INCREASING
THE STUDENTS’ READING
COMPREHENSION THROUGH WORD SORTS STRATEGY AT
THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF??
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
English is an
international language. It has an important position in the world communication
today. This position makes English is most widely used all over the world in
all aspect of human lives. In Indonesia, English plays an important role in the
international communication and development of education. Indonesia as a
developing country gets to involve in many aspects of international lives and
it cannot be denied that the mastery of English is necessary for Indonesian
people. In Indonesia, English is a foreign language which functions to support
the development of knowledge, technology, culture and art. It also improves a
close relationship with the other countries.
The main goal of
teaching English in Indonesia is to enable students to use English for communication
and for reading book reference written in English. English has been taught at
the senior high school and event at the elementary school. At the senior and
junior high school, the four skills of language namely speaking, writing,
listening and reading has been taught. But in this sense the writer will be
focus to discuss about reading skill. Reading is the priority because reading
can cover the three other skills.
Reading, which belongs to receptive skill, can be defined
as a process whereby one looks at and understands what has been written
(Williams, 1999: 2). It means that, when someone reads, he looks at something
written and tries to get the meaning to understand it. Reading can also be
described as a mental or cognitive process which involves a reader in trying to
follow and respond to a message from a writer, who is in distant space and time
(Davies, 1973: 1). It means that reading activity ??????
