19 read. So they have low interest, motivation, learning strategies and confidence when
they are reading. Fourth is the problems related to the teaching technique. The teacher still has
not found a suitable method to teach the students effectively. Teaching learning activities usually consist of three main parts that is pre-teaching, while-teaching and
post teaching McNamara, 2007: 473. The teacher usually asks the students to read aloud to answer the questions from the course book. In fact, they learn nothing. There
is something missing from the step in the learning process that is getting the student involvement in the texts. Another example, the teacher teaches them by giving
questions related to the texts and asking them about the difficult words. In fact, this method was not effective for the students. The students find difficulty to develop their
reading habits.
C. Delimitation of the Problem
After looking up the entire problem stated before, the problem found in SMP N 1 Mlati are quite complex. It is impossible for the researcher to solve all the
problems related to the students‟ reading comprehension ability. The students are expected to learn reading through a new method. In this research, the researcher tried
to implement a magazine as a media to improve students‟ reading comprehension.
Based on the discussion with the English teacher as a collaborator, this study focuses on improving the s
tudents‟ reading comprehension in class VIIA of SMP N 1 Mlati through the use of an English teen magazine.
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D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the background and the limitation of problem, the question of the research is formulated as follows:
How can an English teen magazine improve the reading comprehension of the seven grade students of SMP N 1 Mlati in the academic year of 20132014?
E. Objective of the Research
The main objective of this research is to improve the reading comprehension of the seventh grade students at SMP Negeri 1 Mlati in the academic year of
20132014 by using an English teen magazine.
F. Significance of the Research
The result of this study is expected to give useful solution for the students to overcome their weaknesses in reading comprehension skills, especially for students in
SMP N 1 Mlati. Another significance of the research is that it can be used as follow up researcher of how the English teen magazine is used for improving the other skills.
It is expected that all readers get information as a reference or additional insight in choosing the English teen magazine as one of media for teaching reading. So that we
can points out as follows:
1. Students will learn how to improve their reading competence.
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used to make their learning successful. 3. Teachers can make use of the research findings to enrich their teaching
methods and techniques.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
