Abstract:
The aim of this research was to know whether SQ3R strategy can
improve students’ reading comprehension of expository text at the
second year students of SMAN 10 Pekanbaru. Expository/Exposition
text is a piece of writing that tries to convince the readers to agree
with the author’s viewpoint by analyzing a certain issue within the text.
Communicative purposes of this text are to persuade the readers by
presenting arguments and analyzing how and why arguments given.
The researcher was helped by a collaborator in conducting this
research. The researcher used reading test to see the improvement of
students’ reading comprehension on each cycle, while observation
sheets and field notes was used to reflect teacher and students
activities. The research started from March 12, until May 13, 2013. At
the beginning of cycle 1 the average score of the students’ reading
comprehension was 46.67. At the end of cycle 1, it improved to 57.26,
at the end of cycle 2 it improved to 75.24, and at the end of cycle 3 it
improved to 79.88. The factors of SQ3R strategy that influence the
students’ reading comprehension are: (1) activation of background
knowledge; (2) making inference; (3) having rich experience. Based on
research finding, it was concluded that SQ3R strategy can improve
students’ reading comprehension at the second year students’ of
SMAN 10 Pekanbaru.
