The Implementation Of Question Answer Relationship (QAR) In Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to discover the implementation of Question Answer Relationship (QAR) in improving students’ reading comprehension. The data collection process was carried out by doing pre-test and post-test, then distributing the questionnaire as the instrument of for 23 students in second year students of SMAN Lawe Sumur. This quantitative research conducted to attain the information about the improvement of the implementation of QAR in students’ reading comprehension. The result of the test shows that the mean score of pre-test is 46 while in the post-test is 80.2. It proved that the mean score of both are very different. It means that Question Answer Relationship (QAR) improves students’ reading comprehension ability. Moreover, based on the analysis of the questionnaire, most of the students gave positive response (95%). Almost all students agreed that QAR strategy improves their ability in reading comprehension and most of them said that QAR strategy were very helpful.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Question Answer Relationship