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students ’ interest, that is, a set of supplementary English materials using fables to teach reading to the first year students of Junior High School.
B. Problem Identification
Since English is used as a foreign language, it is possib le that the students of Junior High School might find difficulties in learning English, especially in reading
complicated texts. In addition, they might find reading English texts more complex than learning other English skills because the texts and the provided activities do not
build their curiosity. Thus, the teachers of English at Junior High School should find an interesting and comprehensive way to present the reading materials to the students
so that they can easily follow the course and improve their reading ability. However, most of the students read texts in the textbooks and do the
exercises only whe n the teacher asks them to. The texts and the exercises bore them. They do not enjoy it and they do not feel motivated in doing the exercises. Therefore,
the writer designs these materials to make the reading materials more interesting and to offer a different technique in order to make the students read more texts and enjoy
their reading class.
C. Problem Limitation
There are some limitations made for the study in order to lead the readers’ focus. First, the discussion is limited to the development of a set of supplementary
English reading materials for the first grade students of Junior High School which is
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specified for SMP N 3 Sleman, Yogyakarta. Second, the writer focuses only on the reading activity which is considered an uninteresting activity, while in fact, reading
should be an important activity in the learning process to acquire other English skills. Third, the reading materials which are discussed in this study are only reading
materials using fables, not other reading materials. Fourth, the designed materials discussed in this study are merely supplementary reading materials. They are used to
add or to complete the existing teaching materials.
D. Problem Formulation
The study aims to answer two main questions. They are stated as follows: 1 How is a set of supplementary reading materials using fables for the first grade
students of SMP N 3 Sleman designed? 2 What do the designed set of supplementary reading materials look like?
E. Objectives of the Study
