Skimming and scanning techniques in reading comprehension applied by the fourth semester students of TBI STAIN of Palangka Raya

Yulianti, Yulianti (2009) Skimming and scanning techniques in reading comprehension applied by the fourth semester students of TBI STAIN of Palangka Raya. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Palangka Raya.

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Abstract

The principle purpose of this study is to describe about skimming and scanning techniques applied by the fourth semester students of TBI STAIN of Palangka Raya Because of that, the purpose of this study is to know how skimming and scanning techniques used by the successful and unsuccessõid students in reading comprehension and to know the cause of students problems in reading comprehension by using skimming and scanning techniques.
In this study, the writer used qualitative method. In collecting the data, it used some techniques; observation, interview, and documentation. In analyzing the data, it used some techniques; data collection, data reduction, data display, ard conclusion drawing/verification. The subject of this study are 8 students in the fourth semester who have taken Reading Comprehension IV. To take the subject, it used purposive sampling.
The main research findings were:
1. In skimming technique the successful students read the text at the first and the last paragraph, found and identified the main idea of the text. Meanwhile, in scanning technique the successful students read the text by using 5w+h questions, found and identified the specific information of the text.
2. In skimming technique the unsuccessful students read the ext while looking for the main idea, read the text repeatedly and quickly, ead the important points, focused on reading the text with understanding, and used the techniques based on the instruction or the questions in the book. Meanwhile, in scanning technique, they read some parts of the text, found the difficulty words, read overall of the text, focus to read the text with understanding, and use the techniques based on the instruction in the book.
3. The students' problems in reading comprehension using sl imming technique as follows: the students had limited vocabulary, could not identify and differentiate between topic and topic sentences of the text, lid not understand about technique's application, and had no motivation to read in English material.
4. The students' problems in reading comprehension using scanning technique as follows the students had limited vocabulary, had no motivation to read in English material, and difficulties to read faster.

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