| dc.description.abstract | Improving The Grade X-3 Students’ Active Participation and Their
Descriptive Text Reading Comprehension Achievement Through Skimming
and Scanning Techniques at SMA Negeri Rambipuji Jember; Rudy Setiawan,
090210401056; 2014: 62 pages; English Education Program, Language and Arts
Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jember University
This Classroom Action Research was intended to improve the grade X-3
students’ reading comprehension achievement through Skimming and Scanning
techniques at SMAN Rambipuji Jember in the 2013/2014 academic year. Based
on the preliminary study in the form of interview with the English teacher of
SMAN Rambipuji, it was found that the students of class X-3 experienced
difficulties in comprehending reading texts, especially in finding the general and
specific information of the texts. Besides, the students also lacked of participation
in the classroom during the reading teaching and learning process. Furthermore,
there were 18 out of 35 students (50%) who could achieve the minimum score
requirement (70) for the English subject. To overcome the problem, Skimming
and Scanning techniques were applied.
The data collection methods in this study were a reading comprehension
test and observation, and the data were analyzed statistically using percentage
formula. The action was implemented in two cycles. The first cycle was done in
three meetings including the test. The results of the classroom observation showed
that the students were not all active during the teaching learning process. In other
words, there was improvement of the students’ active participation in cycle 1 from
43% to 63%, but the criteria of success in cycle 1 was 75% of the students
categorized as active was not achieved in the reading teaching and learning
process. In addition, the result of the reading comprehension test in the first cycle
had not achieved the criteria of success of the research that was 75% of the
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students got score of ≥ 70 in the reading comprehension test. The percentage of
the students who got score ≥ 70 was only 22 students or 63% out of 35 students.
Based on the results of the first cycle above, the second cycle was
necessary to be conducted. Some revisions had been made to solve the problems
found in the first cycle. The revisions were: explaining the procedures of
Skimming and Scanning more clearly and gave more examples how to apply the
Skimming and Scanning techniques in reading. The classroom observation and
reading comprehension test in the second cycle showed an improvement. In the
classroom observation, the students’ active participation showed that 77% in
meeting 1 and 83% in meeting 2 of the students actively participated in the
teaching learning process. So, the result of the observation in meeting 1 and
meeting 2 had achieved the criteria of success of the research. In the reading
comprehension test, the percentage of the students who got score ≥ 70 in the
reading comprehension test was 28 students, or 80% out of 35 students. Based on
those results, it can be concluded that the actions in the second cycle were
successful because the results of classroom observation and reading
comprehension test had achieved the criteria of success of the research.
Finally, it can be summarized that the use of Skimming and Scanning
techniques could improve the X-3 students’ active participation and their reading
comprehension achievement in the reading teaching learning process at SMA
Negeri Rambipuji Jember. Some suggestions were also suggested to the English
teacher, students, and future researchers to use Skimming and Scanning
techniques to improve the students’ active participation and their reading
comprehension achievement in the reading teaching and learning process. | en_US |
