In the process of writing this skripsi, the writer uses two ways; library research and field research. In library research, the writer collects the data by searching materials from
books that are correlated with the topic. In field research, the writer carries out the observation at MTs Al Khairiyah, Jakarta
and gives some test of vocabulary and reading, and then the test calculated. At the same time the writer will also interview to English teacher of that second year students’.
After scoring of such test, the writer will calculate the correlation. Then the writer will have some concerning with the students’ score vocabulary and reading. The writer tries
to determine that are there any correlation of students achievement in vocabulary and reading? These scores will use the formula of Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Coefficient.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
B. Reading
1. The Definition of Reading
Reading knowledge is broadened and well-informed by reading. Reading is really crucial our knowledge is usually broadened and informed by reading activities, and the
activity of reading can be found in the internet, book, etc. Students’ should practice their reading more and more, so that their reading ability
and their reading experience will be improved. They may find difficulty and frustrating, but if they keep practicing, they will have a good sense of English and will help them to grasp
the total meaning of the words. Another thing should be remembered in reading that students should not open a dictionary too often because it will slow down their reading rate and can
make them bored. If they find new words, they should try to guess the meanings by trying to find out any clue words according to the context in the passages.
One of the major problems in reading instruction skill is definition of reading itself, as we know that reading is a complex process. Because of its complexity, it is apparent that
one simple definition will not be sufficient, for those reason reading would be described and defined in various ways.
Generally, reading can be defined as an interaction with a printed massage. It means that reading is not passive action; there are some intellectual energy to be expended.
Furthermore, Frank G. Jennings states in his book that reading is the art of transmitting the ideas, facts and feelings from the mind and soul of an author to the mind and soul of a
reader, with accuracy and understandings, and much more.
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Reading is the process to get, to understand, to catch the content of the reading by the reader. And also reading is a process to understand a written text which means extracting
the required information from it as efficiently as possible.
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Frank G. Jennings., This Is Reading New York: Teachers College Press, 1965, P. 11
Straufter identified five answers responding to the questions about what are the definitions of reading, which are:
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1. Reading is a complex process.
2. Reading means to get information from the printed page.
3. Reading is the ability to pronounce and comprehend the printed word.
4. Reading is interpreting sounds, letter or symbols by assigning meanings to them.
5. Reading is receiving ideas and impressions from an author via printed words.
While Sandra Silberstein stated that reading is complex information processing skill in which the readers interact with text in order to recreate meaningful discourse.
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According to Lado “Reading in a foreign language consist of grasping meaning in that language though its written representation”.
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Furthermore F. Dubin explained the meaning of reading as “Reading is primarily a cognitive process, which means that the brain
does most of the work”.
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Reading is a developmental process; the first stage is learning sound symbol correspondences either directly or by reading aloud sentences and words that have been
mastered orally, and then we learn to read these some words and sentence patterns in new combinations.
Those statements above show the various definition of reading, they mean generally. But a simple conclusion may give easier understanding; reading means a complex
process of thinking in assigning meanings from printed materials which involve most of the reader’s intellectual act such as pronunciation and comprehension in order to receive ideas or
information extended by the text.
2. The Types of Reading
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Walter T. Petty and Julien M. Jesen., Developing Children’s Language Boston: Allyn and Bacon Inc, 1980, P.207
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Sandra Silberstein., Techniques and Resources in Teaching Reading New York: Oxford University Press, 1994, P. 12
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Robert Lado., Language Teaching As A Scientific Approach New York: Mc Graw Hill inc, 1964 p. 132
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F. Dubin, D.E. Eskey and W. Grabbe., Teaching Second Language Reading for Academic Purposes California: Edison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1986 P. 6
