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Besides that, there are at least three good reasons for teaching a short story.
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Disadvantages 1.
The students still have a difficult to reading text too much. 2.
The students still have a difficult to analysis the story. 3.
Have consuming time to teach read.
E. Teaching Reading by Using Short Story
Teaching reading by using short story is very interesting to students, because there are at least three good reasons for teaching a short
story. It has unity, independent existence, and an embryonic character. When the teacher explained about the material, especially short story the
students can give more attention to learn about it. Moreover, short story should not be considered a lower- quality production of an author. In fact,
the student can work harder than he would with a novel, as he dedicates more of his time to thinking than to reading new material and thus spends
more analyzing. Another advantage lies in the fact that the short stories have an independent existence. Unlike excerpts or chapters in novels, they
constitute complete units of meaning. Also, they can be studied as parts of
collections and thus provide another dimension.
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Henry Guntur Tarigan, Prinsip- prinsip Dasar Sastra: Cet. Ke-10, Bandung: Angkasa, 1985, p. 178.
CHAPTER III THE PROFILE OF SMP ISLAM AL
– FAJAR
This chapter presents about the profile of school. Consist of brief history, vision and mission, curriculum of the school, English textbook, teaching and
learning English process, profile of the teachers, and data of the students.
A.
Brief History of SMP Islam Al-Fajar Kedaung
SMP Islam Al- Fajar Kedaung is an institution under “Yayasan Perguruan
Islam Al- Fajar”. The located on Jl. Aria Putra No.102, Kedaung. The school was
established on November 1996. It was built on land which is about 11.035 m
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There are 25 teachers which teach 349 students. The school consist of 23 rooms, there are 3 rest rooms, 1 library, 1 labolatory room, 1 teacher room, 1 headmaster
room, 1 “UKS” room, and 15 classrooms.
B. Vision and Mission
The vision of SMP Islam Al- Fajar Kedaung is „construct an education on
islamic values ’. Beside that, this school has mission „urgue the students to become
scholarly and islamic students ’.
C. Curriculum of the School
Curriculum is an educational plan instructional plan which may significantly support requirement of teaching learning process at the school. As
Beauchamp said: “A curriculum is a written document which may contain many ingredients, but basiccally it is plan for the education of pupils during their
enrollment in given school. Curriculum can be viewed as aprograme arranged by and educational institution to provide sequentially organized knowlegde,
understanding, skills, and concept for the learners ”.
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Sukmadinata, Prof.Dr. Nana Syaodih, Pengembangan Kurikulum Teori dan Praktek, Bandung: PT Remaja Rosdakarya, 2005, p. 5.
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