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Kamis, 31 Desember 2015

The Effectiveness of Generating Interaction between Schemata and Text (GIST) Strategy on Reading Descriptive Text Comprehension Ability of the Seventh Grade Students



The Effectiveness of Generating Interaction between Schemata and Text (GIST) Strategy on Reading Descriptive Text Comprehension Ability of the Seventh Grade Students
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This  chapter  presents  background  of  research,  research  problem,  research objective, research hypothesis, research significance and the scope of the research.  
A.  Background of Research
Reading skill is needed by students to improve their knowledge and other English  skills  and  components.  Reading  enables  people  to  find  out  information from a variety of texts, written or printed information in the forms of newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and brochures. Reading is a complex process both on its teaching and learning. Reading is one of the language skills which is important for academic success. Reading is the process of reconstructing the writer’s idea written in a text or printed symbols based on the reader’s background knowledge and experience. ]
Reading  comprehension  is  a  complex  activity  to  understand  the  meaning of words.  In reading  activity, we are not only  reading the text, but also trying to understand  what  we  are  reading.  Moreover  we  do  not  only  want  to  get  some information  or  knowledge  but  also  an  enjoyment.  Ability  or  skill  of comprehending  a  message  in  the  text  is  the  goal  of  reading  in  a  language instruction.    However,  comprehending  a  text  message  is  not  easy,  especially  in English.  It  can  be  seen from the students’ reading  comprehension  that  is  still  far from  what  is  expected.  At  seventh  grade  students  in  Junior  High  School  the??????????

Selasa, 29 Desember 2015

A Comparative Study in Teaching Reading by Using DRTA (Direct Reading Thinking Activity) and KWL (Know – Want – Learn) Method at Second Year Students


A Comparative Study in Teaching Reading by Using DRTA (Direct Reading Thinking Activity) and KWL (Know – Want – Learn) Method at Second Year Students
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This  chapter  presents  the  background  of  the  research,  research  problems, objectives of the research, research hypothesis, significance of the research, scope and limitation of  the research, definition of key terms, and the organization of the research. 
A.  Background of the Research
The  education  system  in  Indonesia  apparently  has  undergone  many changes.  It  occursbecause  there  is  discussion  of  education  system  which results  in  lack  of  program.  According  to  that  statement,  the  government  in Indonesia  gives  more  attention  in  teaching  learning  process.  It  is  necessary for learners  especially  English students learners (ESL) to build or shape their proficiency in using English language in this era globalization. 
Learning is acquiring new, modifying existing knowledge, behaviour, skill,  values,  and  may  involves  synthesizing  different  type  of  information.  It does not happen at once, but build upon and is shaped by what we are already known.  Huda (1999 :  19) states  “Learning occurs consciously  awareness of language codes are shown by the ability to produce discourses without being aware  of  the  language  codes”.  Learning  is  shown  to  students  in  order  to  be able to mastery the materials that have been explained by the teacher.

Minggu, 27 Desember 2015

Improving The Student Writing Skill on Descriptive Text By Using Think, Talk, Write (TTW)


Improving The Student Writing Skill on Descriptive Text By Using Think, Talk, Write (TTW)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter the researcher present of background of study, formulation of the research problem, purpose of the research, significance of the study, definition of key terms, and organization of study.
A. Background of the Study 
Language  is  the  principle  means  for  human  to  communicate,  to  transmit information or to share idea. English language is important language to develop culture, science and as a means of communication with other nations in the world. Language is can said an instrument to send or exchange information and to interact with the others. Language is used by all people in the world as means of communication. Anyone cannot interact with others without language, thus it is very important to learn language.
There  are  four  language  skills  in  teaching  English;  they  are  listening, speaking, reading and writing. Generally, language can be spoken and written, so it is also necessary to learn writing. 
Harmer (2007:33) states “Writing is frequently useful as preparation for some other  activity,  in  particular  when  students  write  sentence  as  a  preamble  to discussion activities”.