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1. The students : the students are able to read recount text in the correct
pronunciation and understanding the idea of the text using one of the reading class performances. The students will be aware to read not only in
the classroom but also outside the classroom. 2.
The teachers : the teachers can use one of the reading class performances which is more effective for their students. The teachers also able to make
the students more active in the classroom. 3.
The writer : I can improve my knowledge about recount text and I
know which is more effective among the two reading class performance, reading aloud or silent reading and I can apply it in my future.
1.6 Outline of the Report
This study consists of five chapters. The outline of this study can be described as follows:
Chapter I gives an introduction, which consists of background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statement of the problem, objective of the study,
significance of the study and outline the study. Chapter II presents review of related literature. It consists of the theories
underlying the writing of the study. Chapter III deals with the research methodology which presents research
design, main source of data, object of the study, population and sample, technique in sampling, the experimental study, the variable and the instrument of the study
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Chapter IV presents about the discussion of the study, which consists of the data analysis in reading aloud and silent reading in understanding reading
recount. Chapter V provides the summary, the conclusion and some suggestions for
some improvements in providing English reading texts.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Chapter II is about literature that I need in the process of making the research. Chapter II is about the definition of reading, objectives of reading,
reading technique, teaching reading, comprehension, reading comprehension, genre, and the last is about reading class performance.
2.1 Definition of Reading
In English there are four skills that students have to learn. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Reading is one of the most important
skills in learning language besides three the others. The goal in any reading activity is to get information or knowledge in a book. Grabe and Stoller 2002: 9
define reading as the ability to draw meaning from the printed page and interpret this information appropriately.
According to Assistant Masters Association 1973: 118 reading is a sharing of experience, when you read privately, the author, by means of his text,
shares his experience with you. When you read aloud, the author’s experience is shared not only with you but also with your audience. If you read aloud well your
audience may enjoy a fuller share of the original experience than they would have done by reading the text privately.
Another opinion from David Nunan 2003: 68 that reading is a fluent
process of readers combining information from a text and their own background
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knowledge to build meaning. Reading is more than just knowing a lot of words. When you read different kinds of text, you need to know what strategies and skills
to use. Ken Beatty, 2004: iii. From en.wikipedia.orgwikiReading_process reading is a complex
cognitive process of decoding
symbols for the intention of
deriving meaning reading comprehension
andor constructing meaning. Pang 2003: 6 states that
reading is about understanding written texts. It is a complex activity that involves both perception and thought. Reading consists of
two related processes
: word recognition and comprehension. Word recognition refers to the process of perceiving how written symbols correspond to one’s
spoken language. Comprehension is the process of making sense of words, sentences and connected text.
Reading based on Bennete 2001: 27 is a visual process - vision is a symbolic process of seeing an item or symbol and translating it into an idea or
image
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Another opinion comes from Klingner 2007: 104 that reading is an activity that has a purpose.
From those definitions above I conclude that reading is an activity that can be silent or oral to get information or knowledge from the texts.
2.2 Objectives of Reading
