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D. Problem Statement

Based on the limitation of the study, the writer formulates the problem on the study as follows: “How far does printed mass media improve junior high school students’ reading ability?”

E. The Aim of the Study

This research is aimed to improve students’ reading ability by using printed mass media.

F. Benefit of the Study

The research result is expected to be able to give some benefits, such as following: For the students: It is hoped this study can improve their reading ability. For the teacher: It is hoped that this study will provide much information for the improvement of the quality of the teaching and learning process. For the School: It is hoped that this new technique of teaching reading will enrich teaching method in this school. For the researcher: This research of course will improve the researcher’s writing.

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Review on Reading Ability

1. The Nature of Reading Ability

Reading is more than merely referring to the activity of pronouncing the printed material or following each line of written page. It involves various and mixed activities. People have their own purposes why they read. It is also more than recognizing words within a sentence; it includes whole ability of thinking process to evaluate the information. The following are some definitions of reading proposed by some experts: Aebersold and Field 1997: 15 say that reading is what happens when people look at a text and assign meaning to the written symbols in that text, further, the text and the reader are the two physical entities necessary for the reading process to begin. So, there is an interaction between the text and the reader that constitute actual reading. While, Davies 1995:1 says that reading is a private activity. It is a mental or cognitive process, which involves a reader in trying to follow and respond to a message from a writer, who is in distant space and time. Due to this privacy, the process of reading and responding to a writer is not directly observable. Grellet 1998:7 defines reading as an active skill that constantly involves guessing, predicting, checking, and asking oneself questions. Wallace 1992: 4 7

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