The Use of Graphic Organizer to Improve the Eight Years
Students’ Ability in Reading a Descriptive Text at MTs
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
The research deals with reading
comprehension achievement as one of language
skills that will be taught by applying graphic
organizer method at the eight year students of Junior
High School. This chapter presents some
aspects. They are the background of the study, the statement of the problem,
the objective of the study, the significance of the
study, definition of the Key Terms, organization of the
study.
A. Background of
The Study
English is one of important subjects which are taught in
Indonesian school, starting from Elementary School up to University. Why
English must be taught? The first reason, English as one of the major
international language in the global area, is having increase importance in our
lives. We need it as a media to help us to link and conquer
the world. The second reason, people need
a common language in order to communicate each
other; for business, travel, and social reasons.
Educating the children to know the language will surely give them a basis for
their future development. However, most of
the students still face some problems in learning
English. They think that English is very difficult to be learnt and
understood. These problems have to be solved
to make teaching learning process successful. As
we know, there are four skills that
must be learnt in studying English; listening, speaking,
reading, and writing.
