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d. to study abroad 9 28.12 e. others 1 to do some English task easily 1 3.12 The two highest percentages, 87.50 and 28.12, represent students ’ goals in learning English that are to be able to use English as a means of communication both written and spoken, to pass the national examination and to study abroad. Table 11: Students’ View about Goal of Reading English Texts Statements Number of Students Percentage The students’ motivation to read English texts is .... a. to understand the texts 17 53.12 b. to give response towards the texts 6 18.75 c. to be accustomed to English spelling 13 40.62 d. to enrich English vocabulary 21 65.62 e. others 1 to use English fluently 1 3.12 A conclusion that can be taken from the table above is that the motivation of students to read English text was to enrich English vocabulary and to understand the text. 2 Lacks Lacks can be described as the gap between what the learners know already and what they do not know yet or between students’ current proficiency and the target proficiency. In other words, it can be stated that lacks are discrepancies between necessity and what the learner already knows . Table 11 presents the students’ views about their lacks. Table 12: Students’ View about Their Lacks in Reading English Texts Statements Number of Students Percentage To the students, thing that cause difficulty to read is .... a. unfamiliar vocabulary 18 56.25 b. sentence structure 7 21.87 c. uninteresting topic 3 9.37 d. English pronunciation 9 28.12 e. Others Table 11 shows that 56.25 of students realized that there is a gap between their knowledge of vocabulary and the target knowledge of vocabulary in the text. Moreover, 28.12 of students stated that they find a gap between their pronunciation skill and the target pronunciation skill. 3 Wants Wants in this target needs are related to students’ preference about topic of the English materials which is presented in Table 12. Table 13: Students’ View about Their Wants in Reading English Texts Statements Number of Students Percentage Topics or themes of texts that the students like are .... a. science and technology 4 12.50 b. daily life 22 68.75 c. society social life 7 21.87 d. music and entertainment 13 40.62 e. others 1 sports activity 1 3.12 From the table, it can be known that daily life, music and entertainment represent students’ wants about topic of the English materials.