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DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIALS FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs AL-HAMID
BANJARMASIN
Fitriana
Islamic University Of Kalimantan Email : [email protected]
Nurhasanah M. Pd
.Islamic University Of Kalimantan
Email : [email protected]
Neneng Islamiah , M. Pd.
Islamic University Of Kalimantan
ABSTRACT
This study is to investigate the students’ perception on reading strategies for increasing reading comprehension.
Descriptive quantitative were employed in this study. Data collected from questionnaire were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative analysis method. Related to students’ perception on reading strategies for increase reading comprehension, it was found that students have positive attitude toward reading strategies since they were aware that reading strategies can help them in reading comprehension. The fact shows that although high and low achievers used similar reading strategies but the result is different in their reading scores. It depends on how effective students use their strategies.
Keywords: Reading, Reading Strategies, Students’
Strategies and Students’ Perception
1. INTRODUCTION
Reading proficiency plays a great role in understanding a written statement accurately and efficiently. Reading serves as an important tool in every field of professional service. In many situations reading is considered to be the indispensable channel of communication in an ever widening world (Maher, 2000).
The reading skill becomes one of the most important elements of learning English because if someone does not have the ability to interact and learn through reading and writing surely he or she will have disadvantages in his or her life (Rose, 2006, cited in Westwood, 2008:2). Reading is a basic tool in the living a good life. Brown (2001) stated that reading comprehension is primarily a matter of developing efficient comprehension strategies for the majorities of the second language learners who already literate in their native language. The students’ view of reading is an example of a perception of reading that greatly differs from reading perception that is held by adults. Students in various stages of learning to read and doing their best to make sense of their instruction;
however, they may develop perception about reading that impede their progress or make the task of reading. It is important to know how these perceptions affect students as
readers and discover alternative learning strategy; ways to motivate students in learning, as well as things teachers and parents can do to increase the ways in which they present reading to their students and children. Students who can learn independently from content text are strategic readers who can access and link prior knowledge to new learning or concepts. While some learners seem to possess these skills with little or no instruction, others do not.
Learners who do not have control over
2. METHOD
Research of Design
This research used a descriptive quantitave.
According to Neil A. Weiss (2012:31) Descriptive statistics consists of methods for organizing and summarizing information.
The researcher wanted to find out what are the students perception on reading strategy for the students reading comprehension, especially for the students at the eleventh grade of SMA PGRI 1 Banjarmasin school year 2019/2020.
Research Setting
The location of the research is at SMA PGRI 1 Banjarmasin. It is located on Jl. Sultan Adam Komplek H.Andir RT.15 Kec. Banjarmasin Utara, Kota Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan.
Population and Sample of Research
The population of research is all the eleventh grade students of SMA PGRI 1 Banjarmasin school year 2019/2020, which is divided into two classes. In this grade the amount of the students are 53 students. The sample; students in class there are 27 students. The sample; students in class there are 27 students.
3. FINDINGS
AND DISCUSSIONIt has been claimed that students, especially ESL/
EFL learners, confront a variety of difficulties while reading a given material. In fact, students can solve such difficulties by using some reading techniques known as reading strategies. From the result of the questionnaire, 66,7% of the students strongly agree that they read the questions before reading the text. It means that reading the questions before
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reading the text is one of the reading strategies that is mostly used by the students.
Meanwhile 3,7% of the students strongly disagree about reading text loudly and guessing the meaning of the word that they read, Therefore those reading strategies are less effective for reading comprehension of the eleventh grade students in SMA PGRI 1 Banjarmasin.
4. CLOSING
Conclusion
Based on the data analysis to conclude, that the results revealed from students perception on reading strategy for the students reading comprehension, the students strongly agree with the statement they read the question before reading the text
Suggestions
Considering the results obtained in this study and discussions in the previous chapter, there are several suggestions that the researcher would like to present.
For students, it is important for students to learn about reading. This research could help the students to discover their own reading strategies so that they can manipulate it in making the reading more successful.
Students can find their own reading strategies which help them in understanding the text and materials given in effective way.
For the next researchers, the result of the research can be used as a contribution of opinion that can be taken as references for another investigation in the same area in different contexts.
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