The Effectiveness of Generating Interaction between Schemata
and Text (GIST) Strategy on Reading Descriptive Text Comprehension Ability of
the Seventh Grade Students
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents background
of research, research problem, research objective,
research hypothesis, research significance and the scope of the research.
A. Background of Research
Reading skill is needed by students to improve their
knowledge and other English skills and components.
Reading enables people to find out
information from a variety of texts, written or printed information in the
forms of newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and brochures. Reading is a
complex process both on its teaching and learning. Reading is one of the
language skills which is important for academic success. Reading is the process
of reconstructing the writer’s idea written in a text or printed symbols based
on the reader’s background knowledge and experience. ]
Reading comprehension is a
complex activity to understand the meaning of
words. In reading activity, we are not only reading the text,
but also trying to understand what we are
reading. Moreover we do not only want
to get some information or knowledge but
also an enjoyment. Ability or skill of
comprehending a message in the text
is the goal of reading in a language
instruction. However, comprehending a
text message is not easy, especially in
English. It can be seen from the students’
reading comprehension that is still far
from what is expected. At seventh
grade students in Junior High School the??????????
