The Effect of Using Skimming and Scanning Techniques on the Eleventh Grade Students' Reading Comprehension Achievement at SMAN 1 Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi

Abstract

Reading is one of the language skills in English that should be mastered by senior high school's students because reading is the basis instruction of all language learning. The purpose of this reserach was to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using skimming and scanning techniques on the eleventh grade students' reading comprehension achievement at SMAN 1 Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi. The respondents of this research were determined by using cluster random sampling. The research design used was quasi experimental with pretest-posttest non-equivalent group. The data of this research were obtained from the students' score of reading test, interview, and documentation. The main data was analyzed by using Independent Sample t-test through SPSS program. It showed that the significant value of t was 0.000, it was less than 0.05. It indicated that there was a significant effect of using skimming and scanning techniques on the eleventh grade students' reading comprehension achievement at SMAN 1 Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi