The Use of Skimming and Scanning Techniques in Reading Comprehension for Toefl (An Experimental Research at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh)

The present research was conducted to investigate the influence of skimming and scanning techniques in improving students’ reading comprehension for TOEFL, especially to build the students’ critical thinking in learning reading comprehension. Hence, this research was led to investigate the effect of skimming and scanning techniques in students’ reading comprehension for TOEFL. This research was conducted to all the second year students of English Department at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh in the academic year of 2017/2018. The total number of population was 214 students and there were 32 students chosen as the sample of this research which was taken purposively. To fulfill the purpose of the research, the researcher took experimental research involved one class to be given treatment. The data were obtained through pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. The results of this research indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the score of the pre-test and the post-test. The score of the post-test got higher than the pre-test. Furthermore, the result of the questionnaire showed that the majority of the students gave positive responses toward skimming and scanning techniques in reading comprehension in TOEFL. Based on the results, it can be concluded that skimming and scanning techniques generate meaningful progress in students’ reading comprehension for TOEFL and these techniques are appropriate to be applied.