IMPROVING STUDENTS’
READING ABILITY BY USING PRINTED MASS MEDIA ( A Classroom Action Research)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
English as
a foreign language
in Indonesia plays
an important role
in many aspects of
life like education,
economy, international relationship, technology, etc.
Consequently, the teaching
of English becames
an International enterprise. The
widespread need for English as second or foreign language needs a considerable
pressure on the educational resources of
many countries. Related to the
problems in teaching
English, Indonesia introduces
English since in elementary
school as a
local content, to
give English to
children as early
as possible in order
to prepare them
in covering the
globalization era. English becomes a
compulsory subject in
Junior High School,
Senior High School
and University.
In English,
there are four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students
are expected to
have ability in
those language skills,
which cover receptive and
productive language use.
Teaching English is not easy,
English teachers should not only master the language, but they should
also be able to make their students learn.
Reading, one of
language skills, should be mastered well by the students because reading
is an essential
factor that influences
one’s activity in communication. Reading is regarded as a
decoding skill, that is, interpreting codes into ideas. People consider reading
as an important activity, so that people usually say that
reading is the
window of the
world. By reading,
people can get ?????
