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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter presents review of previous study, review of theoretical background, and theoretical framework.
2.1 Review of Previous Study
There have been a number of researchers conducted some studies related to the topic. Therefore, the researcher chose three previous studies which are
closer to the topic. The first study was conducted by Sari 2013. She wrote The
Effectiveness of Using Semantic Mapping Strategy in Teaching Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text A Case of the Eighth Grade Students of
SMP Negeri 6 Semarang in the Academic Year of 20122013. She found that semantic mapping strategy was effective as a strategy in teaching reading
narrative text to eighth year students of SMP N 6 Semarang in the academic year of 20122013. It made the students more motivated in learning and easier
to grasp the lesson. In addition, the use of semantic mapping strategy gave significant differences in students‟ reading comprehension of narrative text.
The second study was conducted by Handayani 2014. Her research is entitled The Effectiveness of Using Story Pyramid Strategy to Improve
Students’ Reading Comprehension on Narrative Text An Experimental Study at Tenth Grade of SMA Negeri 1 Bojong Pekalongan in the Academic Year
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20132014 . She wanted to know the significant difference of students‟
reading ability between the students who were taught using story pyramid strategy and those who were taught without using story pyramid strategy.
Moreover, she also wanted to know the story pyramid strategy effectiveness to improve students‟ reading comprehension ability on narrative text. After
conducting the research, she concluded that there was a significant difference of students‟ understanding of narrative text between those who were taught
using pyramid strategy and those who were not. She also found that the story pyramid strategy was effective to improve students‟ reading comprehension
on narrative text. The third study was conducted by Yusuf 2012. His research is entitled
Improving Student’s Reading Comprehension Mastery of Narratives by Using Kinetic Novels A Classroom Action Research at the Eleventh Grade of SMA
N 1 Welahan in the Academic Year of 20112012 . After conducting the
research, the implementation of kinetic novels in the class was successful. The students could easily comprehend the story they read without worrying
how to visualize the reading passages. Moreover, the students‟ motivation improved very well.
Based on the previous studies, there are various techniques of teaching reading comprehension that have been used as research topics. The three
studies use narrative text during the treatment in improving students‟ reading comprehension. The difference of these studies with the study that will be
conducted by the researcher is in the teaching technique. The researcher will
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conduct a study of using DRAW Draw, Read, Attend, and Write strategy to improve students‟ reading comprehension of narrative text.
2.2 Review of Theoretical Background
