THE USE OF WORD SQUARE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION IN
NARRATIVE MATERIALS
A.
BACKROUND
OF THE STUDY
English is an important means of
communication, which is used by many countries in this world. It plays an important role in the process of modernization as an International language. This is why the Indonesian
government chooses English as the first foreign language to be taught in
schools (Ramelan, 1992:3). By putting it
as one of the subjects in the curriculum, hopefully, students will have
an ability to use English, and when they have mastered it, the way for them to
get in touch with the International community is wide open.
Recently from kindergarten to Senior
High School (SMA), students learn English in formal and non-formal ways. They
realize how important English is in this life, so they intend to master it such
a way that they can use that language to communicate with other people. Based
on curriculum of 2004, the scope of teaching English at Junior High Schools
includes four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In
this paper, the writer will perform reading
by looking at the consideration that success in reading will be very important to students both for academic
and vocational advancement.
Although English has been taught for a
long time, the result is still considered unsatisfactory especially in reading
comprehension. It is because the Indonesian students spend little time to read
and discuss books. They think that they???
