Identification of the Problem

comprehend something. As stated by Arifin, cognitive aspect refers to students‟ ability in comprehending the knowledge, technology, and also academic skill for them to go to the next education level. 3 Therefore, reading regarded as the cognitive activity because it requires intelligence ability and higher mental process to comprehend the content of the text. This is in line with Westwood‟s agreement of Gambrell and Dromsky‟s statement in 2000 that reading process which involves the students‟ effort to get the meaning of what they read actively can be seen as cognitive- constructivist point of view. 4 Thus, the cognitive process has an essential role in reading act. Meanwhile, Moreillon simply defined reading as getting the meaning from the information which obtained visually. 5 In this case, one interpretation and another could be divergent even though they tried to get meaning from the equal information, it is due to the variability of the point of view in human mind, therefore, the purpose of one person and another to read could be the same, it is to get meaning from the text, yet, the interpretation they drawn from the text can be various. Furthermore, Moreillon ‟s interpretation about the terminology of reading is also supported by other experts, including Patel and Jain who stated that reading is a process of getting meaning from the printed word or symbols. 6 Based on this statement, it can be seen that there are some process when people reading; when the writer put some code in the printed material, it can be a word, phrase, clause, or real code, and the process which involves the reader to break or to form an interpretation from the code given. 3 Zainal Arifin, Evaluasi Pembelajaran, Bandung: PT Remaja Rosdakarya, 2009, p. 194. 4 Peter Westwood, Reading and Learning Difficulties: Approaches to Teaching and Assessment, Victoria: ACER Press, 2001, p.10 5 Judi Moreillon, Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension, Chicago: American Library Association, 2007, p. 10. 6 M.F. Patel and Praveen M. Jain, English Language Teaching Methods, Tools, and Techniques, Jaipur: Sunrise Publishers and Disrtibutors, 2008, p. 113