CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
English consists of four
language skills; they are
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Learning a foreign language in
Indonesia is expected to help the students to master these skills. In relation
to these skills, the researcher emphasized her attention to the reading skill.
The students of English Department are very important
to study reading, because there are many advantages from studying reading. By
reading, the students will be able to increase their knowledge on culture. If
the students read every rule in written English from our country, the students
will get more knowledge about the other country with its culture. In English
Department, the students study English do not only master of grammar or
vocabulary but also master the culture of the target language. If the students
do not know about the culture, the students will get difficulties to understand
to communicate with a native speaker. Although, the students may learn about
English words through the dictionary, the students still need to learn the
English culture, so the communication can be understood and avoid
misunderstanding.
Through reading,
people can improve their own knowledge which ensures the continuing personal
growth and adapts the change in the word. Harvey (1998: 2) argues that the
purpose or reading in language is to inform ourselves about something we are
interested in, or challenge our knowledge on certain matters. In other words,
to extend experience of the world in which we live.
Reading has
always received the greatest emphasis in teaching English. There are some
reasons for this. Firstly, reading takes an important role in learning process.
Reading skill is an instrument that can facilitate students to enrich their
knowledge. Secondly, reading is important not only because it can give a lot of
information but also pleasure and joy. In senior high school level, students
face some problems in reading. Most of the students found difficulties in
comprehending text, especially narrative text. Based on the researcher's
observation, the major problem faced by them is how to comprehend the elements
of the story. To overcome the problems, a story mapping strategy is proposed to
be applied in teaching reading. The technique is chosen because it is simple
and considered suitable for students in the senior high school level. To
comprehend the elements of the story the students are assigned to make a story
map based on the story given.
The researcher
wants to discuss one of the many problems connected with English
learning. English learning problems can take place both at home and at school.
The teacher and the students are different, and therefore, the teacher might
find different motivations for learning as well. At school, the problems may
appear when the class consists of a big number of students. The noisy class
does not only disturb the students who really want to study, but also influence
the students’ concentration to the subject given in class. The condition like
this can make the students feel bored and do not like to study. At home, the
problems may appear when the student recalls the subjects from school and they
still do not understand the lesson and none of the people at home can help
them. If this condition continues the students will feel very bored and not
interested in studying English. In this case the teacher’s role is very
important, that is to?????
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