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resource of interesting teaching strategy in order that they can stimulate the students in reading and finding the meaning of a text using intermediate level novels.
2. The students This study is created in order to help the students learn better. By teaching
using intermediate level novels, the students are hoped to be able to improve their English competence. The students can join the class with a lot of fun and interesting
materials. 3. Further studies
Further studies are also needed because the set of design reading materials using intermediate level novels still need to be reconstructed, evaluated, and
reprogrammed.
F. Definition of Terms
To make the study clear, it is better to define some important terms of the study:
1. Reading
Reading is a skill which must be developed, and can only be developed, by means of extensive and continual practice. Students
learn to read, and to read better, by reading. Every learner who wants to be able to read fluently must develop herhis reading
skills over time and with a great deal of practice Dra. Edithia, 1988: 12-13.
In this study, reading skill must be developed by extensive and continual practice. The students can develop their skill by reading novels. Every learner who
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wants to be able to read fluently must develop their reading skill with a lot of practice every time.
2. Supplementary reading materials
In this study the adjective supplementary means provided in addition to something else in order to improve or complete it. Then, supplementary reading
materials are a new set of additional reading materials. The materials are designed to the eleventh grade students of Tiga Maret Senior High School. Supplementary
reading materials have a function as additional materials to complete, improve or perhaps replace the materials which are used in the school.
3. Intermediate English level novels
An intermediate English level novel means having more than a basic knowledge of something but not yet advanced; suitable for somebody who is at this
level: an intermediate student, an intermediate course book Oxford dictionary. An Intermediate English level novel is a small book which contains an interesting story.
This book is very suitable for teenagers. The language is very simple, easy to understand, and has such attractive pictures. This novel has 70 – 100 pages. In the
last page, there is a glossary so that the students will not find any difficulty in understanding the meaning of the story. This novel consists of some important
vocabulary used in daily life, and the dictions are quite challenging.
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4. The eleventh grade students in Tiga Maret Senior High School
The subject in this study is the eleventh grade students in Tiga Maret Senior High School. The total of the eleventh grade students in one class is about 23
students. Tiga Maret Senior High School is located in Jl. Affandi, Yogyakarta.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
