5. Planning the action by preparing and constructing the lesson plans for the
first cycle and observation checklist. 6.
Implementing the actions in the first cycle by the researcher while the observation was done by the English teacher.
7. Administering the reading test after the actions of the first cycle done in
the third meeting. 8.
Analyzing the results of reading comprehension test quantitatively in the percentage.
9. Reflecting the results of the observation and reading test in the first cycle
descriptively. 10.
Since the results of reading test in the first cycle had not achieved the research target, the lesson plans of the first cycle therefore revised.
11. Planning the action by preparing and constructing the lesson plans by
revising the weak aspects for the second cycle and observation checklist. 12.
Implementing the actions in the second cycle by the researcher, while the observation was done by the English teacher.
13. Administering the reading test after the actions in the second cycle done in
the third meeting. 14.
Analyzing the reading test results of the second cycle quantitatively in the percentage.
15. Reflecting the result of observation and reading test in the second cycle
descriptively. 16.
Drawing a conclusion to answer the research problems.
3.2 Area Determination Method
The research area was determined by using the purposive method. According to Arikunto 2006:139 a purposive method is a method to choose a
research area based on a certain purpose. This research was conducted at MTs N 1 Jember. This area of the research was chosen purposively based on some reasons.
First, the students still had difficulties in reading comprehension. Second, the teacher never uses Skimming and Scanning techniques in teaching reading
comprehension. Third, the headmaster and teacher gave permission to the researcher to conduct the classroom action research to o
vercome the students’ difficulties in reading comprehension.
3.3 Subjects Determination Method
According to McMillan 1992:68, a subject is an individual who participates in a research or someone from whom data are collected. In this
research, the population of the research was all the eighth grade students of MTs N 1 Jember in the 2014-2015 academic year. There are seven classes of the eighth
grade. The researcher took one class purposively based on the students ’ problem
in reading. Based on the information from the English teacher given, class VIII-C still had problems in reading comprehension. This class was chosen as the
research subjects because this class had the lowest mean score of reading test among the other classes. Therefore, this class was chosen as the subjects of this
research.
3.4 Operational Definitions of the Key Terms
It was necessary to define the terms used in the title operationally. It enabled both the writer and the readers to get mutual understanding of the
concepts used in this research. The terms that were necessary to be defined operationally are reading comprehension achievement and Skimming and
Scanning techniques.
3.4.1 Reading Comprehension Achievement Reading comprehension achievement in this research means the VIII-C
students’ reading achievement obtained from the reading test in each cycle by using the skimming technique to find general information of the recount text and
the scanning technique to find specific information in the text. The general information here deals with paragraph comprehension and text comprehension,
while the specific information deals with word comprehension and sentence comprehension.
3.4.2 Skimming and Scanning Techniques Skimming is one of the techniques used when the reader wants to get the
gist of the text quickly. The purpose of Skimming is getting the main ideas and general overview of the content. Further, in the Skimming technique, the students
find the general information of the recount text. Scanning is one of the techniques used when the reader wants to get a
specific information quickly. In the Scanning technique, the students find the specific information of the recount text quickly.
3.5 Data Collection Methods
