67 It means that learners will know the meaning of the text or can comprehend
the text by guessing. In other word, that is to say that the readers samples the clues in the text and reconstruct a mental representation of what he or she thinks the text
says. It is important to note that studies on learning words from context have not shown the large amounts of learning we might expect, considering the rates at which
first-language learners seem to increase their vocabulary Carter and Mc Carthy, 1997: 103. A strategy for guessing from text presupposes two things; firstly that
the learners are able to follow the ideas in the text they are reading, that is, that they have sufficient command of vocabulary, grammar and reading skill in order to
achieve basic comprehension of the text, and secondly that the learners bring some relevant background knowledge to the text Carter and Mc Carthy, 1997: 103.
B. Rationale
Reading is one of the foreign language skills that can be learned by students. Teaching reading means teaching students to understand written language. To make
students understand written language easily needs certain techniques. Communicative Language Teaching accepts any device that helps the learner in
studying foreign language, and the device varies according to their ages and interest. To make the learners interested in reading, enjoyable situation should be created. To
create enjoyable situation, interesting reading should also be chosen. By choosing the reading texts themselves the students can find out any kinds
of texts that can fulfill their interest. By reading self-selected texts learners will encourage themselves to understand the texts well. At least they will try to
68 understand the texts well and learn the vocabulary that is found in the texts. In other
words, the learners are motivated to read because of their own self-selected texts. They feel that the texts can fulfill their needs. Since motivation relates to success
and failure, applying students’ texts in teaching can motivate their learning. The motivation can influence their frequency of reading. By reading a lot their
vocabulary increases. The increasing vocabulary will help them comprehend the reading texts easily and it can also improve their comprehension of reading. In other
words, students get positive motivation that leads them to be successful in understanding reading and increasing their reading ability.
C. Action Hypothesis
After discussing the theoretical review and rationale, the hypotheses of the
study are:
1. Students’ texts can improve students’ reading ability
2. Students’ texts can make the students learning in class more active.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the writer would like to discuss research methodology involving: setting of the research, subject of the research, the method of research,
data and source of data, techniques of collecting the data, and techniques of analyzing the data.
A. Setting of the Research
The study was conducted in SMK Farmasi Bina Farma Madiun. This school is located at Jl. Tulus Bakti 5A Madiun. The phone number is 0351 452651. It is the
only pharmacy school in Madiun and one of the qualified private vocational high schools in Madiun. It is called qualified private vocational high school because most
of the students get a job easily after they graduate from this school. If its graduates are compared with the other pharmacy school in East Java, this school is in second
level after SMF Surabaya. The fact is that they are perfect in their skill, but not in other subject which is regarded that it is useless for their future. In other word that
students only want to study their skills. Most of the students live in a boarding house and they must study at 6.30 – 12.05 for theory and 12.30 – 17.30 for practice
every day. The research was conducted in the third semester of 2007. This school was established in 1969. It had only 9 teachers and was located in
one of room of the house. The owner of the house is one who has the idea to establish pharmacy school. She is Chinese who was interested in education
especially health. Then, she assembled her friends especially a pharmacist to
