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ABSTRACT
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ABSTRAK
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“EVERYTHING IS
DIFFICULT ONLY AT
THE BEGINNING”
-Miss Lanny-
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to say thank to Jesus Christ for His blessing.
Only by His endless love and blessing I could be strong in struggling with all
Bram, M.Ed., Ph.D. for his patience, guidance, and advice in finishing my thesis.
I would also like to thank all of my research respondents for their help,
Education Study Program for their precious time, wise advice and willingness
help and the bitter-sweet moments we spend together. The last, I thank everyone
whom I cannot mention one by one for their prayer, support, motivation, and help
in finishing my thesis.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................... i
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................... ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1. Reading ......................................................................................................... 7
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A. Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 34
B. Recommendations ............................................................................................ 35
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 37
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................ 38
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LIST OF FIGURE
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LIST OF TABLE
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Questionnaire................................................................................. 42
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter is a general description of the thesis and what the researcher
would like to discuss in the next chapter. This chapter consists of the background
of the study, research question, research significance, and the definition of terms.
A. Background
and reading. In order to understand the four skills students need to study and
enrich their knowledge. One of the bases of studying and enriching knowledge is
It is essential for having reading ability because the readers can transfer and
Simanjuntak (1988) defines that reading is the process to put the reader
through the situation and the communication with the ideas. In other words,
reading is a complicated process in order to make the reader create the meaning
from the text. The reader is an active person who solves the problem in reading to
material. Moreover, reading activities are suggested by the goal of the readers and
books, magazines and newpaper written in English that make reading become a
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serious activity. Some people read only to get the information as much as
possible. Reading a passsage is one kind of the activity of getting the information.
Reading a passage is not easy, especially for students who did not really like to
because the myths that students hold about reading is that they must read every
word in a passage. If students have several text books or passages and try to read
every word of every assignment, they are likely to have little time left to study
what they have read. Fortunately, not every word in a book or in a passage must
be read, nor must every detail be learned. Students should select some words or
fact, there are some students who still read slowly. When students decrease their
speed in reading, they would take a long time to understand the context of the text.
In this case, the researcher tries to find the benefits that might appear in reading
help students develop their literal and inferential comprehension, basic reading
English vocabulary and reading aloud ability. In Basic Reading II course they got
and learned some passages, articles, and sometimes they got short or long
passages. They should read all the passages as fast as possible because they have
to go on to the other materials. In Basic Reading II course, the students are able to
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find the reading strategies to be used in giving the critical responses to the ideas
presented in the texts. There are some strategies or technique which the students
can use in order to read the passages quickly and get the meaning of the text. They
can apply the reading speed in every passage they have. Unfortunately, reading
According to Fry (1963), there are many kinds of reading speed which
depend on the difficulty of the material being read as well as the students’ own
reading ability and background knowledge. The first one is study of reading speed
which is used for difficult material. In this type of reading speed, the students
attempt to study the material carefully so that they will not miss a single point and
also remember the material at a later time. The second is average speed which can
be used in most prose materials, whether factual description or narrative. The last
one is skimming reading which is used when the reader wants to understand the
material in a short time. Skimming is used to find out the key words in a passage,
therefore skimming is one kind of reading speed. Skimming technique will help
students when they do not have time to read every assignment. Skimming reading
will also help students to be a flexible reader, who depends on their purpose in
reading. In this research, the researcher looks for the benefits of skimming
students need to get information quickly and exactly. In Basic Reading II class
students are given some passages to be read, they are supposed to analyze the
meaning of the text by understanding the main idea in the text. Hence, skimming
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is one of the best techniques that can be applied in their reading. Second,
skimming technique is a useful and important skill for the university students
(Gloria, 1988). When skimming technique is applied, students can improve their
reading skills.
what we have already known and to what we want to know” (as cited in Santoso,
2017, p. 2). In order to make students get the information in the text, they should
B. Research Question
research question in this study, namely: what are the benefits of skimming
C. Research Significance
The researcher expects this research will be beneficial and useful for the
This study will be useful for the students especially for the ELESP students
in Sanata Dharma University. This study helps students to understand the meaning
of the texts or passages without reading the whole passage. In addition, students
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can explain and tell the ideas from the texts or passages informatively to the other
students. Therefore, this study can be a guideline for the students to read more
This study helps lecturers to teach students easily without taking too much
time and they can discuss the new materials as soon as possible. Based on the
research the lecturers are able to know the students’ problem in reading.
Skimming is one of the techniques that can be useful for the lecturer to solve
3. Future Researchers
The result of this research hopefully can be used as a reference for other
studies which are related to skimming technique. The researcher of this study
expects that this study can inspire the other researchers. Hopefully the next
researchers can find what they are going to find in this study and use this study as
D. Definition of Terms
This section defines the terms that are used by the researcher to avoid
misunderstanding.
1. Reading Skill
Mitchell (1982) states that “reading can be defined as the ability to make
sense of written or printed symbols. The reader uses the symbols to guide the
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2. Skimming Technique
reader to get an overall picture of it by processig a text at many levels of text (Fry,
1978). Moreover, Simanjuntak (1988) states that skimming is a skill that needs
passage, in selecting and rejecting materials for a particular purpose, and for the
content.
3. Reading Comprehension
extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with the
interaction between the thought and the language to obtain the meaning of the text
or to comprehend a text.
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CHAPTER II
two major points to be discussed. The first deals with the Theoretical Description,
which underlies the focus of the research. The second one is Theoritical
A. Theoretical Descriptions
In this section, there are two topics will be presented. The two theories are
1. Reading
In this sub-chapter there are some theories will be presented related to the
verbal symbol that makes the interaction or relation between the symbol and the
language skill of the readers. In this process the readers try to recreate the
meanings or the message from the writer. Moreover, according to Clark and
print and monitoring comprehension to establish meaning” (p. 34). It means that
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when the reader comprehends the message from the text, their prior knowlege and
thinking process of the written or printed symbol to build the real meaning from
the writer’s message. In short, reading is a conversation between the reader and
the writer.
When lecturers make students interested in reading, usually they should like
to read more. In this case, lecturers should always motivate students to read.
Shepherd describes that “a student who does not like to read because of lack of
motivation does not get the practice he needs in reading skills” (as cited in
activity, lecturer should be able to create, to foster, and to maintain the motivation.
motivation. Students who are not motivated to read see nothing in which reading
that the needs of them. Simanjuntak (1988) reveals that motivation is like as the
fulfillment for the needs. Therefore, as lecturer, they should give some
motivations to the students and knowing students’ needs before asking them to
read.
c. Reading Comprehension
In this sub-chapter there are some theories that will be presented related to
the topic, namely definition of reading comprehension and the process of reading
comprehension.
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Improving reading skill depends on the ability of the reader to handle a text
a natural process and make it more effectively; they must develop some
thoughts that were in the author’s mind into the reader’s mind” (p. 24). The writer
should have a distinct idea in his thought first, and the writer could transfer the
idea into the printed one and the last the reader finds the printed word then gets
as a process that involves actively constructing meaning among the part of the text
and between the text and personal experience. The reader comprehends the text by
actively constructing meaning internally from interacting with the material that is
needs. Carrel (1987) says that “the previously acquired knowledge is called the
structures are called ‘schemata’. According to schemata theory, the text and the
(p. 7). Reading comprehension occurs when the students read their needs or at
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least see some reasons to read. Reading is a cognive process which means the
process is the way of determining rapidly and accurately just what the text says.
To make sense the information that is acquired, good reader should combine
all the subject that he has already known to his cognitive structure. To do this the
called ‘interpretation’. At this level the reader must negotiate the meaning with the
writer of the text, the text serving as spokesperson for the writer.
by their reading models that they used. There are three models of reading that will
be discussed which are concerned with how the reader translates a text into
spelling patterns and larger language units”. In this model, the reader moves his
eyes from left to right, combines to form words then combining the words to form
phrases, clauses, and sentences of the text. Moreover, Kucer (1987) states that
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“the bottom-up model is known as phonic, which requires the learners to match
letters with sounds in a defined sequence and reader decodes a text word by word,
linking the words into phrases and then senteces” (pp. 3-5).
Carell and Eisterhold (1987) denote that top-down is a reading model that
“occurs when the reader makes general prediction based on higher level, general
schemata and then searches the input for information” (p. 7). To predict the
meaning of the text in this model, the process of reading comprehension should
deal with the background of knowledge. It means that the reader should read
sentences in a text then tries to find the information by guessing the meaning of
the text.
This model is the combination between both models of reading; the bottom-
up model and top-down model. In other words, interactive model recognizes the
Eskey (1986) denotes that “the interactive models of reading process deals with a
knowledge which form a part of the readers’ cognitive structure” (p. 15).
2. Skimming Technique
In this sub-chapter, there are some topics related to skimming technique that
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a. Definition of Skimming
Skimming is a fast reading technique that a reader can finish in a short time
and it is very helpful when a reader wants to finish to read the material quickly
(Fry, 1963). Moreover, Brown (2004) explains that skimming is the process of
quick coverage of reading matter to establish its gist or main idea. In this
technique a reader takes the main idea from the material without reading the
whole sentence or all the words in the text. In the practice of skimming, the reader
should focus in the ideas and skip the unimportant words or sentences, marginal
In order to get a clear meaning and to make the use of skimming technique
effectively, the reader is able to process a text quickly. In addition, Nuttal (1982)
mentions that by skimming we glance rapidly through a text to determine its gist,
for example in order to decide whether a research paper is relevant to our own
work, or in order to keep ourselves superficially informed about matters that are
In the skimming technique the reader is looking for the gist and what is the
writter’s message in the text without reading details of the text. In short, the reader
(1987), in skimming a reader reads the introductory information, the headings and
subheadings, and the summary, if its provided. When the students get the passage
or the material, the first thing that they will read is the introduction of the text and
then go on to the next paragraph until they get the meaning of the text.
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students concentrate in the passage that they are going to read, it will make them
find the meaning of the new vocabulary in the text even it is a difficult word.
Then they will comprehend the text easily. In addition, the students should often
practice the skimming technique to fulfill their purpose in reading activity. Hence,
skimming technique develops students’ skill to comprehend the main ideas of the
text.
eyes over the text with the pupose of getting only the main ideas and general
overview of the content”. There are some steps that the reader can do in skimming
as follows:
1. Read the tittle. In skimming techique, the tittle can be the possible summary of
the content.
2. Read the introduction. Usually in the intoduction we can find the main ideas of
3. Read paragraph completely. Sometimes in the text there are some subheadings
then we can read each paragraph to look for the relation among them.
4. Read the first sentence of each remaining paragraph. Sometimes in the text, the
main ideas of the text can be found in the first sentence. Other possibilities, the
writter puts the main idea in the last sentence if he begins the sentence with a
question.
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5. Dip into the text. To look for the clue words that answer who, what, when,
why, where, and how, then looking for the proper noun, unusual words, etc.
6. Read the final paragraph completely. After a reader does the previous steps he
Those steps are really helpful for the students who want to get the idea of the
important skill because students can save time; students can quickly decide what
Furthermore, Fry (2000) explains that the steps to skim a text are:
(2) Leave out the material (read only the key sentence)
In skimming technique, the students are able to find the main in every
paragraph and the information from the text. Students might not get all the
information, but they can get some of them for example, some proper names of
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reading. When students are skimming through the material they may find that they
come to a paragraph midway in the text where they attempt to get the main idea
by reading a key sentence but they cannot find one. They may hunt around in the
paragraph trying to find the key word or phrase, but they cannot find this either.
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Students might read the all the paragraphs in order to get the meaning of the text
but they must read and skim even faster to make up for lost time.
the readers want. Skimming technique requires students to comprehend the text or
a passage. Students should try to go as fast a possible and leave some pieces of the
material. Skimming is done when the reader did not have enough time to read and
technique which can be used in high speed reading in order to save time and help
the readers get the meaning through lots of material as fast as possible” (p. 38). As
a college student who has many assignments, they should manage their time
effectively. Skimming technique is a skill that is beneficial for the students. When
they apply skimming technique in their reading, it will spend less time than
normal time that they use to read. Moreover, Brown (2004) claims that “skimming
is a prediction strategy used to give a reader sense of the topic and the purpose of
the text, the organization of the text, the perspective or point of view of the writer,
its ease or difficulty, and/or its usefulness to the reader” (p. 213). Skimming
technique is very useful in predicting what is going on in the text or even get the
main idea of the text then make students answer the question quickly and exactly.
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according to Santoso (2017) the first one is “skimming technique needs a high
accuracy in determining the precise time for reading activity and the second,
activity” (p. 24) However, for some students, accuracy in reading is one of their
problem that caused by their less concentration of the text. In this problem
B. Theoretical Framework
This section provides all of the relevant theories that have been mentioned
before. Since Fry purposes clear strategies in skimming technique, his theory was
skimming. Moreover, Fry (1963) states that skimming drill must be followed by
find out some benefits of skimming technique in their reading activity. Moreover,
the factor that can be the reason of choosing the theory of skimming is as
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view of the text and implies definite reading competence” (p. 55). By using
skimming technique students will be able to find out the main idea of the text,
select the key words or phrases and understand the material quickly with good
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METHODOLOGY
In this chapter the researcher discusses the method of this research in order
research instrument and data gathering, data analysis technique and research
procedures.
A. Research Method
In order to answer the question that has been stated in Chapter I, the
(1993) notes that “Quantitative method is typically begins with data collection
or inferential statistics” (p. 88). Johnson and Christensen (2012) mention that
research are usually measured by using rating scales (p. 376). The interview or
questionnaire provides a statement, and the respondents reply with one of the five
allowable response categories. After getting the answer from the respondents,
usually the researcher calculates and reports an avarge for the group of
respondents. Therefore, the researcher used this method to see the benefits of
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B. Research Setting
Reading II class C batch 2017. The duration of every meeting was 90 minutes and
the researcher had an opportunity to come to this class every Thursday from 09.00
to 10.50, this class was held at II/K.31. This research took three meetings
C. Research Participants
researcher focused on the benefits of skimming that students get when they used
In order to obtain the data, the researcher used only one kind of instrument
that is questionnaire. According to Ary, et all (1979) “there are two types of
questionnaire, they are closed form and open form. The closed form is used when
to ease the respondents in answering the questionnaire because they just choose
the available options, while the open form is used to obtain more information
from the respondents” (p. 75). This research used only one type of questionnaire
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which was closed form questionnaire to collect the necessary information from the
respondents. The instrument has been used by Sutarsyah et al. (n.d) in “Using
1. Questionnaire
There was one class of Basic Reading II that was given the questionnaire to
gain the quantitative data. The questionnaire was used to find out the benefits of
skimming technique for the students in college in their reading activity. The
researcher used one type of questionnaire, which was closed form. All items in the
code, and do not discriminate unduly on the basis how articulate the respondents
are” (Wilson & McLean, 1994, p. 21). The questionnaire was given in the last
meeting.
the topic discussed. Only one aspect which is skimming technique in reading
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There were some steps that the researcher used to analyze the data. First, the
researcher analyzed the observation and made the description of the observation.
Next, the researcher analyzed the questionnaire that had been given. The
questionnaire was counted by using degree of the agreement and it is in the form
of percentage. The researcher had given five degree of agreements. After that, the
had been counted. After the researcher got the data from the questionnaires, the
researcher made the description of each statement of questionnaires. The data was
presented in form of table (see Table 3.2). Meanwhile the percentage of each item
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x 100
n
= number of students who choose certain topics
Degree of Agreement
No. Statements SD D N A SA
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1. Statement 1
2. Statement 2
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F. Research Procedure
research procedures. First, the researcher chose the topic and then found the
problem in college students’ reading activity. Then the researcher formulated the
research problem that needed to be answered in this research. After that, in order
to gain the knowledge related to the topic, the researcher did the library study.
After finding some theories related to the topic discuss, the researcher decided an
appropriate method which was appropriate in this study. Then the researcher
selected the research participants and prepared the research instrument such as
The next steps were decided to take Basic Reading II class C to be the
sample of this research. Before conducting the research, the researcher asked oral
permission to the lecturer who teaches Basic Reading II class C. After getting the
permission, the researcher and the lecturer made an appoinment to find the good
time to do the research. After the schedule had been arranged the researcher then
did the observation. The observation was done on 8thand 22nd March 2018. There
getting the data, the researcher analyzed the data. Then, the data collected were
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collection, the researcher answered the research problem which was mentioned in
Chapter I. And the last step, the researcher reported the result systematically and
made a conclusion.
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CHAPTER IV
This chapter presents the reseacrh results and the discussion to answer the
comprehension activity. The data gathered from the questionnaire only. The data
Second Semester students of Basic Reading II can be seen from the result of the
benefits from using skimming technique in their reading activity. The following
are the explanation of the benefits. Table 4.1 presents the results of the
questionnaire.
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Based on the data above, the researcher finds out that skimming technique
gave students the benefits in reading activity. Table 4.1 shows the results of the
activity. The statement number one deals with the students’ interest in learning
English, especially in reading activity. There were 21.43% (six students) of the
total respondents strongly agreed and 53.57% (15 students) of the respondents
agreed with this statement. There were 21.43% (six students) of the total
respondents chose neutral. There was one student (3.57%) of the total number
chose to disagree with the statement and none of the respondents strongly
disagreed with that statement. Based on the result, it can be concluded that
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skimming technique gave the benefits to the students in their reading activity
can facilitate students to find the main ideas of the text. Brown (2004) notes that
“skimming is the process rapid coverage of reading matter to determine its gist or
main idea” (p. 213). One of the main points in skimming technique is to identify
the main idea or the gist in the texts or passsage. Skimming is a technique that can
be used to discover the main idea in the text. Based on the questionnaire results
there were 25.00% (seven students) of the total respondents strongly agree with
this statement. Moreover, there were more than half or 67.86% (19 students) of
the respondents chose agree. The rest of the total respondents or 7.14% (two
students) chose neutral and none of the respondents chose disagrees and strongly
percentages of this statement was higher than other statements, it showed that
67.86% of the respondents chose agree and 25.00% of the respondents chose
strongly agree. Based on the questionnaire results, the researcher found out that
students could easily discover or find the main idea in the text. That is one of the
Statement number three is about the prediction of the content of the text that
students could do when they used skimming technique in their reading activity.
Skimming technique makes students easily look for the gist of what the writer is
saying about without reading the whole text. This statement related to the theory
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that Brown (2004) stated that “skimming is a prediction strategy used to give a
reader a sense of topic and purpose of the text, the organization of the text, the
usefulness to the reader” (p. 213). Based on the questionnaire results there were
14.29% (four students) of the total respondents strongly agreed with this
statement. Then, there were more than half of the respondents or 67.86% (19
students) agreed with this statetment. And the rest of the respondents or 17.86%
(five students) chose neutral and none of the respondents disagreed and strongly
disagreed with this statement. This statement had also the higher percentages
The fourth statement was about the time that the students needed in reading
activity when they used skimming technique. Skimming is a useful technique that
the students can use in finishing the material in a short time. The use of skimming
technique in reading activity was very useful because the students should not have
to waste their time in reading a passage. The students read only what is important
in the passage. “Skimming technique keep the students informed in their general
field of interest without taking their time that average reading would” (Fry, 1963,
p. 60). Based on the questionnaire results, it showed that students who chose
agrees and strongly agrees were almost equal. They were agreed and also strongly
activity. There were 46.43% (13 students) of the total respondents agreed and
42.86% (12 students) strongly agreed with this statement. There were 10.71%
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(three students) chose neutral and none of the respondents disagreed and strongly
disagreed.
Sometimes the purpose of the reading is “to find the answer of a question
and the students skim through the reading material is looking for just one thing;
that is the answer” (Fry, 1963, p. 61). By applying skimming technique in reading
activities, the students would be able to decide which one they should read in the
passage. After they selected word by word in the passage, they would find the
answer of the question related to the passage easily and quickly. Based on the
questionnaire results, there were 21.43% (six students) of the total respondents
strongly agreed and there were 46.43% (13 students) agreed.The rest of the
respondents or 32.14% (nine students) chose neutral and none of them disagreed
Beside the students could find the answer of the question quickly, the
skimming technique also made the students could find the specific information in
the passage clearly. Students only read the key words of the passage to find the
questionnaire result, there were 21.43% (six students) strongly agreed and 50.00%
(14 students) agreed with the statement number six and there were 21.43% (six
students) chose neutral. However, there were 7.14% (two students) disagreed with
this statement and none of them chose strongly disagree. Based on questionnaire
results, not every student in that class applied skimming technique in their reading
“the students attempt to get the main idea of every paragraph plus a few of the
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facts” (Fry, 1963, p. 53). Skimming is a technique that drills the reader to reads
the key words to get the main idea and then they would find a few of the facts or
Based on the questionnaire results, the researcher stated that skimming technique
can facilitate students to find the specific information in the text. It can be seen
from the questionnaire results, that there were more than half of students who
chose strongly agree and agree in this statement, even though the rest of the
do a deep concentration they can select the important words and phrases and
discover the material in a short time. However, based on the questionnaire result,
there were 3.57% (one student) of the total respondents strongly agreed in the
seventh statement. There were 42.86% (12 students) of the total respondents
agreed with this statement. There were also 39.29% (11 students) of the total
respondents chose neutral in this statement. There were 10.71% (three students) of
the total respondents disagreed with this statement and there was 3.75% (one
student) strongly disagreed with this statement. Based on the data above, it
showed that skimming technique does not always make students understand the
new difficult words. Moreover some students chose neutral because sometimes
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they could understand difficult words in the passage and sometimes they could not
practice” (Fry, 1963, p. 56). Based on the results of the questionnaire, the
really helpful for the students who do not have enough time to read the passage so
they read it in a hurry. However, this technique would not give an advantage to
the students who have weakness in their reading skill. Statement number eight
was about how the students read and understand the context of the passage when
39.29% (11 students) of the total respondents strongly agreed and there were
32.14% (nine students) agreed. There were also 25.00% (seven students) of the
total respondents chose neutral and there was only one student (3.57%) disagreed
and none of them chose strongly disagree in this statement. Based on the data
above the researcher concludes that some students need the more time to read and
understand the a passage. “It needs a high accuracy in determining the precise
time for reading activity” (Santoso, 2017, p. 24). When skimming is applied in
reading activity, some students need to think and analyze the context of the
passage. They need more time to do it. Hence, skimming technique takes practice
Skimming is a technique that students can apply when they do not have
enough time to read the passage. In skimming technique, the students read the
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passage in order to get and determine the main idea. Students should understand
the meaning of some words to make them understand the context of the passage.
vocabulary analysis. Statement number nine was about how students understand
the new vocabulary when skimming technique is applied in their reading activity.
Based on the questionnaire result, there were 7.14% (two students) of the total
respondents strongly agreed and there were 21.43% (six students) agreed.
Moreover, there were 64.29% (18 students) of the total respondents chose neutral,
7.14% (two students) disagreed, and none of them chose strongly disagree. Based
on the questionnaire results, the researcher concludes that some students agreed
even strongly agreed with this statement because they faced some difficulties in
understanding the meaning of a word when they did not have enough time.
“Skimming need extra time to solve students’ problem in reading skill” (Santoso,
meaning of a new word in the passage. However, there were almost half students
chose neutral in this statement. It showed that, skimming is not always make
level of difficulties in a passage. There are some students who have problems in
their reading activities, but it can be solved when they keep practicing skimming
and applied it in their reading comprehension activity and they will accustom to it.
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recommendations related to the research. There are two sections in this part. The
first section discusses the conclusions of the research. The second section
discusses the recommendations related to this research for the ELESP lecturers,
A. Conclusions
reading comprehension activity. After presenting the research findings and the
skimming technique gave some positive effects if students apply the skimming
agreed that skimming can increase their interest in learning English; students are
facilitated to find the main idea in the text by using skimming; they can make a
prediction of the content of the text; using skimming technique can save their time
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because they do it in a hurry. It is not likely that skimming will be easier for
students to answer the question quickly; specify the information from the text and
understand some new difficult vocabularies. Based on the data above, the
researcher concludes that skimming is a beneficial technique for some skills and
Based on the data that have been presented in the previous chapter, the
researcher finds that skimming is not a skill which should be used at all times, but
it is a skill which can be used in many instances. When students become familiar
with skimming technique, they will find where it can be used to their advantages.
good influence to the students. Most of the students agreed that skimming spent
less time and they could find the gist of the text in a short time without reading the
B. Recommendations
should facilitate the students by giving them some passage to read so that they can
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use the skimming technique and they can improve their skills in reading.
Skimming will help to keep the students informed in their general field of interest
without taking the time that average reading would. Certain amount of the
supervision and encouragement from the lecturers are really helpful for the
students.
Based on the data above, there are some students who gave good response
text-books chapters, or novels to make you more familiar with this technique. As
a college student who has many assignments to do, you should manage your time
effectively. Skimming technique can help you to read faster and keep skimming
when you read so that you will be familiar with this technique.
The researcher expects that this research can be a reference for the future
researchers who conduct a research in the same field. The future researcher is
or advantages of skimming technique. By doing so, the students and also the
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Appendix 1.
Questionnaires
Dear friends,
Put a tick (√) to the degree of agreement which correspondent to the statements.
Thank you for your corporation and willingness to fill my questionnaires.
Personal Identity
Name :
Sex :
Class :
Student number :
No. Statements SD D N A SA
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Appendix 2.
The Result of Questionnaire
Degree of Agreement
No Statements SD (%) D (%) N (%) A (%) SA (%)
.
1. Skimming technique increases 0 1 6 15 6
my interest in learning English. (0.00%) (3.57%) (21.43%) (53.57%) (21.43%)
2. Skimming technique facilitates 0 0 2 19 7
me to find the main idea in the (0.00%) (0.00%) (7.14%) (67.86%) (25.00%)
text.
3. Skimming technique facilitates 0 0 5 19 4
me to predict the content of the (0.00%) (0.00%) (17.86%) (67.86%) (14.29%)
text (Inferring the text).
4. Skimming technique helps me to 0 0 3 13 12
save my time in reading and (0.00%) (0.00%) (10.71%) (46.43%) (42.86%)
understanding the text.
5. After skimming technique has 0 0 9 13 6
been applied, it is easier to (0.00%) (0.00%) (32.14%) (46.43%) (21.43%)
answer the questions.
6. Skimming technique facilitates 0 2 6 14 6
me to find the specific (0.00%) (7.14%) (21.43%) (50.00%) (21.43%)
information from the text.
7. Skimming technique facilitates 1 3 11 12 1
me to understand the difficult (3.75%) (10.71%) (39.29%) (42.86%) (3.57%)
word.
8. While reading, I need more time 0 1 7 9 11
to read and understand the (0.00%) (3.57%) (25.00%) (32.14%) (39.29%)
context of the text.
9. It is difficult for me to 0 2 18 6 2
understand new vocabulary (0.00%) (7.14%) (64.29%) (21.43%) (7.14%)
when using skimming technique.
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