TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………i
STATE OF AUTHORIZATION……….ii
ABSTRACT………iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS………iv
CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1. Background of the Study... 1
1.2. Research Questions ... 4
1.3. Purposes of the Study ... 5
1.4. Significance of the Study ... 5
1.5. Definition of Terms ... 6
1.6. The Organization of Thesis ... 7
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ... 8
2.1. The Schema Theory ... 8
2.2. Types of Schema ... 9
2.2.1. Linguistic schema ... 10
2.2.2. Formal Schema ... 10
2.2.3. Content Schema ... 11
2.3. The Role of Content Schema in Reading Comprehension ... 12
2.4. Schema Activation Strategies ... 15
2.4.1. Pre-questioning ... 16
2.4.2. Using Analogies and Questioning ... 16
2.4.3. Using Visual Aids ... 17
2.4.4. Story Telling Demonstration ... 18
2.5. Reading Process ... 18
2.6. Three Reading Phases ... 20
2.6.2. Whilst Reading Activities ... 21
2.6.3. Post Reading Activities ... 21
2.7. Related Previous Research Findings ... 22
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 25
3.1. The Research Design ... 25
3.2. The Research Site ... 26
3.3. Participants ... 27
3.4. The Data Collection Methods ... 28
3.4.1. Classroom Observation ... 28
3.4.2. Interviews ... 35
3.5. The Research Procedures ... 42
3.5.1. The Preliminary Study ... 42
3.5.2. The Main Study ... 43
3.6. The Issue of Validity ... 43
3.7. Data Analysis ... 44
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS………....46
4.1. The Teachers’ strategies to activate students’ content schema in teaching reading comprehension. ... 46
4.2.The Students responses on the Activating Students’ Content Schema ... 53
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 56
5.1. Conclusions ... 56
5.2. Suggestions ... 57
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 59
