Formulation of the Problems Objective of the Research

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F. Significance of the Study

There are two kinds of advantages for this study, namely theoretical and practical benefits. The expected results of this study both theoretical and practical are as follows. 1 Theoretical benefits a. This study is expected to be a reference for those who want to conduct research about improving student’s reading comprehension ability through recognizing text organization. b. This study is able to support the educational world issue that recognizing text organization is beneficial to improve the student’s reading comprehension ability because the interactive processing is useful in activating students’ background knowledge and developing students’ vocabulary mastery by making prediction of the text and guessing the meaning of difficult words. 2 Practical benefits a. For the teachers of SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Yogyakarta, the research can be used as a means to improve the students’ reading comprehension ability in encouraging the achievement of student’s learning output in English. b. For the researcher herself, the result of the research can develop her mind through the problem-solving process and be a valuable experience related to her knowledge in research on education, her life, and experience. 8

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

In this chapter, the researcher will elaborate the theory related to the research which is done by the researcher. It is crucial for the researcher and the readers to recognize the definition or the meaning of title of this research in order to make easier for the researcher in analyzing and understanding the problem deeply. Follows are the theories that will be discussed in this research globally: language teaching and language acquisition, reading comprehension ability, teaching reading in English as a foreign language and text organization as a method in teaching reading.

A. Literature Review

1. The Nature of Reading

Reading is one of the four basic skills in English learning besides writing, listening, and speaking. Among them, reading occupies a special place in the complexity of language skills. Yet, the four basic skills are closely related to each other. As the knowledge of the reading process has developed, theories of reading have become more complex.

a. Definition of Reading

There are so many definition of reading stated by experts from different points of views. According to Nunan 1999, reading is sometimes viewed as a passive skill. It involves the processing of the generated ideas by others that are