The Descriptions of the Students.

were responded in natural way. Through the condition, the writer could understand the students’ behavior. They looked enthusiastic, active, noisy, natural, but they were still polite. When the writer closed to them to record or took their pictures, they became nervous or closed their face. They were embarrassed. The writer tried to still asked politely and clearly although some boys were noisy. They would be calm down when the writer pointed one of them to give answer. Appendic 1, Field Note 4 Like common teenagers, students of SMPN I Tanjungsari always want to know new or amazement something. They appreciate easily but they also do not pay attention much. They do not respond well about English as the difficult lesson for them to be understood. They join their English class lazily. They just study because of the school’s activity. It causes the bad score of their English as their teacher complains. This explanation was stated in the field note below. i. Bu Wida menjelaskan bahwa kebanyakan siswanya tidak begitu tertarik dalam pelajaran Bahasa Inggris tetapi guru berusaha untuk tidak keras dalam pengajaran Bahasa Inggris. Para siswa sangat suka dengan olah raga dan Bu Wida berusaha untuk memaklumi keadaan tersebut. Untuk tingkat kemampuan memang masih di bawah sekolah-sekolah favorit di Wonosari. Namun beliau juga menjelaskan bahwa nilai- nilai siswa mulai ada peningkatan dan sudah mulai memenuhi standar kelayakan untuk test umum. Beliau sangat berharap mulai kelas VIII para siswa betul-betul bisa dipersiapkan untuk siap menghadapi test-test sehingga naik kelas IX akan memudahkan mereka meraih kelulusan dengan nilai yang lebih baik daripada tahun-tahun lalu, semoga jauh meningkat. Mrs. Wida explained that most of her students were not interested in English lesson but the teacher tried to understand them and be wise not to force in that condition. The students really like sport and Mrs. Wida realized that condition. Their abilities or achievements were still far from the school’s expectation. It was still under the everage scores of students from the favourite schools in Wonosari. However the teacher also explained that her students’ scores could arise and have fulfilled the qualification of the standard for the schools’ tests. She really hoped that they could be prepared well for being able to pass their final examination with satisfied scores after they would have been in the grade IX in the next year. Appendic 1, Field Note 2

b. The Descriptions of the Students’ Needs

Based on the government policy about National Examination, students must be able to learn well their lessons, especially the subjects of the examination. English belongs to one of the subjects. It means that students are expected can pass the examination well. Hence, they should learn English well. Reading actually becomes the type of English test in National examination. Unfortunately, the students of SMPN I Tanjungsari have not achieved standard of good score in every National Examination. Besides, there are also some English tests in each last semester in all schools in Gunungkidul. The students’ score of the local tests is also still not in the school target or in other words still far from the model school of Gunungkidul. Therefore, it is expected that through good and interesting reading materials, the students can be able to learn and improve the reading skill well.

c. The Students’ Opinion Related to Reading

The students do not like to read. They just become interested if they want. Reading is strange for them to be done as a routine habit. They want to read for interesting passage. They tend to be afraid or confuse when they read texts. They do not have confident in reading English, especially when reading aloud. They lack of vocabulary. Most of the students cannot read well and fast. They always focus on each word that they think and know so difficult. Because of the condition, then, they usually become bored and do not want to think well about the English lesson. Reading becomes something that encourages bad feeling for them. Therefore when the writer pointed each of them, the student become not comfort and tend to point others to do that reading. It was proven in the interview transcript below. The writer : Sekarang saya pengin dengar adik-adik baca text ya, yang satu paragraph ini saja ya I want to know how you read the text, you can read only one paragraph of this, please The students : Ndak bisa…….. jangan saya………gak……gak bisa saya. No, I can’t read well, please the others The writer : Gak papa semampunya ja, saya pengin dengar gimana membaca adik-adik, yang ini misalnya….One of the most interesting animals in the zoo is the giraffe, misalnya gitu yo yo coba dibaca adik-adik it’s OK, just how you can read, for example just this sentence,.. One of the most interesting animals in the zoo is the giraffe the writer gives the example how to read the sentence come on, just let’s try The students : Gak bisa mbak I can’t, sorry. Interview 2, Column 35-42