PARS STRATEGY : ITS EFFECTIVENESS ON TEACHING TO ENCHANCE LEARNERS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out whether teaching using the PARS strategy has an important impact on improving tenth-grade students' reading skills, especially in narrative texts, at SMKN 1 Banjar Margo. This research is quantitative research with a one-group pre-test and post-test design. The research subjects were students of class X motorbike engineering at SMK Negeri 1 Banjar Margo who were selected purposively. To collect data, a test using multiple-choice questions was given. The data obtained were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 27 which includes normality tests and hypothesis tests based on pre-test and post-test scores. The pre-test and post-test results show significant differences. In the pre-test the average student score was 48.70 with the lowest score being 14.00 and the highest being 66.00. The post-test results showed an increase in the average student score to 82.93, with the lowest score being 78.00 and the highest being 94.00. From the pre-test and post-test significance table <0.001. There is a significant difference in students' reading comprehension in the pre-test and post-test, therefore if the significance value is <0.05 or 0.001<0.05 then it can be stated that Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected according to applicable regulations. Decision norms from paired sample t-tests. So, it can be concluded that there is a significant increase in the reading comprehension of Grade Ten Students after being taught through PARS. For further research, conducting interviews or questionnaires with students is recommended to obtain further information or organize students' reading skills tests. Another interesting topic is learning which methods effectively develop English language skills.

Keywords: Narrative text, PARS strategy, reading comprehension