The Effectiveness of Generating Interaction between Schemata and Text (GIST) Strategy on Reading Descriptive Text Comprehension Ability of the Seventh Grade Students
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents background of research, research problem, research objective, research hypothesis, research significance and the scope of the research.
A. Background of Research
Reading skill is needed by students to improve their knowledge and other English skills and components. Reading enables people to find out information from a variety of texts, written or printed information in the forms of newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and brochures. Reading is a complex process both on its teaching and learning. Reading is one of the language skills which is important for academic success. Reading is the process of reconstructing the writer’s idea written in a text or printed symbols based on the reader’s background knowledge and experience. ]
Reading comprehension is a complex activity to understand the meaning of words. In reading activity, we are not only reading the text, but also trying to understand what we are reading. Moreover we do not only want to get some information or knowledge but also an enjoyment. Ability or skill of comprehending a message in the text is the goal of reading in a language instruction. However, comprehending a text message is not easy, especially in English. It can be seen from the students’ reading comprehension that is still far from what is expected. At seventh grade students in Junior High School the??????????
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