2. The researcher tried to encourage the students to be more active in answer
the teacher’s oral questions during the teaching learning process by guiding the student.
In conclusion, the results of the implementation of the action in cycle 1 and cycle 2 revealed that there was an improvement in cycle 2 as many as 10.65
of 31 students in the percentage of the students’ active participation and as many as 16.13 of 31 students in the percentage of
the students’ who got score ≥75 in the reading test.
4.3 Discussion
After implementing the actions in the cycle 1 and the cycle 2, it could be said that the use of skimming and scanning techniques could improve the
students’ reading comprehension achievement and their participation. Before the actions were implemented in
cycle 1, the students’ English score of VIII C was below of the standard minimum. It was proven by the average score
of the English test that was 65. Meanwhile, the English standard minimum score of MTs N 1 Jember was 75. Then, after the actions given in the cycle 1, the result
of reading test showed only 19 students out of 31 students 61.29 who got the score ≥75 in the reading test. The actions in this research were considered
successful if 75 of the students got score ≥75 in the reading test. Therefore,
these results indicated that the action in the first cycle could not achieve the researc
h target that was 75 of students got score ≥75. Dealing with the students’ participation, the result of students’ active
participation in the first cycle also could not achieve the research target that was 75. It was known that the average percentage of the students who were
categorized as active students was 65.16. The result of reading test in cycle 1 could not achieve the research target
that was 75 of students could achieve the standard score that was ≥75 because of some reasons. First, the students still had problems in answering the questio
about specific information. Second, most of the students were shy to answer the teacher’s oral question during teaching learning process.
As the result of cycle 1 could not achieve the research target that was 75 of students got score ≥75, the researcher continued the action to cycle 2. In cycle
2, the researcher encouraged the students to be more active in the teaching learning process of reading by g
uiding the students to answer the teacher’s oral questions. The researcher also re-explained how to answer the questions about
specific information with the similar text to make students easier understand. The result of reading test in cycle 2 got better results than those in cycle 1
because the researcher gave some revisions of the cycle 1. It was proven by the average score of students’ reading test that was 24 students out of 31 students
77.42 who got ≥75 in the reading test. The actions in this research were considered successful if 75 of the students got score ≥75 in the reading test. It
means that the students’ reading test in the second cycle had achieved the research
target or the research objective. The results of the observation showed that the students’ active participation
in joining the teaching learning process also improved. It was known from the average percentage of the students who categorized as active students that was
75.81. It means the students active participation during the teaching learning process of reading was successful.
The result of this research was in line with the results of some previous researches. One of them was conducted by Putri 2012 who reported that
teaching reading by using skimming and scanning techniques could improve the reading achievement of the seventh grade students’ at SMP Negeri 2 Balung,
Jember. Besides, Christina 2011 also proved that skimming and scanning techniques could improve the reading comprehension achievement of eighth grade
students’ of SMP Negeri 1 Ambulu, Jember. Another research was conducted by Sari 2009 who found that the use of skimming and scanning techniques in
teaching reading could improve the reading achievement of the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah Rambipuji, Jember. The findings of the
previous researches were also suitable with the theory stated by Grellet 1993:3 that skimming and scanning techniques are the ways of reading comprehension
and it could make students quick and efficient in reading a text.
Therefore, the results of this action research in cycle 2 proved the hypotheses as follows:
1. The use of skimming and scanning techniques could improve the eighth
grade students’ active participation in the teaching learning process of reading at MTs N 1 Jember.
2. The use of skimming and scanning techniques could improve the eighth
grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at MTs N 1 Jember.
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