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SQ4R METHOD AND READING COMPREHENSION DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE SOPHOMORE BUSINESS STUDENTS

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ABSTRACT This paper is entitled, "SQ4R MetM and Reading Conrprehension Developnrem". And it is an experinrenlal study that involves the Sophonrore English students' ofBusiness Departrnent ofAdventist University of Indonesia - Bandung was the subject ofthe research. The purposes of dris study was to find whether tlere is a significant improvement by using SQ4R method on the Business students, and to descn'be the advantages and tbe weaknesses of the SQ4R nretM based on research result. The people who have used the SQ4R rnethod said that SQ4R is one ofthe simple ways rn reading comprehension, because by using this method they could spend their tinr rnore efficiently to grasp and storage the main ideas easily. The reseancher use fte pre-test and the post-test as the instrunrent. And the data is analyzed by using the T-test in computer. The result shows that t***:2.5 > ttau.: l_96 with significant level 0,025 and the degree of freedom is 30 (DF: Nl +N2-2). This result nrans that the SQ4R method is sigrrificantly rmproved the students reading comprehension.