Descriptive Text Reading Comprehension
1 Interest motivation Student who is not interested in reading or if their motivation is
low to read, shehe will get failure in comprehending. Shehe will not get any fun in reading, because herhis first impression does not
like reading, so when she he reads, shehe does not have the process of thinking, which is a basic in reading. Thus the
comprehension will not occur. 2 Attitudes and beliefs
Attitudes and beliefs are frequently closely linked to their interest. Attitudes and beliefs usually reflect background experience. They
also play important role in a comprehension. 3 Feeling
Emotion is fact of life. Feeling develop early when infants find some things pleasant and other unpleasant.
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Emotional factors like feeling or mood and concentration will influence student’s reading
comprehension. To get comprehension students always have to be in a good condition.
e. Reading Purpose This fifth factor also determines the comprehension ability,
student could also have difficulties to understand the text if shehe reads it without particular purpose in mind. Comprehension is always
directed and controlled by the needs and purposes of an individual. The purpose of reading is to get the meaning from the written
symbols. One of the most important tasks of the readers to find out what the writer said. For junior high school, reading is used to
understand textbook.
Based on the explanation above, the researcher summarizes that there are many factors which influence reading comprehension,
such as background experience, language abilities, thinking abilities,
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affection interest and motivation, attitude and beliefs, and feelings, and reading purpose. They are primary determining factors which can
influence students’ reading comprehension. From all factors have been mentioned above, there are three
important factors in reading comprehension which are identified: thinking, feeling, and purpose for reading.
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However, the researcher limits this research on feeling factor in the aspect of anxiety.
Therefore, the writer discusses anxiety in the next topic.