USING PREVIEW, ASK QUESTION, READ AND SUMMARY STRATEGY (PARS) TO IMPROVE READING SKILL OF SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP WAHID HASYIM MALANG

Abstract

Abstract : The study's participants were chosen from the class of VII B, which included 29 students. The purpose of  the study, to improve reading skill using Preview, Ask Question, Read and Summary (PARS) Strategy of student’s seventh grade at SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang. The method of the research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The techniques of collecting data were the test multiple choice to find out the improving of students reading skill by using PARS strategy. The data analysis of this research is descriptive qualitative technique. The result of this research shows that the use of PARS strategy in teaching reading skill was successfully, it is seen by the result in the cycle. The implementations of PARS strategy are first the students doing the Preview with the text. The second, the student’s make a question about the text. Third, the students read the text and find the answer of the question in preview step. Fourth, the students make summary of the text. There was a significant influence of using PARS strategy in improving students reading skills from the cycle. It is shown by the result of the test in cycle is 93%. From the result, the researcher concluded that using PARS strategy can improve reading skill for seventh grade students at SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang.

Keywords: Improve Reading Skill, PARS Strategy