6 STUDENTS’ SELF-ESTEEM An Experimental Study at the Seventh Grade
Students of SMP Batik Surakarta in the Academic Year of 20092010”.
B. Problem Identification
Dealing with the background of the study, there are some problems that can be identified:
1. Why do the students tend to have low reading skill? 2. What factors cause low reading skill?
3. Does teacher professionalism affect students’ reading skill?
4. Does the technique or the method of teaching used by teachers influence students’ reading skill?
5. Is Teams-Games-Tournament TGT effective to teach reading? 6.
Does the students’ self-esteem influence their reading skill? 7. Is it necessary to consider the method of teaching used in terms of the
students’ characteristics like, self-esteem?
C. Problem Limitation
The writer realizes that it is impossible to investigate all the problems, therefore, the writer only limits the problems of the research which are
supposed to influence the students’ reading skill, namely: the methods used by the teacher Teams-Games-
Tournament and lecture and the students’ self- esteem high and low.
D. Problem S tatement
From the background of the study, problem identification, and problem limitation, there are three problems that are formulated, as follows:
1. Is Teams-Games-Tournament more effective than lecture to teach reading? 2. Do students who have high self esteem have better reading skill than those
who have low self-esteem? 3.
Is there any interaction effect between teaching method and students’ self- esteem on the students’ reading skill?
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E. Objective of the S tudy
This research is aimed to know the influence of teaching method and students’ self-esteem on the students’ reading skill. Particularly, this research
is proposed to know whether or not 1 Teams-Games-Tournament is more effective than lecture to teach reading; 2 students who have high self esteem
have better reading skill than those who have low self-esteem; and 3 there is an interaction effect between teaching method and the student
s’ self-esteem on the students’ reading skill.
F. Benefit of the S tudy