Improving Students’ Reading Skill By Using Quantum Learning

There were many students who had problem in comprehending the text. Based on the problem, this
research aimed at finding out :(1) the procedures to improve students’ reading skill using Quantum Learning
(QL); (2) the students’ interest in their learning reading using QL; (3) the students’ improvement in
comprehending the texts using QL. This research involved 32 students of class VII C of SMPN 1 Seyegan. The
researcher used pre-test and post- test to analyse the students’ improvement. It was found that the students’
average score in pre-test was 52,7, and the first post-test was 67,4. The second post-test was 89,8. It means that
the post-test was higher than pre-test. Besides, the students also had been well motivated during the learning
process. In conclusion, the findings of this research showed that the QL could improve the students’ reading
skill. Hence, she suggested to use QL as an alternative method in improving the students’ reading skill.