USING SURVEY-QUESTION-READ-RECITE-REVIEW (SQ3R) METHOD FOR READING SHORT STORY IN TEACHING LITERATURE

Abstract

In the teaching of literature, short stories are often used as instructional materials due to teaching time limit in class. Short story analysis involves the understanding of the story. The objectives of this research are to analyze and describe the use of SQ3R method in teaching literature, especially in short story by O’ Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi”. This research used the classroom action research, conducted within two cycles. The participants of the research are 34 students of Islamic College Jakarta in the academic year of 2020/2021. Techniques of collecting data were test and non-test. The results of this research showed that the application of Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review (SQ3R) method for reading a short story in literature class can improve the student’s reading comprehension.