CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
English as a world
language plays an important role in the development of science and technology.
Many scientific articles or books in general are written in English. That
demands those who are involved in any particular field to be able to understand
the English written materials to group information and knowledge. English
involve four language skills namely, speaking, listening, writing and reading.
Reading is about understanding written texts. It is a complex
activity that involves both perception and thought. Reading consists of two
related processes: word recognition and comprehension. Word recognition refers
to the process of perceiving how written symbols correspond to one’s spoken
language. Comprehension is the process of making sense of words, sentences and
connected text. Readers typically make use of background knowledge, vocabulary,
grammatical knowledge, experience with text and other strategies to help them
understand written text. Much of what we know about reading is based on studies.
Reading as one of the language skill is very
important in language teaching and learning process but, it is not easy to do.
Those skills must be taught integrated as much as possible. The priority of
teaching English in school is reading because it can cover three other skills.
Reading may be
considered as the key to get information from books, magazines, newspaper and
brochure. The development of science demands people to read a lot. Many science
books written in English and reading skill will aid students to fulfill their
need. Habit reading skill can also enrich vocabularies.
The teaching of
English is necessary to develop especially in teaching reading comprehension
because the techniques of teaching influence the students’ success. Therefore,
the teacher of English must select the suitable way, method, and strategy to
teach.
Based on information from an English teacher and
observer, result about the students achievement especially in reading English
at SMA Tut Wuri Handayani Makassar of the tenth year students in the last
semester. That the students’ value average still got 4.0 . while the standard reading in curriculum is 6,5. it’s happened because the teacher is not using especially
method in reading is lack, the researcher wants to solve this problem until the
students have a good score and achieve the score 7,0-9,0 and as target in
reading English comprehension. Therefore, the writer will give solution about the problem with
Predicting Strategy. Predicting strategy is one strategy to use reading
comprehension.
Readers must make
logical predictions based on information from the text and their prior
knowledge. Knowledge of fictional text structures such as characters, setting,
problem, resolution, theme or lesson assist students in making predictions.
Nonfiction reader aids such as text headings, illustrations, and features such
as maps, captions, and tables also help students make logical predictions about
what they think they will learn from the reading.
In order to do this
successfully, students must activate relevant background knowledge that they
possess on the topic. Once students have made a prediction, they have a purpose
for reading, to confirm or disprove their prediction. Furthermore, the
opportunity has been created for the students to link the new knowledge with
the knowledge they already possess. By making predictions, readers are using
the following processes: prior knowledge, thinking on a literal and inferential
level, adding to their knowledge base, linking efferent and affective thinking
processes, making connections, and??????????????????????
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