Statements of the Problem

10 preferred reading strategies and consider their less preferred reading strategies. Moreover, this study is also directed to promote learning strategies in order to reach the success in reading. These terms metacognition and reading comprehension can provide us with in-depth insights into the complexity of reading process and give us ideas about how to help learners to develop their reading competence and how to assess their metacognitive strategy use Zhang Sheepo: 2013, p.55. Eventually, the lecturers as the stakeholders in this opportunity are supposed to explicitly lead the learners to recognize and effectively operate the reading strategies. This study is also intended to provide the latest circumstances of the development of metacognitive awareness. The result of the study can be used as scientific references for the future research. It is supposed to be research-based information source for future researchers. The present study also would like to lead the future research to use more complex research design after reading the result of the study. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 11

CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

In order to synchronize the theory within this research, this segment provides the related theory as the guide or framework of the study. The main focuses of this segment are the explanation of several aspects in metacognitive reading strategies, reading comprehension and the relationship between those both sides metacognitive awareness of reading strategies and reading comprehension gains.

2.1 Theoretical Review

Theoretical review is intended to provide a selective review of related theories in this study. The first section will be the theory of metacognitive strategy that is also as the independent variable of this study. Then, followed by related theory of reading comprehension that comes to be the dependent variable of the study. At the last section of the theoretical review, the existing theory of relationship between those both variables metacognitive reading strategies and reading comprehension are presented as well.

2.1.1 Defining Metacognitive Strategies

As noted earlier in the first chapter, this study is intended to focus on metacognitive reading strategies as the independent variable. Metacognition is generally related on how an individual manage and regulate own thinking. The notion of metacognition issue was influenced by some experts that were also seen as the pioneers of metacognition term Flavell 1979, Baker Brown, 1980 and PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI