Open AccessTHE USE OF SKIMMING STRATEGI TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION : A STUDY AT UNIVERSITY OF TIMOR
Author(s) -
Sefrina Maria Seuk,
Noer Jihad Saleh,
Hafizah Harun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jurnal sahabat keperawatan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2656-1115
DOI - 10.32938/jsk.v1i02.257
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , test (biology) , mathematics education , reading (process) , psychology , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , biology
The objectives of the research were to find out if there was any significant improvement of students’ comprehension in reading through skimming technique.the use of this research is pre-experiment design, based one group pre-test and post-test. The subjects of this research were the second semester students at University of Timor. The result of research showed that score mean post-test is higher of the pre-test. The score mean pre-test is 39.38 up to post-test is 73.50 it means that, after treatment the students has the higher score mean post-test. The result t-test of the students pre-test and pos-test is 13.68, than the result standar deviation of pre-test is 16.79 and than post-test of standar deviation is 11.82. there was a statistically significant improvement of students’ reading comprehension. This suggests that the skimming technique can facilitate the students to improve their reading comprehension.