A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING READING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST YEAR OF
SMK NEGERI 1 BANYUDONO BOYOLALI IN 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting the Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
TRI GUNAWAN A 320 060 165
SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
ii APPROVAL
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING READING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST YEAR OF
SMK NEGERI 1 BANYUDONO BOYOLALI IN 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
RESEARCH PAPER
by
TRI GUNAWAN A 320 060 165
Approved to be Examined by Consultant
Consultant II Consultant I
ACCEPTANCE
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING READING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST YEAR OF
SMK NEGERI 1 BANYUDONO BOYOLALI IN 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education
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TESTIMONY
Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the previous literary work which has been raised to obtain a bachelor degree of a certain university, nor there are opinions or masterpieces which have been written or published or 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, January 2011
TRI GUNAWAN
MOTTO
¾ Never Give Up
(The Writer)
¾ Keep Trying & Praying
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DEDICATION
Thanks
to
Allah
SWT
This
research
paper
is
dedicated
to:
My
dearest
father
and
mother.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, praise and gratitude for Allah SWT, the
Glorious, the Lord, and the Almighty, who has given opportunity and bless for the researcher to finish the research paper entitled “A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING READING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST YEAR OF SMK
NEGERI 1 BANYUDONO BOYOLALI IN 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR”. Greetings
and invocation are presented to the Prophet Muhammad SAW, who has guided mankind to the right path blessed by the Lord.
The writer would like to express his sincere gratitude for all of people who give contribution to make this research paper more complete. Without their contribution the writer is likely impossible to finish it. Therefore, on this opportunity he would like to express his special and deepest gratitude and appreciation to:
1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si., as the Dean of the School of Teacher Training and Education,
2. Titis Setyabudi, SS., as the Chief of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
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4. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum., as the First Consultant, for the greatest guidance, attention, and motivation from the beginning up to the completing of the research paper,
5. All the lecturers of English Department, for knowledges and lecturing,
6. Beloved parents, his great father and mother who always love, support, give attention, and pray,
7. His family, mbak Driyah, mbak Uci, mas Majzi, mas Reni, who loved so much,
8. His big family, grandfather, uncles, aunties, cousins, and nephews,
13. Lovely “Anis” who always loves, supports, accompanies, gives spirit, and advices the writer,
14. His best friends and brothers at “Domingoes City boarding house” and “Batas Suci Group”, Ilham Akbar Nugroho, uD. Domingoes, Azam Farchani, Dandung, Bejo Taulani, Aput, Farid Lukman, Bang Iwan, Eko, NopeX, Topik Alghani, Febri Jozz, Na2ng, Lewis Paijo, and Badonz for togetherness and happiness,
15. His best friends and brothers at “Kabayan boarding house” Ludvi, Bayu, Mahrus, Rizal, Pak Dan, Murdex, Jumbo, Akin, Limbong, Ipunk, Nanang, mas Ris, Bokir, who always support, accompany, and spend bad and good time together,
16. His best friends, Tika, Rina, mbak Yeyen, Rusita, Dek Im’Im, Rere, Dimas, Uzi, who accompany and support each other in completing the research paper,
17. His “AMD”, “Kharisma” and “CS 1” for loyality,
18. The C and D class of English Department 2006 and all of English community,
19. Onde-Onde Lumuten Modern drama performance,
20. His best friend in PPL, and
21. All her friends and families that the writer cannot mention one by one.
vii SUMMARY
Tri Gunawan. A. 320 060 165. A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING READING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST YEAR OF SMK NEGERI 1 BANYUDONO BOYOLALI IN 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR. Research Paper. School of Teacher Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2011.
This research paper aims at describing the method used by the teacher in teaching reading descriptive text at the first year students of SMK N 1 Banyudono
Boyolali, to know the problems faced by the teacher and to know the strategies
implemented by the teacher to overcome the problems.
This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The researcher collects the data by observing the English class and conducting interview with the teacher. The data include syllabus, reading materials, field notes and interview script. And the methods of collecting the data are observation, interview, and documents. From the research finding and discussion, the researcher draws the following conclusion.
TABLE OF CONTENT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... vii
SUMMARY ... x
F. Research Paper Organization ... 5
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 6
F. General Concept of Teaching Reading Process ... 15
1. The Nature of the Reading ... 15
2. Teaching Reading Skill ... 16
G. Descriptive Text ... 19
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CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 28
A. Research Finding ... 28
1. The Method Used by the Teacher in Teaching Reading of Descriptive Text ... 28
2. The Objective of Teaching Reading ... 32
3. Materials for Teaching Reading ... 33
