THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Organization of the Study
the text is often more important than what on finds in it.
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It is important to comprehend the text to get sense and purpose.
From some explanation above, the writer concludes that reading is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and
ideas. By reading, we can get some specific and detailed information. Reading is not a passive activity, because when people read, their eyes
move to look for what the point of the reading text. Based on the Ellen C “Reading is thinking the meaning while your eyes see the words. Your eyes can
see the words as rapidly as you can think the meaning”
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However, Reading is an active skill; it constantly involves guessing, predicting, checking, and asking oneself questions.
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Moreover, the readers should master vocabulary semantic and grammar syntactic, they also should have
“knowledge of the world.” Therefore, reading is a complex activity dependent upon the thinking and
language skills of the readers.
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It makes the teachers have challenge in teaching reading.
Furthermore, Reading cannot be separated from comprehension. According to Francoise Grellet. “understanding a written text means extracting the
required information from it as efficienntly as possible. A competent reader will quickly reject the irrelevant information and find what he is looking for. It is not
enough to understand the gist of the text; more comprehension that is detailed is necessary.”
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The writer concludes reading is not only looking for words, but also understanding the writer idea.
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Francoise Grellet, Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge: Cambridge Universit Press, 1986, p.7
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Ellen C Herdes and Twila L. Henderson, Learning to Read and Write New York: Holt and Winstothen Inc, p.6
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Francoise Grellet, Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge: Cambridge Universit Press, 1986, p.8
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Donald L Bouchard, Virginia D, and Janice M, Reading English As A Foreign Language
, Washington: English Teaching Division Educational and Cultural Affairs International Communication Agency US, 1979, p.1
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Francoise Grellet, Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge: Cambridge Universit Press, 1986, p.3