Based on the explanation above, the researcher was interested to conduct a classroom action research entitled “Improving the Tenth Year Students’ Active
Participation and Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using Pictures in Series at SMAN Rambipuji, Jember“.
1.2 Problems of the research
Based on the background of the research above, the problems of the research were formulated as the following.
1. Can the use of pictures in series improve the tenth year students’ active
participation in teaching learning process of reading comprehension of narrative text at SMAN Rambipuji, Jember in the year 20142015
academic year? 2.
Can the use of pictures in series improve the tenth year students’ reading comprehension achievement of narrative text at SMAN Rambipuji,
Jember in the 20142015 academic year?
1.3 Objectives of the research
Based on the problems above, the objectives of the research were as following.
1. To improve the tenth year students’ active participation in teaching learning process of reading comprehension of narrative text at SMAN
Rambipuji, Jember in the 20142015 academic year by using pictures in series.
2. To improve the tenth year students’ reading comprehension achievement of narrative text at SMAN Rambipuji, Jember in the 20142015 academic
year by using pictures in series.
1.4 Significance of the research
The results of this research are expected to give contribution to these following people.
a. The Students The results of this research are expected to improve the students’ active
participation in teaching learning process and also the students’ reading
comprehension achievement especially in narrative text. b. The English Teacher
Hopefully, the results of this research can be useful for the English teacher as the information and input such as what is meant by picture in series, how to apply
them and other information related to the use of picture in series in teaching reading. c. The Future Research
Future researchers can use the result of this research as a reference and source of information if they want to conduct their research dealing with the use of pictures
in series in education, especially in teaching reading comprehension.
1.5 Limitation of the Research