c. The Students’ Opinion Related to Reading
The students do not like to read. They just become interested if they want. Reading is strange for them to be done as a routine habit. They want to
read for interesting passage. They tend to be afraid or confuse when they read texts. They do not have confident in reading English, especially when reading
aloud. They lack of vocabulary. Most of the students cannot read well and fast. They always focus on each word that they think and know so difficult.
Because of the condition, then, they usually become bored and do not want to think well about the English lesson. Reading becomes something that
encourages bad feeling for them. Therefore when the writer pointed each of them, the student become not comfort and tend to point others to do that
reading. It was proven in the interview transcript below. The writer
: Sekarang saya pengin dengar adik-adik baca text ya, yang satu paragraph ini saja ya I want to know how
you read the text, you can read only one paragraph of this, please
The students : Ndak bisa…….. jangan saya………gak……gak bisa saya. No, I can’t read well, please the others
The writer : Gak papa semampunya ja, saya pengin dengar
gimana membaca adik-adik, yang ini misalnya….One of the most interesting animals in the zoo is the giraffe,
misalnya gitu yo yo coba dibaca adik-adik it’s OK, just how you can read, for example just this sentence,..
One of the most interesting animals in the zoo is the giraffe the writer gives the example how to read the
sentence come on, just let’s try The students : Gak bisa mbak I can’t, sorry.
Interview 2, Column 35-42
d. The Students’ Opinion Related to Reading Materials
When the writer asked about what kind of interesting materials for them, most of the students of SMPN I Tanjungsari responded that the
materials must be colourful. They also like many pictures in the materials. They want materials that the content is about something new or something
they want to know. They like something related to adventure and sport. The students also will be interested to amazing things. The students’ opinions were
stated in the interview transcript below. The writer
: I’m fine too. Thank you very much. Ya adik-adik, saya ingin tahu, kalau adik-adik melihat buku Bahasa
Inggris, apa yang disukai?well, I want to know about what you like about your English book. How is the
favourite English book like? The students
: Gambar …..gambar…pictures The writer
: Gambar-gambar….oh ya gambar-gambarnya yang disukai ya. Bagaimana dengan warnanya? Kalau
penuh warna seneng gak? The students
: Gak…..canda ya..yano kidding, yes…yes The writer
: Gambarnya seneng yang animasi atau yang nyata?which pictures do you like, animation or real
pictures? The students
: Animasi ……..nyataanimation….real The writer
: Oh ada yang seneng yang nyata dan ada yang seneng yang animasi ya. Kalau di buku Bahasa Inggrisnya ada
foto adik-adik seneng gak?oh some of you like animation and the others real pictures, don’t you? How
about if there are tour picturesphotographs? The students
: Gak…gak gaakno..no Interview 1, Column 3-8
The writer : Oh ndak payu,……..tertawa ya ya. Kalau di buku
Bahasa Inggrisnya ada gambar daerah adik-adik seneng gak?do you like a book which presents pictures
of your region? The students
: Ya ya gak gak tertawa, bercanda yes…yes no…nojust kidding
The writer : Biasanya kalau belajar kelompok lebih suka di dalam
rumah atau di luar rumah yang di alam misalnya? do you usually prefer studying with your friends outside in
the nature or to in your home? The students
: Alamnature The writer
: Kalau adik-adik pengin tau tentang hal yang adik- adik belum tau, misalnya tentang dunia, adik-adik lebih
suka yang tentang keindahan alam atau Negara atau kota atau tokoh atau hewan?if you want to know
about something you have not known before, it will be about what? A nice naturea countrya characteran
animal? The students
: Alamnature The writer
:Tentang alam? Kalau yang putra tu, untuk pengetahuan yang tentang dunia senengnya pengin tau
tentang apa?about nature? How about you, the boys? What do you want to know about the world
knowledge? The students
: Binatanganimals
Interview 1, Column 18-25
e. The Students’ problems in Reading Tasks
It really should become more attention in designing reading materials, the students of SMPN I Tanjungsari, especially the grade VIII students, most
of the students do not understand the meaning both the questions and the texts. It is difficult for them to translate sentences in the text. They usually do
not know what the passage is about, what and how to identify some phrases in a text, and how to answer some questions fast. They often feel confused in
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