The Development of English Reading Comprehension Using SQ4R Techniques for The Sixth Grade Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) compare the students’ learning English reading comprehension before and after using the SQ4R 2) compare the students’ learning achievement before and after using the SQ4R learning approach and 3) study the students’ satisfaction toward the SQ4R learning approach. The sample consisted of 45 grade 6 students of Bankhum school and Bankoksawang school in the second semester of 2023 academic year, gained by cluster sampling. The research instruments were 9 sets of lesson plan validated at a higher level of appropriateness, an English reading comprehension skill test, an achievement test made by the researcher, and a questionnaire for the students’ satisfaction towards SQ4R techniques with the higher level of appropriateness. The statistics used for data analysis was percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and dependent t-test.

The research findings were as follows.

1. The students’ learning English reading comprehension after using the SQ4R was statistically higher than that before using them at the .01 level.
2. The students’ satisfaction toward learning by using the SQ4R learning approach was at a higher level.