METHOD APPLIED IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO THE SEVENTH YEAR STUDENT IN SMP N 2 BENDOSARI SUKOHARJO
IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
YUNETTY TRI NORMA HADIATI A. 320 070 158
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
APPROVAL
METHOD APPLIED IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO THE SEVENTH YEAR STUDENT IN SMP N 2 BENDOSARI, SUKOHARJO
IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
RESEARCH PAPER
by
YUNETTY TRI NORMA HADIATI A.320 070 158
Approved to be Examined by Consultant
Consultant II Consultant I
Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum.
ACCEPTANCE
METHOD APPLIED IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO THE SEVENTH YEAR STUDENT IN SMP N 2 BENDOSARI, SUKOHARJO
IN 2010/1011 ACADEMIC YEAR
RESEARCH PAPER
by
YUNETTY TRI NORMA HADIATI
A.320 070 158
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta on Augusts ,2011
Team of Examiner :
1. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum. ( )
(Chair Person)
2. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. ( )
(Member I)
3. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M. Hum ( )
(Member II)
Dean
TESTIMONY
Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the previous literary work which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of a university, nor there are opinions or masterpieces which have been written or published by others, except those in which the writing are referred in the manuscript and mentioned in literary review and bibliography.
Hence, later, if it is proven that there are some untrue statements in this testimony; hence I will be fully responsible.
Surakarta, July 14, 2011 The Writer
MOTTO
O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support
you and plant f irmly your f eet . (Q S. Muhammad: 7)
DEDICATION
This research paper is wholeheartedly
dedicated to:
Islam, the way of my life,
My beloved parents,
My beloved older sister and brother,
My beloved cousins
My beloved friends, and
My dearest one who will be my
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.
Praise to Allah SWT, the Lord of Universe, for blessing and guiding the research paper as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
The researcher is fully aware of other people’s help and guidance. Therefore, on this opportunity, she would like to express her gratitude and appreciation to:
1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si., as the Dean of the School of Teacher Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. Tities Setyabudi, S.Si., the head of English department, who has permitted her to write the research paper,
3. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M.Hum., as the first consultant, who has given guidance, valuable advice, and information patiently during the arrangement of the research paper,
4. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum., as the second consultant and her academic consultant who has given motivation, and helped to correct the grammatical structure of the research paper,
6. The headmaster of SMP N 2 Bendosari, Sukoharjo who have given me permission in doing an experiment there,
7. The English teacher and students in the seventh year students of SMP N 2 Bendosari, Sukoharjo,
8. Her beloved parents, Bapak Sunarto and Ibu Sri Sumarni for the unconditional love, prayer, support, patience, care, and all the sacrifices, 9. Her dearest elder brother and sister, Mas Haries Probo Suryo, and mbak
Endah Dwi Puspito Rini for all the advices, pray, care, jokes and support, 10. Her sweetie cousins, Octa Resvia Mustikawati, Mezaluna Resvia
Apriliani, and Ava Miqdam Zaky Alhafidz for all jokes, care and support, 11. Her dearest “Ta” for all support, help, care, pray and jokes, we had learned
many things during our togetherness,
12. Her beloved Maggy and Beaty, they always accompanying when and where the writer will go,
13. Her closest friends for sharing Lina and Unyil, thanks for all and nice friendship,
14. Her elder sister in the boarding house, mb Ida, mb Yaik, mb Khusnul, mb Ruri, mb Putri, mb Titien, and mb Tanti thanks for all guidance advices, support and happiness,
16. Her dearest friends in D classes: Mitha, Mina, Resmi, Atrit, Ayu, Angga, Anis, Nur, Agus, Diva, Puput and all who cannot mention one by one, for being her best friends and giving the spirit and sweet friendship, we have sweet memory during our togetherness,
17. Her amazing and craziness friends in D’Malings Group for nice friendship, 18. Her friends in PPL Muhi 2010, and
19. All the people involved in conducting and accomplishing this research paper, who still cannot be mentioned here one by one.
She realizes that this research paper is far from being perfect because of her limited capability. Thus, revision, suggestion, and criticism are welcome for the perfection of this work. She wishes this research paper would be useful and helpful to readers.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.
Surakarta, July 2011
TABLE OF CONTENT
page
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
ACCEPTANCE... iii
TESTIMONY ... iv
MOTTO ... v
DEDICATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... vii
TABLE OF CONTENT ... x
SUMMARY ... xiii
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION... 1
A.Background of the Study ... 1
B.Problem Statement ... 5
C.Objective of the Study ... 5
D.Limitation of the Study ... 5
E.Benefit of the Study ... 6
F. Research Paper Organization ... 7
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 8
A. Previous Study ... 8
B. General Concept of Reading... 9
2. Notion of Teaching Reading ... 10
C. General Concept of Method ... 11
1. Notion of Method ... 11
2. Method in Teaching Reading ... 12
D. General Concept of Descriptive Text ... 17
1. Notion of Descriptive Text ... 17
2. Characteristics of Descriptive Text ... 18
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ... 20
A.Type of the Research ... 20
B. Subject and Object of the Study ... 20
C. Data and Data Source ... 21
D. Method of Collecting Data ... 21
E. Technique for Analyzing Data... 23
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 24
A.Research Finding ... 21
1. The Methods Applied by the Teacher in Teaching Reading Descriptive Text ... 27
2. The Problem Faced by the Teacher in Implementing the Method of Teaching Descriptive Text ... 51
3. The Ways Used by the Teacher to Overcome the Problems ... 53
B. Discussion... 55
A. Conclusion ... 59
B. Suggestion ... 60
1. For the Teacher ... 61
2. For the Students ... 61
3. For the School... 62
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 63
SUMMARY
Yunetty Tri Norma Hadiati. A320 070 158. METHOD APPLIED IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO THE SEVENTH YEAR STUDENT IN SMP N 2 BENDOSARI SUKOHARJO IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR. Research Paper. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.2011.
This research aims at describing three things. They are the methods applied by the teacher in teaching reading descriptive text, the problems faced by the teacher in teaching reading descriptive text, and the ways used by the teacher to overcome the problems in teaching reading descriptive text.
This research uses descriptive qualitative research. The research data in this study collected from observation to the SMP N 2 Bendosari and interview with English teacher and the seventh year students in SMP N 2 Bendosari. The sources of the data are event of teaching reading descriptive text, informant, and document. The methods of collecting data are observation, interview, and document.
The researcher finds that the methods applied by the teacher are Audio Lingual Method (ALM) and Grammar Translation Method (GTM). The teaching procedures in teaching learning process are Building Knowledge of the Field (BKOF), Modeling of the Text (MOT), Joint Construction of the Text (JCOT), and Independent Construction of the Text (ICOT). In teaching reading descriptive text, there are some problems faced by the English teacher namely; 1) classroom management, 2) low motivation of the students in learning English, 3) different capability of the students in receiving material, and 4) limited time. The teacher has four ways to overcome the problems. They are; 1) the teacher walks around the class and pointed the students who do not pay attention and gives question, 2) gives advice, motivation and uses attractive media, 3) the teacher gives a chance to the students to ask about the material that they do not understand yet, and the teacher gives advices, and 4) the teacher manages time again to reach the material based on curriculum.
Consultant II Consultant I
Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M.Hum.
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