READING STRATEGIES ! SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review) READING STRATEGY Muhamma d Supardi A lecturer at English Letters Departement, Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta Jl. Raya Fatmawati Pondok Labu Jakarta ABSTRACT For most English learners, reading still becomes one of difficult language skill to master. There are two main factors causing them unable to read. First, they usually have very limited vocabulary so that they can not understand even short paragraph; and second they focus too much on word meaning rather than sentence meaning. This article introduces an effective strategy to develop their reading ability. Key Words : characteristic, effective, strategy, Context clues. Many students of English as a foreign language consider reading English is very difficult. They also find that reading lesson in class is boring. in order to see how students o