B. Problem Identification
Reading class is taught in one way. Students are already given all the things they should do as what the teacher has schemed. The students answer
everything the teacher asks. It is good for a reading class in the first sight but it kept in that way until the end of the class.
On the same side, students are expected by the curriculum to learn many things in such limited time so it is hard for the teacher to find the way to
manage entertaining class. Most students often complain about the amount of tasks given. They barely enjoy studying English. Thus, it is hard for the
students even to motivate themselves. The materials used in the reading class are good for the students
getting structural concept, yet those are not enough in a reading class. By such current materials, the students are expected to be able to easily grasp the
meaning of every sentence appearing in a text by recognizing its part of speech. They are being introduced to grammatical aspects of the text in
reading corridor by such pedagogical materials. After recognizing the part of speech of every sentence in a paragraph, the students are expected to be able
to translate the sentences. The students are assumed that they all know how to comprehend the text well after they know the translations.
However, those do not reflect the real life communication yet. The materials are still in pedagogical goals order only. The students need to be
introduced how the language is used in real life even only in superficial.
Thus, by observing the situation of such reading class, the researcher can conclude that the students obviously need materials containing real
communication aspects as additional materials.
C. Problem Limitation
Based on the problems which appear in reality context, the problem is limited to the reading materials in SMKN 1 Godean grade XI class AK1 to
improve students’ reading comprehension on the month of February until March in the academic year of 20132014. In this title, the topic is limited to
authentic materials because they are able to bring the genuine example in using English in real life communication into a classroom.
D. Problem Formulation