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to read a text then answer questions related to the text. This made them got bored and lazy to participate in the teaching and learning process.
Teaching strategy is one of the most important elements affecting English teaching and learning process including teaching reading. The application of the
appropriate teaching strategy is very essential in determining the success of the teaching and learning process. In reading, the appropriate strategy can improve
students’ performance and reading comprehension ability.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Type
The research study on improving the students’ reading comprehension through recognizing text organization was action research. This was categorized as action
research since there was a self reflective, critical and systematic approach that is done by researcher to identify a problematic situation as a way of improvement
and changes in educational practice. In doing this action research, the researcher considered phases which were
involved in each cycle. Those were planning, action, observation and reflection. Every phase was done based on the researcher
’s ideas on the research. The proses of phases could be drawn as figure 1.
Figure 1. Action Research model based on Kemmis and Taggart 1988 from Burns 2010:9
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B. Research Subject
The researcher chose the student grade IX C in SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2014- 2015 as the source of collecting the
data. It was because the class had problem in reading comprehension. It was also based on the discussion with the English teacher.
C. Research Setting
The research was conducted in SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Yogyakarta. Besides, the school also has a student union office, school health center, living room,
science laboratory, hall, mosque, library, and computer laboratory. English is conducted two meetings per week. The teaching and learning
process of English is conducted 2 × 40 minutes per meeting. During the teaching and learning process, the English teacher uses some books and LKS as the
materials. In choosing the materials, the English teacher refers to the curriculum such as standard competency, basic competence and syllabus.
D. Research Procedure
This research procedure involves five phases including reconnaissance, planning for action, action and observation, reflection, and developing new plan
and cycle Angwin, et. Al. 1997. The explanation of each phase is as follows.
