COMPARISON OF USING THE SQ4R LEARNING METHOD WITH THE SIRE LEARNING METHOD TOWARDS STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE STRUCTURE OF NEWS TEXT

Abstract

This study aims to describe the comparison of the use of the SQ4R learning method and the SIRE learning method on the skills of studying the structure and language of news texts. This type of research is quantitative with experimental methods in the form of Posttest – Only – Control Design. The sample of this research is class VIII SMPN 23 Padang. First, the skills of studying the structure and language of news texts using the SQ4R learning method for class VIII students of SMPN 23 Padang are 87.70 with Very Good (BS) qualifications. Second, the skills of studying the structure and language of news texts using the SIRE learning method for class VIII SMPN 33 Padang students are 76.77 with good qualifications (B). Third, there is a significant difference in the use of the SQ4R method and the SIRE learning method on the skills of studying the structure and language of news texts. If viewed from the table at, the 95% (0.05) significant level is 10.93. This means that the value of tcount is greater than ttable. Thus, H₀ is rejected and H₁ is accepted. So, it can be said that the use of the SQ4R learning method is better than the use of the SIRE learning method in studying the structure and language of news texts for class VIII SMPN 23 Padang students.