TABLE OF CONTENT
PAGE OF APPROVAL ... i
STATEMENT ... iii
PREFACE ... iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... v
ABSTRACT ... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vii
LIST OF TABLES ... x
LIST OF APPENDICES ... xi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1. Background of the Research ... 1
1.2. Research Questions ... 4
1.3. Aim of the Research... 4
1.4. Scope of the Research ... 4
1.5. Significance of the Research ... 4
1.6. Research Methodology ... 5
1.7. Clarifications of Key Terms... 5
1.8. Organization of Paper ... 6
CHAPTER II LITERARY REVIEW ... 7
2.1. Reader Response Theory ... 7
2.2 Listening to Storytelling ... 8
2.3Type of Responses ... 9
2.4 Children’s Type of Responses ... 10
2.4.1 Analytical ... 10
2.4.1.1 Making Narrative Meaning ... 11
2.4.1.2 Analysis of Illustration and Other Visual Matter ... 12
2.4.2 Intertextual ... 12
2.4.2.1 Associative Links ... 13
2.4.2.2 Analytical Links ... 14
2.4.3.1 Life-to-Text Connections ... 14
2.4.3.2 Text-to-Life Connections ... 15
2.4.4 Transparent ... 16
2.4.5 Performative ... 16
2.5 Children Reader’s Stage ... 18
2.6 Children Reader ... 19
2.6.1 Middle Elementary Children as a Reader ... 22
2.7 Reading or Listening to Fairy Tales ... 23
2.8 Previous Study ... 24
2.9 Concluding Remarks ... 26
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY ... 27
3.1 Research Design ... 27
3.2Research Procedure ... 27
3.3Data Collection... 28
3.3.1 Observation ... 28
3.3.2 Questionnaire ... 29
3.3.3 Interview ... 30
3.3.4 Respondents ... 30
3.4Data Analysis ... 31
3.5Synopsis ... 32
3.5.1 Cinderella ... 32
3.5.2 Snow White ... 33
3.6 Concluding Remarks ... 33
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ... 34
4.1Findings ... 34
4.1.1. Children Readers’ Type of Responses ... 34
c. Personal ... 44
d. Transparent ... 46
4.1.2.3 The Least Frequent Categories ... 48
a. Performative ... 48
4.1.3 Children’s Profile ... 48
4.2 Discussion ... 53
4.3 Concluding Remarks ... 55
CHAPTER VCONCLUSION ... 56
5.1 Conclusion ... 56
5.2 Suggestion ... 57
REFERENCES ... 58
LIST OF TABLE
Table 2.3 Five aspects of Literary Understanding of Children ... 17
Table 3.4 Sipe’s (2008) Personal Responses ... 31
Table 4.1 Patterns of Response in General ... 34
Table 4.1.2.1 Patterns of Responses from Five Respondents ... 35
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Questionnaire ... 64
Appendix 2: Result of Questionnaire ... 67
Appendix 3: Transcription of Interview ... 69
Appendix 4: Result of Interview ... 75
Appendix 5: Transcription of Observation During Reading Aloud Session... 79
