Using Skimming to Improve Students Reading Comprehension in Descriptive Text
Abstract
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah ada peningkatan pemahaman membaca siswa yang signifikan menggunakan teknik skimming. Tes kemampuan membaca adalah instrumen untuk pengambilan data. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa tingkat kedua SMP Immanuel Bandar Lampung. Paired sample t-test diimplementasikan untuk menguji perkembangan kemampuan membaca siswa setelah implementasi teknik skimming. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan pencapaian kemampuan membaca siswa yang secara statistik signifikan. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa teknik skimming bisa mempermudah siswa meningkatkan kemampuan membaca mereka.
The objectives of the research were to find out if there was any significant improvement of students comprehension in reading through skimming technique. The reading comprehension test was the instrument to elicit the data. The subjects of this research were the second grade students of SMP Immanuel Bandar Lampung. Paired sample t-test was implemented to examine the students reading improvement after the implementation of skimming technique. The result of research showed that there was a statistically significant improvement of students reading comprehension achievement. This suggests that the skimming technique can facilitate the students to improve their reading comprehension.
Keywords: skimming technique, descriptive text, reading comprehension
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