“IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION SKILL BY USING     
          SKIMMING TECHNIQUE AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA 4 PALOPO” 
           
                                   
           
           
                         A THESIS 
           
            Submitted to the English Language of S1 Tarbiyah and Teacher Training 
          Program of State Institute For Islamic Students of Palopo in Partial Fulfillment 
                of Requirement for S.Pd Degree in English Education 
                             
                             
                             
                           By, 
                             
                      ANDINI AYU LESTARI 
                       Reg. Num: 12.16.3.0083 
                
           
                             
          ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF TARBIYAH AND TEACHER TRAINING  
                OF STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDENTS 
                         (IAIN) PALOPO 
                           2016 
                             
             “IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION SKILL BY USING 
           SKIMMING TECHNIQUE AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA 4 PALOPO” 
           
                                    
           
                         A THESIS 
           
            Submitted to the English Language of S1 Tarbiyah and Teacher Training 
          Program of State Institute For Islamic Students of Palopo in Partial Fulfillment 
                of Requirement for S.Pd Degree in English Education 
                             
           
                           By, 
                             
                      ANDINI AYU LESTARI 
                       Reg. Num: 12.16.3.0083 
                
                
                      Beneath the Supervision of: 
                      1. Prof.Dr. H.M.Said Mahmud.Lc.,M.A 
                      2. Wahibah S.Ag.,M.Hum 
                       
                       
                             
          ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF TARBIYAH AND TEACHER TRAINING  
                OF STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDENTS 
                         (IAIN) PALOPO 
                           2016 
                             
                                              
                       
                              ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
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                              ميحرلا نمحرلا الله مسب 
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                        In the name of Allah, the most gracious and most merciful 
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                                نيملعلا بر لِلدمحلا 
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                        Prise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds 
                   By reciting Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, the researcher started the process 
              of this activity including the primarily observation, literature review, writing process, 
              getting  research,  and  consultation.  Therefore,  the  very  gratefulness  is  adhered  to 
              almighty God (Allah swt) and His messenger Muhammad saw, who has given me the 
              best everything to complete the whole process of this research. 
                  The researcher realizes that the support and encouragement from many people 
              have been important to the researcher in the preparation of this thesis. Therefore, the 
              researcher would like to acknowledge them: 
                1.  Dr. Abdul Pirol, M.Ag, as the Rector of IAIN Palopo, who always support 
              gives motivation the researcher during studying at IAIN Palopo. 
                2.  Nurdin Kaso, M.Pd as the Dean of Tarbiyah Faculty of IAIN Palopo, who 
              always the explanation in writing this thesis.