USING SKIMMING AND SCANNING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

The objective of this research is to find out if the use of skimming and scanning techniques can improve students’ reading comprehension of the eleventh grade students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 2 Palu. This research used quasi-experimental design that consisted of two groups; experimental and control group. The samples of this research was the eleventh grade students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 2 Palu; XI MIPA 1 with 27 students as the experimental group and XI MIPA 2 with 27 students as the control group by using purposive sampling. The data were collected by using pre-test and post-test at first and last meetings. Then the treatment was only given to the experimental group. The result of experimental group’s pre-test is 61 while control group is 78.00. The result of experimental group’s post-test is 83.11 while control group is 81. By applying 0.05 level of significance, the researcher found that the value of t-counted (9.71) is higher than t-table (1.676). In conclusion, the use of skimming and scanning techniques in teaching reading can improve students’ reading comprehension of the eleventh grade students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 2 Palu.