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but also full of the knowledge. It is hoped students more understand and get new experiences by reading the book and they can show their English skill more
effectively and efficiently especially in genre. Watkins 1973:118 says that reading is a sharing experience. It means that when a reader reads privately, the
author, by means of his text, shares his experience with the reader. When the reader reads aloud, the author’s experience is shared not only with the reader but
also with the audience. In this research, I want to research about the effectiveness of learning reading narrative text using “Look Ahead 2” textbook. It is important
to choose an appropriate book for students so that they are motivated in learning English.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
Reasons for choosing the topic “The use of textbook “Look Ahead 2” as the Material for Improving the Students’ Mastery in Narrative Text Reading The
Case of Unit 2 to teach the Eleventh Year Students of SMA Negeri 1 Kaliwungu
in The Academic Year of 20082009” as follow: 1
Teaching reading to the eleventh grade of Senior High School students is not an easy task for teachers. They need to choose ways, which are
appropriate for the class. 2
Reading is one of the basic skills that have to be mastered by the students in the eleventh grade of SMU students.
3 The ability in reading English texts is needed when the students enter the
higher education where many textbooks are written in English.
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4 I want to introduce the use of textbook ‘Look Ahead 2’ as material in
teaching reading narrative. It is chosen because it uses “KTSP 2006” and this book put genres as the main tool in language learning.
5 I choose narrative texts as the genre, which is used in this study because
it is one of the target genres in Senior High School and it has several educational values as follows:
a Narrative helps the students to look at events form different
viewpoints and imagine what it feels like to be someone else. b
Narrative can introduce students to other cultures and attitudes. c
Narrative helps the students to develop their thinking skills. d
Narrative is interesting and enjoyable, can be fun.
1.3 Statement of the Problem
From the explanation above, I formulate the statement of the problem that is: “Is ‘Look Ahead 2’ textbook effective to use for improving the students’
mastery in reading narrative text, particularly in the part entitled ‘Telling Stories I’?”
1.4 Objective of the Study
Based on the statement of the problem above, the objective of the study is stated as follows: “To investigate whether ‘Look Ahead 2’ textbook is effective to
use for improving students’ mastery in reading narrative text.”
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1.5 Significance of the Study
