Formulation of the Problem

text, and certain linguistic. 4 It means that reading it not just how to know the meaning but shehe comprehend in text, sentence or paragraph. This assumption is in the line with linguist expert, Elizabeth Bernhardt, reading is considered as cognitive process in which it demands a process to apprehend the meaning, to gain information, and to learn in which those should be considered to process of mind. 5 Its mean Reading is not only how the people to read aloud and say the word but when people reading something, it can be said that our brain is activating to process the information people get or understand meaning from the text in reading activity. In addition, Christine Nuttal said in her book Teaching Reading Skill A Foreign Language pointed reading is a meaning, especially with the transfer of meaning from mind to mind, the transfer of message from writer to the reader. 6 . Therefore, to get the meaning the readers have to focus their eyes and brain to the printed material as they are reading. This is in line with Jeremy Harmer‟s statement, who pointed out that: “Reading is working of eyes and brain, the eyes look the reading and receive the message and then the message is transferred to the brain to work out the message. An exercise dominated by the eyes and the brain. The eyes receive message and the brain then has to work out the significance of these messages. ” 7 Based on those explanations given by the experts, the writer can conclude that reading is kind of activities to understand a written language, that reading is an active process where there is a process and product to get a comprehension an implication of the text itself where there is process and product student would take the expectation from reading text. But reading process not just comprehend the text, according to jean Osborn; The relationship between knowledge and reading comprehension has greatly increased our understanding of how 4 Pusat Kurikulum, Balitbang Depdiknas, Standar Kompetensi Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris SMA dan MA, Jakarta: 2003, p. 16 5 Elizabeth B Bernhardt, Reading Development in a Second Language: Theoretical, Empirical, and Classroom Perspective, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing, 1991, p.5 6 Christine Nuttal, Teaching Reading Skill in a Foreign Language, London: Macmillan, 1996, p. 3 7 Jeremy Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching, New York: Longman, 1983, p.153