Review Of Related Literature
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The strategy of QAR, moreover, requires students to apply reading strategies: scanning and skimming, to answers Right
There and Think Search questions and stimulates students to think critically to what they read by answering questions of
Author and you and On Your Own. The questions of the last type encourage students to activate their prior knowledge and
schemata and employ their ideas or opinion to answer the questions.
Meanwhile, teaching students the QAR strategy requires more than just an awareness of the strategy and its‟
effectiveness, it requires that students receive a model of instruction that includes explicit instruction, modelingthinking
aloud, scaffolding, coaching, and independent practice. Throughout each phase of instruction the teacher gradually
releases the responsibility for the strategy to the students
.
Consequently, by employing QAR, it is hoped that students will be much easier to comprehend the materials of reading
since QAR provides them devices to answer questions. Then the strategy is also expected to make the students accustom to both
lower- and higher-level questions without being over-emphasis on lower-level questions. In addition, by means of QAR, the
students are hoped to be encouraged to think critically.
Therefore, it is believed that QAR can promote students‟ reading comprehension.
D. Hypothesis of The Research
Referring to literature review, the hypothesis of the research is through employing Question Answer Relationship QAR,
could improve students‟ reading comprehension.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter describes the setting of the research, subject of the research, research design, research procedure, instrument of
the research, data collecting procedure, and data analysis techniques.
A. Setting of the Research
This Classroom Action research was conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Rangkasbitung, Banten, in academic year of
20122013. The school was built in June 11
th
, 1959, SK Mendikbud December 22
th
, 1959, No. 088701959. It is situated in Jl Hardiwinangun, Rangkasbitung-Lebak,. There are two big
hospitals and a traditional market known as pasar Rangkasbitung, not far from it. The atmosphere it possesses is
good for learning as it has wide large building and being protected with high and big gate that prevents the disturbing
noise from the outside. As the best SMA Negeri in Lebak regency, it is unsurprisingly that the school is well facilitated
with sophisticated language laboratory and equipped with audio visual, science laboratory, multimedia laboratory, internet
facility, and library.
Currently, the school has 50 teachers and 14 staffs. Five of them are English language teachers: they are Drs, Dedi Supriadi,
Drs. Ahmad Hidayat, Shofie S.Pd, Wiwi, S.Pd, Drs Suryono, M
.Pd.
There are big numbers of students join the school: 736 students. Class X comprises 240 students, 112 are male and 128
are female. Class XI includes three classes of IPA with 116 students, 50 are male and 66 are female. While class IPS has
three classes with 130 students, 60 are male and 70 are female. Next, class XII includes three classes of IPA with 130 students,
63 are male and 67 are female. The last, class IPS consists of 3 classes with 120 students including 58 males and 62 females.=\
