9 testing are needed to use the readability formula and to get the result. This
definition of readability formula is used throughout the study.
3. School-Based Curriculum Kurkulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan
School-Based Curriculum SBC or in Indonesian, Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan is a system of formulating curriculum which is carried out by
each school unit by guidelines regulated by the Ministry of National Education on Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional No.22 Tahun 2006. The guideline gives
the description of minimum competence and materials to achieve by students on elementary and middle level on its Standar Kompetensi dan Kompetensi Dasar of
each level.
4. Suitability
Hetherington 1985 explains that the term suitability in the case of finding appropriate reading material for particular reader is almost the same with the term
readability. Hence, it means the idea of fitting or matching texts with readers.
5. Article
For this definition, the writer quoted the definition from Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary OALD 7
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Edition because the definition provided there is suitable for this research. Based on OALD 7
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edition, article is a piece of writing about a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine.
6. Factors
For this definition, the writer also quoted the definition from Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary OALD 7
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Edition because the definition provided there is suitable for this research. Based on OALD 7
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edition, factor is
10 one of several things that cause or influence something. Thus factors affecting
reading comprehension ability are any factors which influence the ability of students in reading the selected article of this research.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter discusses the theories supporting this study. It consists of two main sections: theoretical description and theoretical framework. The first section
discusses the concept of reading, reading comprehension, readability, and predicting text comprehensibility. Subsequently, the second section explains the
framework synthesized from the discussed theories.
A. Theoretical Description 1. The Concept of Reading
Reading skill in English language learning has been so significance. Even Bruder, Bratt, and Newton 1976 state reading is the most important skill of all
for most students of English throughout the world. Through its significance, many experts propose definition of reading.
Mitchell 1983 defines reading loosely as the ability to make sense of written or printed symbols. Mitchell also clarifies further that the reader uses the symbols to
guide the recovery of information from his or her memory. Subsequently, a reader uses this information to construct a reasonable understanding of the writer’s
message. In addition, Grabe and Stoller 2002 define reading as an ability to draw meaning from printed pages and interpret this information appropriately. Reading
is not only making sense of written or printed symbols but also how to interpret the information on the text appropriately. One detailed definition which is almost
