1
CHAPTER I INRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, research questions, and the objective of the study. Besides, it also presents the
significance of the study, definitions of the key terms, and outline of the report.
1.1 Background of the Study
Nowadays, English as an international language becomes very important. It means that English is used as a communication language by people in several
countries. They use English as their language when they do communication with others who are not from the same country to communicate in their life. In
Indonesia, English has already been taught in elementary school, junior high school and senior high school. This fact shows that English is important one in
education as a subject to be taught to Indonesian students. Teaching English as a foreign language has its own challenge. A teacher
uses methods to make their English lesson more interested .
This way will give motivation to the students in learning English. Realizing the unsatisfactory result
of English teaching, the government has done a lot of things to improve it. However, there is not only one factor affecting the teaching result. Ramelan
1992:4 says
means that there are many factors in affecting the result of teaching. It would be very ideal if all the factors could meet the necessary requirements; for instance,
the teachers are competent, the students well motivated and brightly minded, the teaching material well arranged and etc. This situation must be fulfilled to reach
the ideal result of teaching. Mastering a language means practicing the four skills of English very well.
For example; someone wants to explain how and why the rain happens. The problem is how she gets the knowledge, or how she attains the understanding. The
answer is, of course, through reading and listening.
vocabulary to ask their teacher when they haven
1.3 Research Questions
The research problem can be stated as follows: a.
To what extent do the tenth grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Batang in
academic year 20102011 master vocabularies?
b. To what extent do the tenth grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Batang in
academic year 20102011 comprehend reading texts?
c. Is there any significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and their
reading comprehension?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
