Improving Students' Achievement in Reading Comprehension Through Self-Questioning Strategy At Yayasan Perguruan BUDISATRYA Medan Tembung

Reading a text requires certain strategies that can help facilitate the understanding of the content of the reading. There are various strategies that teachers or lecturers can apply to help students or students understand a text. One strategy is Self-Questioning Strategy (SQ Strategy). Many studies show the effectiveness of using this strategy in reading. This paper outlines the positive impacts of the implementation of SQ strategy in helping students or students to understand the content of the text more comprehensively, especially those who attend Reading courses. In general, the writing is divided into two parts. The first section discusses the theories associated with sq strategy and the second section presents the results of research related to the effectiveness of the use of this strategy in the process of understanding the text, especially in terms of improving metacognitive reading skills and reading awareness. Quantitatively, the data were obtained from students' test scores. The results of the pre-test showed that the student's average score was 46.6, of which only 10.9% or 4 of the 38 students passed the minimum passing score (MPG). Qualitatively, the data were taken from interviews and researchers 'notes, the conditions and situations of the researchers' observations before and after the research was carried out. Based on the results of the data analysis, there was an increase in students' reading skills in each cycle with observations and interviews which showed the conditions or classroom situations whether students were motivated, interested and enthusiastic during the learning process in the classroom