b. Picture of situation in which person are “doing something” with objects and in
which the relationship of object andor people can be seen.
c. A series of pictures six to ten on one chart. Picture series you may wish several
of these chart: for example, one for count nouns, one for mass nouns, one for and mass nouns placed at random.
E. Teaching Reading Using Picture
Picture is making easy and interest to teach and to facilitate learning. Picture can stimulate students to predict the text and attract the student understand ability
dimension to what they are reading. According to Harmer “A reading text will be
adorned by a photograph which is not strictly necessary, in the same way as happens in newspaper and magazine articles. The rationale for this clearly that picture enhance
the text, giving readers or students an extra visual dimension to what they are
reading. Pictures are useful for getting students to predict what is coming next in a lesson. Thus students might look at picture and try to guess what
it shows.”
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F. Previous Studies
The studies about the use of picture series for language teaching are abounding. First study is by Setianingrum, she did a study about the use of picture
series on teaching vocabulary, especially in the second year class at MI Arrohmah Depok. The respondents are 34 students of the second year.
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The second research is by Haryanto, his research is conducted to find the effectiveness of using pictures toward students‟ understanding of preposition of
location at the first year of SMPN 164 Jakarta. The respondents are 70 students 35 students of experiment class and 35 students of control class. Based on the research
findings, it can be concluded that learning through picture has served a positive influence, so it can be used as an alternative method in learning preposition of
location.
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The third research is by Fiqrie, his research is conducted to find the effectiveness of using pictures in teaching reading of procedure text at ninth grade of
SMP Negeri 3 Kota Tangerang Selatan. The respondents are classes 9.1 and 9.4. He had been taught reading of procedure text throught pictures in 9.1 class and He had
been taught reading of procedure text without pictures in 9.4 class. Based on the reasearch findings, it can be concluded that students comprehension on this kind of
text not only affected by pictures but also might be determined by their vocabulary
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Harmer, op.cit., pp. 178 —179.
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Dwi Setianingrum, Teaching Vocabulary Using Picture, Jakarta: English Education Departement, 2012.P. 42.
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Agus Haryanto, The Effectiveness Of Using Pictures Towards Students ’ Understanding of
Preposition of Location, Jakarta: English Education Department UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, 2012.P. 40.
