Objectives of Study INTRODUCTION

explained the meaning of reading as “the process of acquiring and of interpreting, evaluation, and effecting upon those meanings”. 2 F. Dublin explained the meaning of reading, as “reading is primarily a cognitive process, which means that the brain does most of the work”. 3 Those statements above show the various definitions of reading, they mean generally. Reading means a complex process of thinking in assigning meaning from printed materials which involve most of the reader’s intellectual act such as pronunciation and comprehension in other to receive ideas or information extended by the test. It can be seen that reading is not only looking at ward in the form of graphic symbols but also getting meaning from word to word or line to understand what we read. It means that reading is a process to understand the text content and the get information.

2. Aims of Reading

A person may read for many purposes, and purpose help to understand more what is read by people. If he is reading for pleasure or reading for pure recreation and enjoyment, he may read either quickly or slowly based on the way he likes or fails. But if read for studying or setting information such news, science or some line, which are part of his study or assignment he does it very slowly and carefully. According to Paul S. Anderson, there are seven aims of reading, reading for details and fact, reading for main ideas, reading for sequence or organization, reading for inference, reading for classifying of content. 4 a. Reading for details and fact is reading to know what is done by the subject of the story. 2 Guy L Bond and Eva Bond Wagner, Teaching the child to read, New York: the Macmillan company, 1969, p.4 3 F. Dublin, D. E. Eskey and W. Grabber, Teaching second language Reading for academic purpose California: Edison-Wesley Publishing company, 1986, p.6 4 A widyamartaya, Seni membaca untuk study yogyakarta: Kamsius, 1992, p. 90

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