Meri Gusti Ayu (2012) THE EFFECT OF USING QUESTIONING THE AUTHOR (QtA) APPROACH TOWARD STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 TAMBANG OF KAMPAR REGENCY. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau.

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Abstract

The main focus of the research is to find out whether there is a significant effect of using Questioning the Author (QtA) Approach toward Students’ Ability in Reading Comprehension at the Junior High School 1 Tambang or not. In the research, the type of the research was quasi-experimental research. The researcher used nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design. The researcher used two classes as sample which a consisted of 50 students. The first class was experimental group and the second was control group. Experimental class was taught by using Questioning the Author (QtA) Approach and control class was taught by using conventional strategy. The technique of data collecting was observation and test. Observation was used in order to collect the data of using Questioning the Author (QtA) Approach and the test was used in order to collect the data of students’ ability in reading comprehension at Junior High School 1 Tambang. The technique of data analysis used T-test formula in order to find out the difference of students’ mean score between experimental class and control class by using SPSS 16 version. The students’ score was compared with T-table which considered with degree of freedom (df). Based on the data analysis, the researcher concluded that there was a significant effect of using Questioning the Author (QtA) Approach towards students’ ability in reading comprehension at Junior High School 1 Tambang with consideration to = 12.000 is higher than T-table either in significant 5 %; = 2.01 or in significant 1 % = 2.68. It means that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. So, it can be concluded that there is significant difference between students’ reading comprehension taught by using Questioning the Author (QtA) Approach and control class taught by using conventional strategy at Junior High School 1 Tambang. In other words, there was a significant effect of using Questioning the Author (QtA) Approach toward Students’ Ability in Reading Comprehension at Junior High School 1 Tambang.

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