Abstract

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.

Keywords: SQ3R, Reading comprehension, Novelty, Mental organization, Interaction, Learning process