Introduction
This chapter presents background
of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, significance of
the study, scope and limitation of the study and definition of key terms.
1.1 Background
English becomes the most important language in
the world. As International language, learning English become popular in some
of country. As like in Indonesia, English become one of subject in that must be
mastered. And many societies began realize about this fact.
The
communication skill is reached through the development of the four major
skills, namely : listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The last reason is
the material of the reading text. According to 2004 Curriculum or Competency
Based Curriculum which is then changed or perfected into Content Standard based on which School
level curriculum or KTSP is developed, there is a great chance in English lesson
for Elementary School students. The material for the English lesson in 1994 curriculum were
designed according to thematic such as family, sport, culture, and so on.
Meanwhile the materials for the English lesson in 2006 curriculum are designed
based in genres or text types. The students should learn many kinds of text
types consisting of recount, narrative, descriptive, procedure, discussion,
explanation, exposition, report, and so on. They need long time to understand
the meaning in the reading text because they didn’t know the characteristic of
the text. As a result this change affects the comprehension process.
In
English teaching, reading is one of the communication skills that need to be
developed in the classroom. It needs to be developed because reading dominates
all activities in English teaching, and writing usually taught integrally with reading comprehension.
In other words, reading must be involved during time of the teaching and
learning activities in the classroom.
In line with reading, River (1981 : 259)
states that the most important activity in any language class is reading. It is
not only as a source of information and pleasure activity but also as means of
consolidating and extending one’s knowledge of language. It means that the
activity of reading bings many benefits for students such as to get
information, pleasure, and knowledge. Wood (1990 : 5) also states that reading
will become a valuable source of information when it is learned to get meaning
from different types of materials and to read for a variety of purpose. Thus,
it can be concluded that reading is an important way of gaining knowledge and
information in different types of materials and different purpose.
By definitions, reading means to
understand the meaning of written or printed. Anderson, et al., (1969 : 106 )
say that all reading activities to understand a text. Besides, Grellet ( 1981 :
3 ) states that reading is the process of understanding a reading text. It
means that the students should comprehend the word, sentence, and paragraph to
gain the meaning from text.
The researcher has done a
preliminary study through the interview with the students especially in fifth
grade of SDN Tanjungrejo 4. In this interview almost all of the students in the
fifth grade of SDN Tanjungrejo 4 have the same general problem in reading
activity, including comprehending words, sentences, paragraphs, and text.
Therefore, to check the students problem in reading interest, the researcher
did the reading comprehension test September 13th 2011. The result of reading comprehension
test follows by 35 students showed that many students still find difficulties
in comprehending a reading text,
particularly in comprehending words, sentences, paragraphs, and a text. In
addition. Most of students did not have ability in connecting ideas in a text consequently
they tent to infer the reading text incorrectly. It can be seen from the result
of the students’ reading comprehension test which showed that the students’
average score of reading comprehension test was 5,5 under from the KKM
(Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal). Based on the observation checklist for students’
motivation in the preceding test, it shows that not all students’ involved in
the teaching learning process
Elementary
students categorized as young learners in
English, so their characteristic is like children. They like picture, games,
song and telling story. In their process of learning, young learners needs the
comfortable situation in the classroom. In order to make more understand with
the lesson, they should fun in each lesson.
Based on, this argument the
student like picture in the text. And for improve their understanding in
reading text, I will try to use reading picture text. In this learning, I want
to know the improving the students reading interest through reading picture
text, and the end of study, the writer will get one formula in the problem of
student when they study reading.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The problem of the study is
stated as follows,
1.
How can picture improve
students reading interest at SDN Tanjungrejo 4 ?”
2.
How students get more
than 70 are 80% ?
3.
How can students
more active and happy in the class ?
1.3
The Objectives of the
Study
The success of the teaching
learning process in the language classroom depends on the process of
interaction between the teacher and the students. The degree of interaction in
the classroom is influenced by certain factors such as the materials to be taught, the methods of teaching used and
of the class that motivates the students to learn. Then, the objectives of the study
are , To
describe how picture can improve students reading interest at SDN
Tanjungrejo 4
1.4 Significance of the
Study
The purpose of the study is
expected to be able to give benefits to the students, the teachers, and the
school.
1.4.1 For Students
a) The
students reading ability increases
b) The
students will not feel bored in the learning activity
c) The
students vocabulary will increase automatically
1.4.2 For Teachers
a) The
teachers will find a new approach which is appropriate for teaching reading
b) Teachers
will develop their creativity to improve their teaching-learning process
c ) The
teachers will be able to guide teaching-learning process appropriately
1.4.3 For School
a) Project
work increases students’ achievement
b) Project
work develops learning strategies which stimulate student’s
creativity.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
of the Study
This study is about the
improvement of study of students reading interest by using reading picture.
There are reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills that can be improved
by using reading picture. The researcher only focuses on reading skill in the
observation to improve the students reading interest. The researcher describes
the process and result of using reading picture, not to evaluate the process.
Because of limited time and opportunity, the researcher limits study only to
the teacher’s way developing the students’ reading interest.
1.6 Definition of key term
In order to avoid
misunderstanding of the terms used in the study the researcher gives the
following definition:
a.
Improving : Process which enhance students knowledge and enables them
to acquire skills like collaboration, communication, and independent learning, making
reading skills better, raising
to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition.
b.
Reading interest : The high motivation from the students to
know the meaning of the text and to answer the question correctly from the text. This is shown by the students score
c.
Picture : small copy or model of
something that was taken out from magazines, real object, flash cards, chart,
etc used a teaching media to teach English.
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