APPLAYING
TWO STAY-TWO STRAY (TS-TS) STRATEGY TO IMPROVING THE STUDENTS READING
COMPREHENSION OF REPORT TEXT AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMP (AN EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
Language
is important in our daily communication. People communicate with other or
express their feelings, by using language. According to Amberg & Vause
(2000: 1) Language is foremost a means of communication, and communication almost
always takes place within some sort of social context. This is why effective
communication requires an understanding. It means that language is very
important for communication in our daily life. And language is one of the
instrument of communication. Language is a means of communication. By using
language, people can express ideas, thoughts, opinions and their minds.
Language in the world is the most important means in life because it is
impossible for people to communicate with other and carry on their daily
activities without using language. Among those language, English is one of the
international languages. As international language, English has many important
roles.
Recently,
English has been becoming number one topic that is being talked by scientist.
It is because, almost every person in this earth needs to study English.
Learning English is very important. English is essential for education
advancement or career development and for interaction with people in other
countries. Besides, English is also used to develop science, technology and
culture. Based on the national education system, there are four skills which
must be acquired by students in learning English, they are reading, listening,
speaking and writing. Furthermore, English also has three components that are
vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
Among the four basic skills, reading is one of the most important skills
in learning language because the success of their learning depends on the
greater part of their ability to read. Based on Cline, F., Johnstone, C., &
King, T. (2006: 2) Reading is the process of deriving meaning from text. For
the majority of readers, this process involves decoding written text. Some
individuals require adaptations such as braille or??????