A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING – LEARNING PROCESS OF READING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENT OF SMP NEGERI 3
COLOMADU IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
NOVIANA DWI PUSPITASARI A 320 070 039
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
iv 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 certain university, nor there are opinions and 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, May 2011
v MOTTO
Kebahagiaan ada pada mereka yang pernah
menangis, tersakiti, menunggu, dan mencoba.
Karena hanya merekalah yang bisa menghargai
betapa berartinya hidup ini ketika mereka telah
vi DEDICATION
With love, this research is dedicated to:
♥ Her beloved parents,
♥ Her wonderful brother and
younger brothers,
♥ Her lovely Alun, and
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb
Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin, Praise to Allah SWT for the blessing the writer
in completing of this research paper. The researcher also received help from many individuals. Their loving help and kindness will always be reflected in this research. On this very special occasion, the researcher wishes to express her gratitude to those who have helped her completing this research paper.
1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si., the Dean of School of Teacher Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.S., the Head of English Education Department.
3. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M.Hum., the first consultant for his patience in providing continuous guidance, advice, suggestion and correction till the end of this research.
4. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M.Hum., as the second consultant who has helped the researcher.
5. Drs. M. Thoyibi, M.S., as the academic consultant who has given the researcher guidance during her study in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
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7. Her beloved parents: PapaSukadi and Mama Nurwirati who are patient to see her finishing this research paper soon and also for their love, pray, support, motivation, and everything.
8. Her brother and sister-in-law, Dony and Andriyani, S.Pd who gives her the color of life and supports her to finish this study.
9. Her younger brothers; Tri and Anto, her little nephew, Anindya Farel Kurniawan
thank for coloring her days.
10.Her beloved, Alun Presamaji, S.H. thanks a lot for his love and motivation, his patience when he is taking care of her and also everything he has given to her. She is so sorry if she often makes him disappointed. She just wants him to be a better and stronger man.
11.Thanks to Bapak Sutarjo and Ibu Partini. Thanks for accepting her to be the part of their family. Thanks for their suggestions and advices.
12.Her lovely friends Remponx: Windy, Cindy, Zening, Duma, Idoed, and Anita. Thanks for the support, sharing time, advices, suggestions, and everything given to her, hopefully our friendship will never end.
13.Special thank to Cindy Muti H, S.Pd. Thank for her help, support to accomplish this research. Thank you very much.
14.All of her friends in English Department 2007, thanks for the togetherness. 15.Drs. Suparto, S.H, M.Pd., as the headmaster of SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu. She
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information about the teaching-learning process of English and her guidance there.
16.The students in the first year of SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu especially VII G who have cooperated with the writer in conducting the research.
17.Last but not least, those who cannot be mentioned one by one who have supported to reach her dreams.
She realizes that this research paper is still far from being perfect because of limited capability. Thus, revision, suggestion, and constructive criticism are hoped for the perfection of this work. She wishes this research paper would be useful and helpful to all readers.
Wassalaamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Surakarta, May 2011
x SUMMARY
Noviana Dwi Puspitasari. A.320.070.039. A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING – LEARNING PROCESS OF READING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENT OF SMP NEGERI 3 COLOMADU IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR. Research Paper. Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 2011
This study aims at describing the teaching-learning process of reading to the first year students of SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu in 2010/2011 academic year.
The writer focuses the English teaching-learning process of reading descriptive text, on the first year students. The purpose of this research is to know the implementation of teaching reading at the first year students of SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu. The data are taken from all elements of teaching-learning process committed by the teacher and the students and other sources such as books, students’ worksheet, syllabus, etc. The method of collecting data is descriptive method by employing interview, analyzing document and observation. This research is descriptive qualitative research which does not include any calculation or statistic procedure.
The result of the research shows that the English teacher in SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu applies two approaches in teaching reading, namely bottom-up approach and top-down approach. The writer finds that from the observation, there are some problems faced by the students; (1) students’ difficulties in finding the main idea of descriptive text, (2) most of the students have difficulties in arranging the sentence correctly, and (3) the students have difficulties in translating the word from English into Indonesian and Indonesian into English. During the teaching-learning process from the first meeting until fourth meeting the response of the students is good. They were enthusiastic in every meeting.
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D. Descriptive Text... 10
E. Teaching Reading ... 11
F. Teaching-learning Process of Reading Descriptive Text... 13
G. Teaching Procedure for Teaching-learning Process of Reading Descriptive Text ... 15
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 23
A. Research Finding ... 23
1. The Objective Teaching Reading... 23
2. The Approach Adopted by the Teacher in Teaching Reading ... 26
3. Materials for Teaching Reading... 26
4. Teaching and Learning Activities of Reading Descriptive Text ... 28
5. The Problems Faced by the Students in Comprehending Descriptive Text ... 41
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CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 48
A. Conclusion ... 48
B. Suggestion ... 50
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 55
