IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP PGRI 2 DENPASAR IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024 THROUGH QUESTION ANSWER RELATIONSHIP

Reading comprehension is the ability that students must master in understanding a written text. The result of pre-test showed that most of the students in VIII C of SMP PGRI 2 Denpasar in academic year 2023/2024 had problem in reading comprehension. The students had difficulty in identifying general information, specific information, textual meaning and textual reference of a reading text. The objective of this present study was to know whether or not reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMP PGRI 2 Denpasar in academic year 2023/2024 can be improved through question answer relationship. Therefore, a classroom action research study was conducted to achieve the objective of the study. The research was carried out in two cycles which consisted of two sessions in each cycle. In order to collect the data required, the students were given the instruments in the form of pre-test and post-tests. The pre-test was administered before the cycles were carried out. Meanwhile, the post-tests were given by the end of each cycle. The data were analyzed by comparing the results of the pre-test and the post-tests. Based on the result of the pre-test, post-tests, and questionnaires, it could be concluded that reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMP PGRI 2 Denpasar in academic year 2023/2024 can be improved through question answer relationship.