Readiness The Influences of Reading Text while Listening to the Recording

53 … I compared to the story of Rapunzel that I had not read the text yet, I also could understand the story [which I listened to]. However, when it was said that he took rapunzel, I rather confused. In the beginning, it was said that he did not have a daughter, but there was a rapunzel. I missed the context of the story. Hence, the text provided by the teacher had supplied the students with background knowledge which was significant in helping the students to understand the story better. Therefore, students’ experiences matched to the theory written by Brownell 2000: 10 that existing knowledge provides different effects in learners’ ability to retain information, solve problems, and acquire new knowledge.

b. Grabbing the Detailed Information of the Story

The text did not only provide the students with the description of plot of the story they were going to listen to. More importantly, from the interview the researcher discovered that the texts provided by the teacher helped the students to grab the detailed information of the story, such as name of characters involved in the story, name of places, time of an action in the story, and reasons for several actions. From eight students who were observed, five students 62,5 stated that the text supplied the detailed information. Mostly, those five students assumed that the text provided them with names of characters and places mentioned in the story. In the interview, the students stated: Yang pertama itu kita bisa tahu tokoh-tokohnya, tempatnya…Merapi, Interview First, we know the name of characters, places … Yang paling banyak membantu itu … nama tokoh, tempat. Tidar, Interview PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 54 It helped me mostly in catching… names of characters and places. However, one out of five students added that she was also helped to catch the detail of some reasons for actions happened in the story. She mentioned: Kemudian membantu mengerti jalan ceritanya, nama-nama tokohnya, tempat, terus mengapa si tokoh berbuat sesuatu. Krakatau, Interview Then, it helped me to understand the plot of the story, name of characters and places, and also why the character does something. Furthermore, students’ achievement in doing the task given by the teacher related to their ability in answering question about the detailed information from the story is presented in the table 4.2. Table 4.2 Indicators Achievement Result No. Indicators Reading Text Observed Not Observed Poor Fair Good Very Good Snow White 100 - - - - 100 Rapunzel 100 - - - - 100 1. The students are able to answer questions related to the name of characters in the story Sleeping Beauty 87,5 12,5 - - 75 12,5 Snow White 100 - - - 12,5 87,5 Rapunzel 100 - - - 37,5 62,5 2. The students are able to catch specific information related to the name of places in the story Sleeping Beauty 87,5 12,5 - - - 87,5 Snow White 100 - - - 37,5 62,5 3. The students are able to catch specific information related to the Rapunzel 100 - 25 - 25 50 to be continued to the next page … PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI