The Effectiveness of Scanning Technique in Increasing Students' Reading Comprehension Achievement at SMAN 3 Kotabumi

Main Authors: Rachmania, Eva; Lampung University, Suparman, Ujang, Hasan, Basturi
Format: Article info eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: FKIP UNILA , 2013
Online Access: http://jurnal.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/123/article/view/798
http://jurnal.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/123/article/view/798/490
Daftar Isi:
  • This research was conducted at the first year of students at SMAN 3 Kotabumi. The study investigated the use of scanning technique in increasing studentsâ€TM reading comprehension achievement especially in identifying specific information. The major objective of this research was to find out whether or not scanning technique could be used to develop studentsâ€TM reading comprehension achievement significantly. This researh applied one group pretest posttest design. Students were given four treatments.The hypothesis testing was computed using SPSS version 15.0 at the level significant .05. According to the calculation of t-test, the result shows that there is significant increase on studentsâ€TM reading comprehension after being taught through scanning technique (p<.05, p=.000) which can be seen from the mean score of pretest 46.27 and that of post test 66.67 with the increase 20.40.In conclusion, the studentsâ€TM reading skill especially in identifying the specific information increases through scanning technique as the technique in teaching reading comprehension.Keywords: identifying specific information, reading comprehension, scanning technique.