Formulation of the Problem Objective of the Study

achieve some clear information and also for pleasure. 10 For example, people read the instruction on a recipe book to know how to cook specific dishes. Moreover, Harmer stated that reading can be done for some purposes such as identifying a topic, predicting and guessing, getting general understanding, getting specific information, and interpreting the text. 11 In addition, Grabe and Stoller stated some purposes of reading which are explained as follow: 12 a. Reading to search for simple information This is the very common reason of reading a text. Reading to search for information is a process that aimed to get specific information by scanning through the sentences and words related to the searched information without reading every pieces of the words. b. Reading to skim quickly This is similar to reading to search for simple information. In reading to skim, the readers guess where on the text the information they need are supposed to be, then they read that part on the text until they get the main idea. c. Reading to learn from texts Reading to learn from text usually occurs in academic and professional situation. The process is usually longer than reading to skim and search for information, because it requires more complex ability to get a deeper understanding and often require repetition to remember detail information from the text. d. Reading to integrate information, write and critique texts Reading to write and critique text are part of reading to integrate information, in which reading process requires critical evaluation about which information that should be integrated or not by composing, selecting and criticize the information on the text. e. Reading for general comprehension 10 Jeremy Harmer, The Practice of English Language —Third Edition, London: Longman, 2007, p. 200. 11 Ibid., pp. 201 —202. 12 Grabe and Stoller. op. cit., pp. 13 —15.