pictures are provided in order to help the students to understand the text, so they can simplify their understanding about the content of the text through the pictures.
Games and puzzles can be designed which require pupils to match cards with words or sentences on them, or cards which link
pictures with written label or caption. Pupils will sight problems may need pictures or words enlarged or perhaps, as a teacher in a
PH school suggested, on different colored paper Ann Swabrick: 2002.
Hopefully by using picture matching game, it can help the students to be active and directly involve in the learning activity. So that, they can improve their
reading comprehension in enjoy and interesting way through interactive strategy.
1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic
The writer chooses some reasons in this research as the following; First, teachers‘ strategies in language learning are important for students‘
achievement in the end of the learning process. It means that students‘ achievement is determined by the teachers‘ preparation in providing various
learning strategies. The interactive strategies hopefully will make students become active and enjoy in the learning process, and it obviously determines students‘
achievement in their learning process. Second, reading is one of the most important skills in learning English.
Without learning reading skill students cannot success in learning English. Improving students‘ reading skill means that the teachers also help to improve the
other important skills.
Third, in teaching Junior High School students, English teachers need to set a special strategy and media to make them more interest and directly participate in
the learning process. In the end of the learning process, what the teacher wants to know is how far their students can comprehend the materials have been given.
Teacher strateg ies and students‘ achievement is very tightly connected because
teacher strategies determine students‘ achievement.
The last, the result of the study hopefully can support teachers and students in English learning process. This strategy ―Picture Matching Game‖ can be the
alternative reference for English teacher in improving students‘ reading skills.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
As this research is concerned with improving students‘ reading comprehension mastery of narratives by using picture matching game, the research questions
which were addressed in the study were as follow:
1. How does the picture matching game influence in the students‘ reading
comprehension?
2.
What are the students‘ responses toward their teachers‘ strategies in teaching reading comprehension?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
