Reasons for Choosing the Topic Statements of the Problem Purpose of the Study

1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic

The reasons why the researcher chooses this topic are: 1. The eighth grade students of SMP IT Insan Cendekia are still passive in class, especially in English class. 2. The reading motivation of the eighth grade students of SMP IT Insan Cendekia is low, especially reading narrative text in which it has longer passages than other texts taught in Junior High School students. 3. The English teacher of SMP IT Insan Cendekia tends to give exercises provided by the student’s worksheet from the government instead of developing it on her own in order to make it appropriate for the class. 4. The research in developing student’s worksheet for improving reading skill in English is still in its infancy. 5. Team Game Tournament as the activity of the student’s worksheet is an innovative way to gain students motivation and cooperation during teaching and learning process in class.

1.3 Statements of the Problem

The problems that will be discussed in this study are: 1. What are the problems faced by the English teacher of SMP IT Insan Cendekia in teaching reading narrative text? 2. What are the problems faced by the eighth grade students of SMP IT Insan Cendekia in learning reading narrative text? 3. What are the steps to develop students’ worksheet of narrative text usingTeam Game Tournament to improve students of the eighth grade of Junior High school’s reading comprehension?

1.4 Purpose of the Study

Based on the problems above, the purposes of the study are: 1. To know what the problems faced by the English teacher of SMP N IT Insan Cendekia in teaching reading narrative text are. 2. To know what the problems faced by the eighth grade students of SMP IT Insan Cendekia in reading narrative text are. 3. To know how to develop students’ worksheet of narrative text using Team Game Tournament to improve students of the eighth grade of Junior High school’s reading comprehension.

1.5 Significance of the Study

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