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CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter presents the descriptions of the treatment, the results of the interview, the results of the documentation, homogeneity analysis, the results of the try out test, the result of main data, the hypothesis verification, and the discussion. Each point will be explained respectively in the following parts.

4.1 The Descriptions of the Treatment

The schedule of administering the research is presented in Table 4.1 below: Table 4.1 The Schedule of Conducting the Research No Activities Date 1. Administering try out for Reading Test April 8 th , 2015 2. Analyzing the results of the try out reading test April 9 th , 2015 3. Teaching reading to the experimental group April 6 th , 2015 and April 11 th , 2015 4. Teaching reading to the control group April 6 th , 2015 and April 8 th , 2015 5. Reading test post-test April 20 th , 2015 The treatment was given to the experimental group, that was teaching reading by using skimming and scanning techniques. Meanwhile, the control group was taught reading by using the conventional technique used by the English teacher, that was discussion technique. The experimental group was given the treatment twice. The schedule of administering the activities is presented in Table 4.2 below: Table 4.2 The Schedule of Administering the Treatment No. Treatment Experimental Group Control Group 1. Treatment 1 April 6 th 2015 09.30-10.50 April 6 th 2015 10.50-12.40 2. Treatment 2 April 11 th 2015 07.15-08.35 April 8 th 2015 07.15-08.35 The experimental group was given the treatment in two meetings. The first meeting, it was taught reading by using skimming technique and the second meeting, it was taught reading by using scanning technique. The description of teaching reading by using skimming and scanning techniques was as follows. First, opening the teaching and learning process, including greeted the students, checked the students’ attendance list and stated the objective. Second, doing the main activities of teaching including divided the students into groups consist of two students, explained about recount text and the example, explained about skimming technique and practiced the students’ to answer questions by using skimming technique with their partner. Third, closing the activities, including drew conclusion about the materials and parted the students. On the second meeting, the technique used by the researcher is scanning technique with the same activities. In the control group, the researcher did not give any treatment. It means that the researcher did not use skimming and scanning techniques in teaching reading. The control group was taught reading by using discussion technique. The students read the whole text with their partners, found the difficult words in the text and answered the questions. The description of the treatment had been explained in the lesson plan enclosed in Appendices G and H for the experimental group and in Appendices I and J for the control group.

4.2 The Results of the Interview