The Implementation of Modified Questioning The Author (MQTA) Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This study was aimed i) to find out whether there was a difference of students’ reading achievement between students taught by using Questioning the Author (QtA) and those taught by using Modified Questioning the Author (MQtA), ii) to find out aspect of reading comprehension which score mostly increased after the implementation of QtA and MQtA, and iii) to find out the students’ responses toward the implementation of MQtA. The subjects of this research were the eighth grade students of SMP IT Ar Raihan Bandar Lampung. The result showed that i) there was a statistically significant difference in students’ reading comprehension achievement between students taught by using QtA and those taught by using MQtA, ii) from five aspects of reading comprehension; determining Main idea, Supporting details, Reference, Inferences and Vocabularies, the reading aspect which gained highest score in experimental group was in determining Main idea and Inferences, while in control group it was in determining References, and iii) the students’ responses toward the implementation of MQtA was positive. It can be said that MQtA strategy is more effective to increase the students’ reading comprehension achievement. However both QtA and MQtA can be implemented to every classroom with different students’ situation and background knowledge.