Based on the explanation above, the writer concludes that there are some purpose of reading, as follows ; reading is one of the best way to find out the information, as the
way to get information.
6. Concept of Reading Comprehension
According to Snow in Kurniawan, reading comprehension is defined as the process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and
involvement with written language.
22
According to Brown, reading comprehension is primarily a matter of developing appropriate, effective comprehension strategies.
23
It means that reading comprehension is the reader ability or strategy to interaction and
involment with the reading text.
Simanjutak also states that reading comprehension is not just reading with aloud voice but reading is established to understand the meaning of words, sentences, and
paragraph as well as sense relationship among the ideas.
24
It means that reading comprehension is the activity to get and understand the whole of reading material.
22
Ashadi Kurniawan, Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension On Narrative Text
Through Story Mapping Strategy,
Tanjungpura : The Journal, 2013, p. 4.
23
H. Douglas Brown,
Language Assessment Principles and Classroom Practice,
San Francisco: Longman, 2003, p. 291.
24
Simanjutak,Reading-Definition,
http:yoyoii.blogspot.com201106definition-reading- comprehension.html
,
January, 14
th
2015, 10.00 am
Reading comprehension is the process of making meaning from text. The goal, therefore, is to gain an overall understanding of what is described in the text rather
than to obtain meaning from isolated words or sentences. In understanding reading text information children developmental models, or representations of meaning of the
text ideas during the reading process.
25
It means that reading comprehension is the process to understand all of the meaning what is the described in the text, so the
teacher must develop or representations of meaning of the text ideas during the reading process clearly.
The comprehension skills categories are cumulative, in that one is built on the other. Based on the language assessment theory of Brown, especially in reading, there are
some criteria commonly used in measuring students‟ Reading Comprehension ability, they are:
1. Main idea topic
2. Inference implied detail
3. Grammatical features
4. Detail scanning for a specifically stated detail
5. Excluding facts not written unstated detail
6. Supporting ideas
25
Woolley, G, Understanding Reading
http:www.springer.com978-94-007-1173-0
, Juny,
10
th
2015, 12.08 am
