A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN TEACHING READING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING PQ4R (PREVIEW, QUESTION, READ, REFLECT, RECITE, REVIEW) AND KWL (KNOW – WANT – LEARN) STRATEGY AT SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 SUMBERGEMPOL TULUNGAGUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

ABSTRACT
Pratiwi, Malita Dani. Registered Number Student. 2813123102. A Comparative Study in Teaching Reading Narrative Text by Using PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, Review) and KWL (Know – Want – Learn) Strategy at Second Year Students of SMPN 1 Sumbergempol Tulungagung in the Academic Year 2015/2016. Thesis. English Education Department. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Tulungagung. Advisor: Nanik Sri Rahayu M.Pd.
Keywords: PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite and Review) strategy, KWL (Know – Want – Learnt) strategy, reading comprehension, narrative text
	Reading is one of the important skills in English that has to be mastered. Reading becomes a major upon teaching and learning process and important tool for academic success. Reading skill must be owned by the students in order to they can achieve successful in their academic process. It is due to most of teaching and learning material in written form. Therefore, the students have to improve their reading ability in comprehending the text. To improve the students’ ability in comprehending the text there are some strategies that can be used by the teacher. In this study, two of the strategies used in teaching reading are PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite and Review) and KWL (Know – Want – Learnt) and then the result of two strategies above will be compared.
	The formulation of research problem was : 1) Which one is more effective between Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, Review (PQ4R) or Know- Want- Learn (KWL) in teaching reading to improve the students achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text?

The purpose of this study was to know Which one is more effective between Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, Review (PQ4R) or Know- Want- Learn (KWL) in teaching reading to improve the students achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text.

Research method: 1) the research design in this study was comparative design with quantitative approach, 2)The population of this study was all students of second year at SMPN 1 Sumbergempol Tulungagung, 3) The sample were VIII A class consists of 30 students and VIII D class consists of 30 class, 4) the research instrument was test, 5) the data analysis was using T test.

The result showed that the students’ mean score taught by using PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite and Review) was 83,16 while, the students’ mean score taught using KWL (Know – Want – Learnt) was 78,33. The tcount was 2,413. It was higher than ttable at 5% significant level. In the 5% level, the value was 2,000. It can be seen that 2,413 2,000. It means that Ho is rejected, so there were significant different score between those taught by using PQ4R and KWL strategy. In other word, by comparing the means it can be concluded that PQ4R strategy is more effective than KWL strategy in teaching reading narrative text at second year students of SMPN 1 Sumbergempol Tulungagung in the academic year 2015/2016.

Topic: Educational Methods and Media Use
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences