language intensively, could not staying quietly for long time, not really good at remember Geography, using much actionverbs, reading book which oriented to the
plot, having untidy characteristic,tending to do everything, and playing games much than other learning style.
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Similarly, Marie Carbo stated that kinesthetic learners are students who learn best by doing and experiencing. Kinesthetic learners are helped with frequent breaks
that allow them to move, informal reading areas that enable them stretch and move whilethey read. They learn more easily when they are doing or build something
related to what they are learning.
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As Conclusion, kinesthetic style is the way students comprehend information that they learn through their physical body movement or demonstration.
2. Reading 1 Definition of Reading
Reading is one of the language skills that we cannot take it for granted. It has truly become the vehicle for learning.
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Reading also cannot be separated from other language skills because of
the students’ ability in one aspect will support their ability in mastering the others. It is an important educational goal, as without reading, ones
language would not improve. Yet reading is not as simple as learning 26 letters. Students’ ability in reading is important because by having the ability to read,
they will be able to improve general language skills in English; reading can enlarge the students’ English vocabulary and it can help to improve the students’ writing or
speaking abilities. Reading enlarges the students’ knowledge. It can be a goal in its
own right and a way of reaching other goals. As a source of learning, reading can establish previously learned vocabulary and
grammar, it can help the learners learn new vocabulary and grammar, and through
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Bobby de Porter and Mike Hernacki, op. cit., pp. 118 –120.
19
Marie Carbo, Becoming a Great Teacher of Reading, California: Corwin Press, 2007, p.
56.
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Jean Wallace, et al. Understanding Reading Problem, Canada: Person Education Inc., 2008, p. 15.
success in language use, it can encourage learners to learn more and continue with their language study. Reading becomes important skill for gaining academic success.
According to Daniels and Bizar, they defined reading is thinking.
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In other words, reading is about thinking before, while and after doing reading itself. The
reader must enter the text meaning that requires much sense and clarity of the material read.
The two experts also classify the definition of reading into some terms; first, reading is interactive. It is a conversation between the reader and the author in which
the readers’ experience is a key for the comprehension.
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It means that the reader’s experience or knowledge influence the comprehension of what they read.
S econd, “reading is constructive.” It means that reading is about making or
constructing the meaning of text. Thir d, “reading is strategic.” The strategy consists
of visualizing, connecting, questioning, inferring, evaluating, analyzing, recalling, and self-monitoring.
The explanations are given. Visualizing is making mental pictures. Connecting is relating someone’s experience to the reading. Questioning is
wondering or interrogating the text. Inferring is predicting or drawing conclusion. Evaluating is making judgment of the text. Analyzing is
such as noticing text’s structure, purpose, vocabulary, theme, point of view and so on. Recalling is
remembering information and self-monitoring is recognizing and acting on confusion, uncertainty, attention problems.
According to other expert, Judi Moreillon defined that “reading is making
meaning from print and from visual information.”
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But reading is not as simple as that. Reading needs many other skills and lots of practice.
21
Harvey Daniels Marilyn Bizar, Teaching the Best Practice Way, Portland: Stenhouse Publisher, 2005, p. 37.
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Ibid., p. 38.
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Judi Moreillon, Collaborative Teaching for Reading Comprehension, Chicago, America Library Association, 2007, p. 10.
