chooses this approach as it is an effective means to equip the students with some basic strategies to comprehend the English written texts, namely: predicting,
generating question, summarizing, and clarifying. Moreover, by applying four strategies of reciprocal teaching in the reading class, the students will learn to
monitor and be responsible for their own learning. Therefore, this study mainly concerns with designing English reading instructional materials based on reciprocal
teaching strategies to improve students’ reading comprehension. The writer chooses the tenth grade of senior high school students since they
need to build strong basics of English to undergo the next levels successfully. Moreover, they need to study English continuously in order to acquire English well.
B. Problem Formulation
According to the problems stated in the background of the study, the formulated questions are as follow:
1. How are English reading instructional materials based on reciprocal teaching
strategy for the tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta designed?
2. What do English reading instructional materials based on reciprocal teaching
strategy for the tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta look like?
C. Problem Limitation
The aim of the study is to design English reading instructional materials based on reciprocal teaching strategy to facilitate the tenth grade students of SMA
STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta improve their reading comprehension. This study is limited to the development of the materials. Therefore, in order to achieve the
objectives of the study, the writer introduces one reading approach that can lead the tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta to better comprehension
named reciprocal teaching. In this study, the writer would present English reading instructional materials
based on reciprocal teaching strategy to improve the comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta.
D. Research Objectives
There are two main objectives proposed by this study: 1.
To develop English reading instructional materials based on reciprocal teaching strategy for the tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta.
2. To present English reading instructional materials based on reciprocal teaching
strategy for the tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta.
E. Research Benefits
This conducted study hopefully brings benefits for: 1.
The senior high school students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta It is hoped that the designed materials help the students improve their
comprehension of the English written text since the approach offered in this design introduces four strategies to get the meaning of written texts. Furthermore, by
applying four reciprocal teaching strategies, the students will learn how to monitor
and to be responsible for their own learning achievement. The students may also develop their reading skill not only in English area but also in other subject areas.
2. English teachers of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta
The designed materials hopefully help the teachers monitor and improve the English mastery of the students. This design may also be used as an input for the
teachers to determine the appropriate strategies for the reading lesson. Moreover, this design can aid the students do the English reading test in the National
Examination UN successfully. In addition, this design may help the teachers to be more creative in providing English reading materials for their students.
3. Other researchers
This study may motivate other researchers who would like to focus their study on the reading area. Moreover, the designed materials can be used as the
guidance to design other reading materials for further educational level.
F. Definition of Terms
