Formulation of the Problems Objectives of the Study Benefits of the Study

commit to user xix Therefore, this technique is beneficial because students have a chance to be both the tutor and tutee. The roles are equitable, which can promote an environment of acceptance. Peer Tutoring gives students the opportunity to make choices throughout the learning process. By making choices, students enhance their self-management skills, and enhance control over learning and cooperation with others. Furthermore, students are accountable for monitoring and evaluating peer performance. In addition, student can be more active during lecturing and has high motivation in teaching learning process. Thus, it is believed that Peer tutoring can improve students’ ability in reading.

B. Formulation of the Problems

Based on the background of the study above, the problems in this study can be formulated as follows: 1. Can and to what extent Peer Tutoring technique improve students’ reading comprehension? 2. What happens with the class when Peer Tutoring technique is applied in reading class?

C. Objectives of the Study

In accordance with the problems formulation above, the objectives of the study are purposed to point out the answer for the problems. They are as follows: 1. To identify whether and to what extent Peer Tutoring technique can improve students’ reading comprehension. commit to user xx 2. To describe what happens with the class when Peer Tutoring technique is applied in reading class.

D. Benefits of the Study

Hopefully, this study can be useful to the students, the other lecturers, the other researcher, the institution, and even to the researcher herself. 1. For the students This study will improve students’ reading comprehension because they are taught using Peer Tutoring technique which is theoretically effective for improving students’ reading comprehension. Moreover, through this technique, the students can study together in understanding the reading passage and can review the material together within the members of one team who are from all achievements level so that they can help one another to improve their capability in comprehending reading passage. 2. For the other lecturers This study provide the various teaching techniques that can be used as the consideration for choosing appropriate technique in teaching reading and the result of this study can be a useful input in English teaching learning process especially for improving reading comprehension. 3. For the other researcher This study can be used as a guide, additional information, and a valuable reference to conduct further studies about teaching and learning English commit to user xxi especially about the issue of teaching reading and about the issue of Peer Tutoring technique. 4. For the researcher This study will improve the researcher herself in knowing the techniques which are appropriate to use in teaching reading and will improve in mastering Peer Tutoring technique implemented in classroom. 5. For the institution This study will underline the important role of the institution as academic institution which supports the scientific research in education at any level. commit to user xxii

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