

2017

Reading is one of the most important components of any language and it is an essential tool for long-life learning. The goal of reading is comprehension. In order to comprehend reading passage, students need to apply some methods to help them. This study aimed at improving students’ reading comprehension and motivation by using SQ3R method. SQ3R system has been used successfully for many years and the system has proven effective in increasing students’ retention. Student learning centres on a complex problem that does not have a single correct answer. Students work in collaborative groups to identify what they need to learn in order to improve their reading comprehension.. From the test, it was obtained that the lower score is 64 and the higher score is 88. The mean is 81.03. The data were obtained from the research by using SPSS. Overall, the results showed that students’ reading comprehension could be improved by using SQ3R method were identified.

Reading is one of the basic English skills which should be mastered by the students. This study was intended to explore the use of SQ3R technique to improve students`reading comprehension and to find out the students`perception toward the use of SQ3R technique. The method in this study is mixed method with Quan-qual model. The quantitative method used quasi-experimental design with control and experimental group. The population in this research used purposive sampling technique with the number of sample are 24 students as respondent; 12 students in control group and 12 students in experimental group. This study was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Saluputti from the eighth grade students in academic year 2016/2017. The instrument that the writer used are reading test and questionnaire and the data were analyzed through SPSS 20. The research findings shows that the implementation of SQ3R technique could improve the students' reading comprehension ability especially the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Saluputti and the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Saluputti have good perception towards the use of SQ3R technique. This research shows the improvement in students`reading comprehension, for that reason, it is recommended that the English teacher apply certain effective technique in teaching reading to enhance student`s comprehension.

Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature

TOEFL is a standardized test which measures the students’ skill and ability in English. This test is one of the requirements for English Department students before they take the theses examination. Hence, the students must be prepared well before taking the test in order they can get the standard score of TOEFL as has been required by English study program. During the pre-observation, it has been found that many students of English study program still have difficulty in having the TOEFL test that it finally gives impact on their TOEFL scores. For this reason, this research is conducted as an effort to analyze and get information about the students’ ability in TOEFL test, especially in the reading test. This research is analyzed qualitatively by taking the English Department students as the participants. The data are collected by using two instruments; observation and documentation, and it analyzes through some steps such as identifying the result of students’ test and analyzing them...

ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal), 2021

This research was motivated by low ability in English subject, reading comprehension in particular among students in Mechanical Engineering study program. Politeknik Harapan Bersama. Based on some related studies, SQ3R technique is as one of learning techniques that proved to enhance reading skills. This research was conducted with the assumption that the technique was able to improve reading comprehension. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of SQ3R technique on students' reading comprehension. The research presented 2 variables namely SQ3R technique (X) and reading comprehension (Y). Pre-Experimental method of One Group Pretest-Posttest Design was implemented with one class of Mechanical Engineering consisting 26 male and 1 female student involved during the study. Data were gained through cloze test and observation sheet. All data were then processed and analyzed quantitatively to determine the effect of the SQ3R technique on the students&#...

International Journal of Languages and Culture

Reading is considered as one of the Basic English skills which should be mastered by the students. This study was intended to explain the effectiveness of SQ3R method to improve students' reading comprehension. The method in this study is quantitative research design. The quantitative method used quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The population in this research used purposive sampling technique with the number of sample are 20 students participant. This study was conducted at Palompon Institute of Technology from the Third Year Bachelor of Elementary students in academic year 2019-2020. The following findings were revealed: The reading comprehension level of the students exposed to SQ3R method before and after the intervention as to; Literal Meaning remained "very high" while that of Inferential Meaning and Evaluative Meaning was "high to very high." There was a significant difference on the reading comprehension of the students exposed to the SQ3R strategy. The research shows the implementation of SQ3R method improved the students' reading comprehension ability.

Proceedings of the Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Environmental Science, Society, and Technology, WESTECH 2018, December 8th, 2018, Medan, Indonesia, 2019

The finding from the researcher’s observation at SMK Ibnusina Batam was that the student’s learning motivation and achievement in English reading comprehension were still at a low level. Based on the researcher’s assumption, it was due to uneffective instruction used by the teacher. Therefore, the researcher tried to apply SQ3R method learning to improve student’s learning motivation and achievement in English reading comprehension IT’s a department. This classroom action research was aimed to enhance student’s learning motivation and achievement in English reading comprehension IT’s a department. There were two cycles done in this research, and each cycle consisted of four steps; planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The researcher provided observation sheets, questionnaire, and test for data collecting. Based on the data analysis shown from cycle I to II, student’s learning motivation and achievement in English reading comprehension IT’s department were improved. The studen...

2013

Reading is one of four English skills that important to be learned by students. In fact, Students are having difficulties in acquiring reading skill; they cannot understand the information from the text they read. Preliminary research confirmed this condition. Thus, it is highly important to apply SQ3R method that would improve students' reading skill. The research was carried out at SMP N 17 Depok. The aim of the research is to find out whether SQ3R method improves students' ability in reading comprehension or not. The research design used in this research is Quasi Experimental Research by using test, to find out the significant difference between recent technique and SQ3R method through the score pre-test and post-test. The researcher chose One Group Pre-test Post-test Design as one of quasi research models. This experiment was conducted to only one group without any control group. The population is all of the students of eighth grade at SMPN 17 Depok. As the sample, the researcher just takes one class that was 8-3 class.. The results of analysis in the research showed that implementing SQ3R method in students' reading descriptive is success. SQ3R is helpful and effective, so it can be used as an alternative method in teaching reading based on the result of gained post-test students achievement at the eighth grade students