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review the past materiallesson. This way is used to guide the students connect
s clustering strategy.
Why the writer uses clustering? Because of clustering can be used at least several different instructional purposes. This technique can assist teachers in
planning the instruction by helping them identify the pattern of organization of ideas and the concepts. Clustering can be categorized by pre-reading activity.
writes their ideas on the board and make diagram related to the reading passage. So in this technique the teacher give the opportunities to students improve their
idea and the writer think that this technique can make student enjoy, happy and interest to learn English without any difficulties.
students in joining the teaching learning process. It makes them more interested in learning and
makes they pay more attention in joining the class. The high level of interest will n.
B. Identification of the Problem
Dealing with the background of the study above, the writer identifies some problems, such as:
1. How can the learners of English improve their reading ability?
2. Why is it difficult for the students to learn English?
3. Why do they feel difficult to answer the question of a new reading text?
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4. How can clustering technique help learners improve their reading skill?
5. How can the students with high interest get better achievement in reading
than the students with low interest?
C. Limitation of the Problems
Limitation is used to narrow the scope of the study. Therefore, the writer will limit the study on the technique used by teacher of English in teaching
reading comprehension. The research focus will be on the effectiveness of the reading technique offered by the researcher, clustering technique, in
experimental class toward the reading strategy used by the teacher direct instruction in control class.
In addition, the researcher will be eager to know the correlation between the teaching
learning process.
D. Statement of the Problems
From the background of the study, limitation of the problems and problems identification, the writer formulates the problems of this study as
follows: 1.
reading comprehension achievement? 2.
Do students who have high learning interest have better reading comprehension achievement than those who have low learning interest?
3. Is there any
interest in teaching reading by using clustering?
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E. Objectives of the Study
This research is aimed at finding out the influences of the teaching detail, this research has the objectives to find out whether:
1. Clustering technique is more effective than direct instruction to teach
reading comprehension. 2.
The students
who have
high interest
have better
reading comprehension than those who have low interest.
3. There is an interaction between teaching technique and interest to
teach reading comprehension.
F. Benefits of the Study
