THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SKIMMING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

The research was aimed at finding that the implementation of skimming technique can improve the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension at SMP Negeri 1 Palu. Pre-experimental research design was applied in this research. The sample of this research was selected by purposive sampling technique. The instruments of data collection were the test and non-test. The test was administered to the students in the pre-test and the post-test while non-test was observation.The result of observation found that the students’ lack of vocabulary and they are notinterested in teaching learning process especially in English subject. The result of the pre-test was 58.67 and the post-test was 78.38 while the result in deviation was 1985. Referring to the t-table value by applying the 0.05 level of significant and (34 - 1 = 33) the degree of freedom (df), the researcher found the value of t-counted (11.54) was higher than t-table (1.697). The result of the data analysis showed that the implementation of skimming technique is effective to improve students’ reading comprehension. Keywords: Implementation; Skimming Technique; Reading Comprehensio