44 7 By creating the teen English magazine is better for the students
to study English carefully through practice and experience, and to be active and creative in learning English.
8 Teaching reading by using an English teen magazine in teaching English
could increase the students‟ motivation and achievement in reading comprehension.
9 Teacher can create an interesting classroom, and then prepare the lesson they are going to teach as well as possible.
10 English teen magazine activity can improve students‟ reading
skills through individual work and peer feedback techniques of teaching.
B. Related Studies
The magazine has been by some researchers before as a material in teaching reading. There are many relevant studies related to the use
ofmagazine in the teaching reading. Marrow and Lesnick 2001 examine the benefits of magazine as a source in the classroom. The research show that the
majorities of surveyed teachers appropriate the magazine as an important sources to motivate the students and can improve the critical thingking and
reading skills.
C. Conceptual Framework
45 Reading comprehension is one of the skills that needs more attention
in junior high schools. The goal of reading English texts in junior high schools emphasize more on the communicative competence in the form of functions,
daily life contexts, and also the connection between the language and the culture. Regarding these requirments, improving the reading comprehension
skills is needed in the teaching and learning process. The material given to the students in teaching reading must be able to fulfil these expectations.
From the observation in SMP Negeri 1 Mlati, there was found some problems deal with the students‟ reading comprehension. One of the reasons
was because unvariated textprovided. It made the studentsfoundeddifficulties in comprehending the text. They become unwilling to read the text because
the texts were only from the course book and the students‟ worksheet LKS. They did not have opportunity to develop their competence in reading as well
as to acquire new vocabulary that was related to their everyday life. Therefore, giving materials from another source for the students is one way
that can be done to overcome these problems. An English teen magazine is one of the alternative sources that can be
used in teaching reading comprehension skills. The magazine has varied topics and types of texts deal with daily life. The students learn the language,
identify the characteristic, get new vocabulary, and relate the text to their daily lives by reading the magazine. It also enhances their willingness in
reading because there are many varieties of texts provided in the magazine.
46 Therefore, this study used the English teen Magazine as the material in
teaching the reading compr ehension to the students. The students‟ reading
comprehension is believed to improve. Likewise, the problem related to the students
‟ reading comprehension of the seven grade students at SMP N 1 Mlati can be solved reasonably.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
In this chapter, how the research was conducted will be described in detail. This chapter is divided into seven sections. There are the type of the research, the
setting of the research, subject of the research, time of the research, data collection technique and data analysis, validity and reliability of data, and the procedure of the
research.
A. Research Type
This study is action research in nature. According to Hopkins 1985:32 and Ebbutt 1985:156 action research is the combination of action
and the researcher that action a form of disciplined inquiry, in which a personal attempt is made to understand, improve and reform practice. Action
research is usually a collaborative activity involving input from people who are likely to be affected by the research.
Action research is the application of fact finding into problem solving to improve the quality of action within it, which involves the collaboration of
the researcher, practitioners and laymen. While another expert, Corey 1953:6, it is a process in which practitioners study problems
scientifically
so that they can evaluate, improve and steer decision making and practice. The
aim of the research is to solve teaching problems by finding new methods in teaching and new strategies in learning.
