students’ participation while doing speaking activity during the teaching learning process and the teacher’s performance in speaking class had improved after the
EXCLUSIVE learning model was implemented.
Considering the statement above, the research had been conducted entitled “Implementing the EXCLUSIVE Learning Model in Teaching Reading
Comprehension at the First Grade of SMA Negeri 2 Metro”.
1.2. Formulation of the Problem
In line with the background of the problem mentioned above previously, the problem can be formulated as follows “Can the EXCLUSIVE learning model
significantly increase the five aspects of reading comprehension main idea, specific information, reference, inference and vocabulary?”.
1.3. Objectives of the Research
In relation to the formulation of the problem above, the objective of the research is “To find out whether implementing the EXCLUSIVE learning model can
significantly increase the five aspects of reading comprehension main idea, specific information, reference, inference and vocabulary”.
1.4. Uses of the Research
The uses of this research are:
1. Theoretically, the result of this research can verify the previous theory dealing with the theories of the EXCLUSIVE learning model and can be
used as a reference for the next research which will concentrate on the students’ reading comprehension.
2. Practically, as the information for the readers, English teachers, participants concerning with the improvement of students’ reading
comprehension aspects in implementing of the EXCLUSIVE learning model.
1.5. Scope of the Research
This research was a quantitative research which had been conducted by giving the pretest and the posttest. The focus of this research was the students’ reading
comprehension aspects in teaching learning process during the implementation of the EXCLUSIVE learning model which has five phases: Exploring, Clustering,
Simulating, Valuing and Evaluating in improving the students’ reading comprehension based on five aspects that are main idea, specific information,
reference, inference and vocabulary. The material was the appropriate text that was used in the syllabus in that Senior High School. The subject was the first
grade of SMA Negeri 2 Metro it was because from syllabus the first grade of senior high school had to learn about simple written text in descriptive, recount
and narrative. They also learn about structure and grammar then they learnt about five aspects the five aspects of reading comprehension main idea, specific
information, reference, inference and vocabulary. Therefore, from the syllabus that was used in that school the students had to understand about reading
comprehension after they had learnt the text.
1.6. Definition of Terms
From the description above, this study provides some definition of terms that can frequently appear during the research. There are some definitions in this research
which are important to know as follows:
1. Reading is the ability to draw meaning from the printed page and interpret information appropriately Grabe and Stoller, 2002: 9. There are five
aspects of reading comprehension in this research they are finding main idea, specific information, inference, reference and vocabulary.
2. According to Doyle 2004 comprehension is a progressive skill in catching the meaning beginning at the world level and proceeding to
attaching meaning to an entire reading selection. 3. EXCLUSIVE learning model is a model which is developed based on
Students Centered Learning and metacognitive learning strategy and the main syntax of this model consists of Exploring, Clustering, Simulating,
Valuing and Evaluating
In brief, this chapter consisted of Chapter One, including the description about 1 background of the problem 2 formulation of the problem 3 objectives of the
research 4 uses of the research 5 scope of the research and 6 the definition of terms.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter reviews some theories that have been used to support the research. This chapter consists of concept of reading, concept of reading comprehension,
concept of reading aspects, concept of teaching reading, concept of learning model, learning method and learning strategy, concept of the EXCLUSIVE
learning model, syntax of the EXCLUSIVE learning model, the EXCLUSIVE learning model in teaching reading, the procedures of reading comprehension
through the EXCLUSIVE learning model and the implementation of the EXCLUSIVE learning model.
2.1. Concept of Reading
Talking about the concept of reading, there will be no single concept that is suitable to be applied in every occasion. In other words a concept of reading may
be suitable for one case but might not be suitable for another case. However, it is important for this study to gather the concept of reading that is related to this
research. The meaning of reading is look at and understands something in written or in printed text. It means that while reading someone not only understands the
word in the text, but also understand the message or information of the text. Based on Cline 2006: 2 reading is decoding and understanding written texts.
Decoding requires translating the symbols of writing system into the spoken
words which they represent. This view provides a concept in reading; actually the readers bring his background, experiences, and emotion when they are reading the
text. Carter 2001 also figures out reading is a process that requires students or reader to master concept in a personal way. The concept of personal way is the
readers’ or students’ background knowledge and life experience if the student or the readers familiar with subject, they will have a personal interpretation of words
or phrases. In other words, good readers make predictions and verify or refute them as they read. They also make adjustments to what they think will come next
based on the text. As it was stated by Fanani 2012: 9, reading is a physic and mental activity to
reveal the meaning of the written texts, while in that activity there is a process of knowing letters. He then concludes that the main goal of reading is a process of
comprehending the written texts. He further says, to have good understanding of a reading passage, the reader must use and need a various reading skills, such as
finding main idea, specific information, reference, inference and vocabulary. So that the readers for instance can draw conclusion, recognize details from a
selection and developing reading items in English. It has much possibility that someone will find difficulty in understanding the contents of the text if all
information is new presented in the text, such as knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and knowledge of world. In short, reading in this research is a process
of understanding information from the text by making a prediction to help understanding the text.
