TEXTBOOKS READING STRATEGY FOR NON ENGLISH DEPARTEMEN STUDENTS

This study deals with the analysis of the effectiveness of using SQ3R study technique
in increasing non English Department students' reading comprehen~ion. This study
based on an experimental research which focuses on finding the increase result
between students' score of reading comprehension on pretest and post test. The data
collected from accounting students. The selected sample stud~.:nts who were chosen
from tour different classes were given treatments related to mastering SQ3R study
technique for several time by following stages of implementing SQ3R. The ijndings
show that the SQ3R is effective used to increase students' reading comprehension
skill ; reading materials which are suitable to give tht:m skill on understanding their
text books later on are from their major field ~ the suitable teaching learning process
to implement the SQ3R is the group discussion and the questions to enable them
having SQ3R strategy are in the form of essay questions whereas the questions to find
out students' reading comprehension skills are from multiple choict: ones.