THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS' SCANNING TECHNIQUE AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ON EXPOSITION TEXT AT HIMMATUL UMMAH ISLAMIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL KAMPAR

This research aimed at finding out the correlation between students’ scanning reading technique and their reading comprehension ability on Exposition text at Senior High School of Islam Himmatul Ummah Kampar. Quantitative approach was used in this research with correlational design. The samples of this research were 30 the eleventh-grade students selected by using simple random sampling method. Data were collected through questionnaire to measure scanning ability and test to measure reading comprehension test. The research findings showed that both students’ scanning ability and reading comprehension were in very high category with mean scores 84.7 and 88.6 respectively. Analysis with Pearson Product Moment showed a strong positive correlation (r = 0.913, p < 0.01) between students’ scanning technique and their reading comprehension ability. Thus, the better students’ scanning ability was, the higher their reading comprehension ability on Exposition text would be. The researcher recommended that English teachers should teach scanning technique explicitly to increase the effectiveness and results of student reading comprehension.