THE EFFECT OF PRE-QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) mencari proses penerapan tehnik pre-questioning. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di kelas dua, di SMA Perintis 1 Bandar Lampung dan (2) mencari pengaruh signifikan dari tehnik pre-questioning pada nilai pemahaman membaca siswa. Data didapat dari soal-soal membaca, kuesioner, dan observasi. Data diolah menggunakan SPSS 16.0. Hasil menunjukan bahwa t-ration lebih besar radipada t-table (5.703 2.074). Itu berarti ada pengaruh signifikan dari tehnik pre-questioning pada nilai pemahaman membaca siswa. Data menunjukan bahwa peningkatan antara pre-test dan post-test adalah 1.08. Data dari kuesioner menunjukan bahwa siswa merasa bosan untuk membaca, teks narrative adalah teks yang baik, mereka menyukai soal esei daripada pilihan ganda, mereka menggunakan schemata untuk membantu mendapatkan isi dari teks, dan mereka merasa tehnik pre-questioning adalah tehnik yang sangat baik.The objectives of this research were (1) to find out the process of the implementation of pre-questioning technique and (2) to find out the significant effect of pre-questioning technique on students reading comprehension achievement. This research was conducted at the second grade of SMA Perintis 1 Bandar Lampung . The data were collected from reading tests, questionnaire, and observation. The data were computed by SPSS 16.0. The results showed that t-ratio was higher than t-table (5.703 2.074). it means that there is a significant effect of pre-questioning technique on students’ reading comprehension achievement. The data showed that the increase between pre-test and post-test is 1.08. The data from questionnaire shows that students felt bored to read, narrative text was good, they preferred essay questions to multiple choices, they used their schemata to help them to find out the content of the text, and they felt pre-questioning technique was very good technique.Keywords: pre-questioning technique, reading, schemata.