17 However, the result of teaching reading is not satisfying yet; it is not as well
as it should be. It should have been able to be improved. This condition is, of course, caused by various factors. These factors can be background experience, language
abilities, thinking abilities, reading purpose and affections, which cover interest, motivation, attitudes, believe, and feelings Harris Smith, 1980: 207. So, in
teaching reading skill, teachers need to have innovation of teaching learning activity, so it will be interactive and interesting for the students in teaching learning process.
English teen magazine are considered to be one type of sources that can be used for teaching. It can provide the students‟ needs both in intensive reading and
extensive reading. They learn new vocabulary and get actual information. Also, they can get meaning of the words or noun phrase by using their background knowledge
when they already known of the topic of discussion in the text. On the other hand, they can infer meaning from the context even when they do not have a clue at all.
With regard to this condition, this study is research on the efforts to improve the reading comprehension of seven grade students of junior high school by using an
English teen magazine.
B. Identification of the Problem
In identifying the problem of the study of 7A students in SMP 1 Mlati, the problems were noticed in the classroom while doing observation. After doing more
planning for the study, there was classroom observation to get more detailed information of the students and to ensure the problems that really happened in the
18 classroom. Here the researcher points out four factors t
hat influenced the student‟s low reading comprehension in the teaching learning activities, and the students.
The first problem related to the teacher. Learning in the classroom is dependent on how the teacher teaches hisher students. The teacher plays a significant
role for the success in teaching-learning, especially while explaining the material to be learnt by the students. For instance, the teacher sometimes does not consider the
level of difficulties of the text given to the students. The teacher does not consider use many media in the classroom that can explore their reading. It makes the student
become passive and only get the materials from a course book and the student‟s worksheet LKS which can not really make them get involve in reading.
Second is the problems related to the materials. The materials provide by teachers in the classroom sometimes are not always able to make the students
understand the text well. The teacher only uses the texts from the course book or the student‟s worksheet LKS. The materials become not interesting and not safficient
enough for facilitating their learning. The unvaried type of books make them become unmotivated in reading and just read when there is a task or an assignment.
Third is problems related to the students. Students in SMP Negeri 1 Mlati were still reluctant to read long texts. When they found a long written text, the
already gave up from the beginning. The students lacked of vocabulary. When they could not understand the meaning of some words, they could not guess the meaning
and they lost the understanding of the text. The students lack 8 strategies to help them
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
