TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH PQRST TECHNIQUE BASED ON WHOLE LANGUAGE APPROACH
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Abstract: Teaching reading is challenging for teacher because not all students can comprehend what they have read. This research is intended to answer the problem about how does PQRST technique based on Whole Language Approach improve students’ reading comprehension on descriptive text about animal. This research is classroom action research. Whole Language approach is a philosophy which focused on making meaning in reading. Then, the technique used to improve the students reading comprehension on finding out the detail information and understanding language feature on descriptive text was PQRST technique. This technique guided the students to comprehend the information of descriptive text about animal. The result of this research showed that the students reading comprehension on descriptive text improved after applied the PQRST technique. With this activity, students had more practice in reading. Besides, during the reading process students were active in asked and answered questions, this technique also guide students to summarize the information of the passage. Consequently, the technique successfully improved the students’ achievement in reading comprehension of descriptive text.
Key words: Reading Comprehension, PQRST Technique, Whole Language Approach.
Abstrak: Mengajar membaca adalah sesuatu yang menantang untuk guru karena tidak semua siswa dapat memahami apa yang mereka baca. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjawab permasalahan bagaimana teknik PQRST berdasarkan pedekatan whole language meningkatkan pemahaman siswa dalam membaca teks deskripsi tentang hewan. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas. Pendekatan Whole Language adalah sebuah pandangan yang menekankan pada pemahaman makna bacaaan. Kemudian, teknik yang digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca dalam menemukan informasi terperinci dan memahami tata bahasa dalam bacaan deskripsi adalah teknik PQRST. Dengan teknik ini siswa dilatih untuk memahami isi bacaan deskripsi tentang hewan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan peningkatan pemahaman membaca bacaan deskripsi siswa setelah penerapan teknik PQRST. Melalui aktivitas ini siswa berlatih memahami bacaan, mengajukan dan menjawab pertanyaan, siswa juga dituntun untuk meringkas informasi dari bacaan. Hasilnya, kemampuan siswa memahami bacaan deskripsi juga meningkat.
Kata Kunci: Pemahaman Membaca, Pendekatan Whole Language, Teknik PQRST.
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PDFDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/jppk.v3i9.7044
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