The application of guided reading method in improving students’
reading skill
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Nowadays,
English language is very important to our lives. This language is use world-
widely in sciences, knowledge and technology, as well as education business,
and other activities in the world. In the past, the Indonesia students start
learning English at junior High School (SMP) as a compulsory subject. The
process continues to Senior High School (SMA). In fact, English is also taught
in some elementary schools as the local content lesson and even in some
kindergartens.
In
learning language English there are four skills that should be master in
learning; they are listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Those are very important for English learners. Reading skill is one of the main
points to master English because a lot of students have opinion that reading an
important target, with reading they can get information and entertainment
beside for their career and study target. So that’s why I will focus on reading
skill in my research. As support for students in improving reading skill, student
have to be give knowledge about component of language, such as knowledge about
vocabulary, structure, pronunciation; sound for help their skill language. The
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