Formulation of the Problem Research Objectives

F. Significance of the Study

1. This research will be useful for English teachers, to provide a pilot in designing reading materials for the eighth grade students of junior high schools 2. It is expected to be able to present suitable reading materials that are really specific based on the students and the school needs related to the expectation of examination. 3. Schools can also gain good input from the description of designing the reading materials. The materials also become good model for the form of the reading materials, especially for the eighth grade students of junior high schools. 4. This research is expected to be able to give good knowledge that can enrich and enlarge other researchers’ understanding about designing good reading materials for the eighth grade students of junior high schools. 5. It is also intended to add readers’ understanding about designing reading materials for the eighth grade students of junior high schools.

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

A. Literature Review 1. What to Teach in Reading

It is important for students to do more reading practices. Students can learn many things through the activity to develop their English. In addition, a habit can help students to be familiar with reading. It can help them to do their tests easily. It is duo to students’ difficulty in English test of their school. Reading texts in Junior High Schools are taught to encourage the students learning so English can be mastered well. Teachers must teach the good way to read in English. Students usually read in first language easily but it will be different from reading in English. Therefore, it is necessary to teach the component involved in reading process. Broadman et al 2007: 8 explain that Reading comprehension involves much more than readers’ responses to text. Reading comprehension is a multicomponent, highly complex process that involves many interactions between readers and what they bring to the text previous knowledge, strategy use as well as variables related to the text itself interest in text, understanding of text types. It can be understood that reading involves some activities related to the learning of the language. The activities are including the understanding of texts or passages, memorizing vocabularies, realizing the 11