| dc.description.abstract | Skimming and Scanning: Reading Techniques to Improve VIIIB Grade
Students’ Active Participation and Recount Text Reading Comprehension
Achievement at SMPN 1 Arjasa; Ananda Ahmad Taufiq An Nuruddin Al Blitary,
110210401002; 2016: 122 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 VIIIB
students’ reading comprehension achievement through Skimming and Scanning
techniques at SMPN 1 Arjasa in the 2015/2016 academic year. Based on the
preliminary study in the form of interview with the English teacher of SMPN 1
Arjasa, it was found that the students of class VIIIB 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 2 out of 30 students (6,67%) who could achieve the
minimum score requirement 75 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 60% in meeting 1 to 70% in meeting
2, 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 achieved standard minimum
requirement score to pass the test was75% or more students achieved at least 65 in
reading comprehension test. There were 19 students (63,33%) who got score at least
65 in reading comprehension test. Based on the finding, it was found that although
many students’ achieve the requirement score, the participation had not reached the
requirement yet. Therefore, cycle 2 was conducted. The revisions were: in cycle 2 the
researcher must give clearer explanation on each meeting to make the students easier
to do the exercises given by the researcher. The classroom observation and reading
comprehension test in the second cycle showed an improvement. In the classroom
observation, the students’ active participation showed that 80% in meeting 1 and
83,33% 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 at least 65 in the reading comprehension test was 24
students, or 80% out of 30 students. Based on those results, it can be concluded that
the actions in cycle 2 were success 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 VIIIB students’ active participation and their reading
comprehension achievement in the reading teaching learning process at SMPN 1
Arjasa. 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 |
