INTRODUCTION Teaching Reading Comprehension Using Numbered Heads Together To The Third Year Student Of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali.
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Language is one of important needs of human being. Language is the
tool for communication which plays an important role to reveral the invention
to somebody else. It is also almost impossible to communicate well with
others without language. It can be said that language is essential in almost all
aspects of life. The language can be expressed in spoken and written form.
There are some elements in communication, such as speaker, hearer, and the
media that are used in communication.
The first foreign language in Indonesia is English. It is taught from
elementary school up to university. Because of the position of the language in
Indonesia,
English
therefore
is
only
as
medium
of
international
communication and an instrument to improve some fields particularly in
science and technology for Indonesian development.
English language is not only taught and learned, but also it is used as a
habit. English reading is taught in all junior high school in Indonesia. The
students should be taught how to read. The aspects of the English reading
competence that should be given and studied in English reading class are
pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension.
There are still many junior high schools which use traditional
technique in teaching reading. The teacher just gave the materials and
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explained them, then the teacher gave example and exercise. This is not an
effective technique because most of the students are bored and need much
time to be able to master English especially in reading competence.
Reading is one of the complex ways in learning English. It is such
kind of activity to comprehend the writer‟s ideas or the way the writter
communicates with the readers by way of the written or printed words.
Reading is important for everybody in order to cope with new knowledge in
the changing world of technological age. The important existence of reading
will hopefully continue to increase in the years to come.
Teaching reading is the instaneous recognition of various written
symbol, simultaneous association of these symbols with existing knowledge
and comprehension of the information and comunicative ideas.
The goal of English teaching process using numbered head together
for the third year students at SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali is to develop the reading
competence in English which involves the four language skills, speaking,
listening, reading and writing.
The writer is interested in observing the English teaching because the
first goal of teaching and learning process in Junior High School is to develop
reading skill. The problem they experienced in English is concerning reading
competence. Students are unable to comprehend the reading materials in the
text. Therefore their understanding to the material taught is quite poor.
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The problem faced by the teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali in
teaching reading to third year students is the student fell bored with the
conventional or traditional method used by teacher to teach them in reading
subject. Conventional method usually makes students get bored because the
method is monotonous and the students are not active so this method is not
effective enough to promote language learning. As the first year students tend
not to listen the explanation given by the teacher, they are less motivated to
learn in the classroom. This situation may affect students‟ acheivement in
learning language. So the writer chose one of methods in cooperative learning
method with numbered head together. It is seen as an active learning process,
because students will learn more through a process of constructing and
creating working in a group and sharing knowledge or information.
A good reading will improve the student‟s ability in gathering ideas to
communicate. To improve the students‟ ability, the teacher should use
appropriate method. The method should be interesting to students in teaching
learning process. One of the methods is cooperative learning method.
From the above explanation, the writer would like to specify her
research especially in teaching reading by using numbered head together.
Using numbered head together the teacher will be able to motivate the learner
and the writer is interested in doing research about strategies in reading
comprehension using numbered heads together at the third year of SMP
Negeri 2 Boyolali.
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B. Research Problem
In the research, the researcher states the following problems:
1. What are the strategies in teaching reading comprehension using
numbered heads together at the third year of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali?
2. What are the problem faced by the students at the third year of SMP
Negeri 2 Boyolali?
3. How does the teacher solve the problem faced by the students at the third
year of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali?
C. Objective of the Study
Based on the above problem statement, the objectives of the study are
as follows:
1. To describe the strategies in reading comprehension using numbered heads
together at the third year of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali.
2. To describe the problem faced by the third year student of SMP Negeri 2
Boyolali.
3. To describe the solution made by the teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali.
D. Limitation of the Study
In this study, the researcher limited her study on the strategies in
teaching reading comprehension using Numbered Heads Together in SMP
Negeri 2 Boyolali.
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E. Benefit of the Study
In this research, there are two kinds of benefits, there are:
1. The academic benefit:
The result of this research can be used to improve the quality on teachinglearning reading.
2. The practical benefits are:
a. The result will help the teachers in increasing the students‟ reading
comprehension.
b. The result will help the students in using reading comprehension that
are appropriate for their own purposes.
c. The result will help the students in selecting reading comprehension to
be most effective for discovering, understanding, and relating the
information, so they can interpret the major concepts of reading
passage.
F. Research Paper Organization
In this research, the writer constructs the research paper into five
chapters. Chapter I is Introduction, consists of background of the study,
problem statement, objective of the studey, limitation of the study, benefit of
the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter II is review of related literature that consists of the the
previous study, notion of Reading Comprehension, Teaching Reading
Comprehension Cooperative Learning, and Numbered Heads Together .
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Chapter III discusses research method. It covers type of research,
subject of the study, object of the study, data and data source, the method of
collecting data and technique for analyzing data.
Chapter IV discusses the research finding and discussion. In this
chapter, the writer describes the strategies in reading comprehension using
numbered heads together, the problem faced by the teacher, and describe the
solution made by the teacher. Discussions are concerned with the research
findings.
Chapter V is the last chapter which deals with conclussion and
suggestion.
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Language is one of important needs of human being. Language is the
tool for communication which plays an important role to reveral the invention
to somebody else. It is also almost impossible to communicate well with
others without language. It can be said that language is essential in almost all
aspects of life. The language can be expressed in spoken and written form.
There are some elements in communication, such as speaker, hearer, and the
media that are used in communication.
The first foreign language in Indonesia is English. It is taught from
elementary school up to university. Because of the position of the language in
Indonesia,
English
therefore
is
only
as
medium
of
international
communication and an instrument to improve some fields particularly in
science and technology for Indonesian development.
English language is not only taught and learned, but also it is used as a
habit. English reading is taught in all junior high school in Indonesia. The
students should be taught how to read. The aspects of the English reading
competence that should be given and studied in English reading class are
pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension.
There are still many junior high schools which use traditional
technique in teaching reading. The teacher just gave the materials and
2
explained them, then the teacher gave example and exercise. This is not an
effective technique because most of the students are bored and need much
time to be able to master English especially in reading competence.
Reading is one of the complex ways in learning English. It is such
kind of activity to comprehend the writer‟s ideas or the way the writter
communicates with the readers by way of the written or printed words.
Reading is important for everybody in order to cope with new knowledge in
the changing world of technological age. The important existence of reading
will hopefully continue to increase in the years to come.
Teaching reading is the instaneous recognition of various written
symbol, simultaneous association of these symbols with existing knowledge
and comprehension of the information and comunicative ideas.
The goal of English teaching process using numbered head together
for the third year students at SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali is to develop the reading
competence in English which involves the four language skills, speaking,
listening, reading and writing.
The writer is interested in observing the English teaching because the
first goal of teaching and learning process in Junior High School is to develop
reading skill. The problem they experienced in English is concerning reading
competence. Students are unable to comprehend the reading materials in the
text. Therefore their understanding to the material taught is quite poor.
3
The problem faced by the teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali in
teaching reading to third year students is the student fell bored with the
conventional or traditional method used by teacher to teach them in reading
subject. Conventional method usually makes students get bored because the
method is monotonous and the students are not active so this method is not
effective enough to promote language learning. As the first year students tend
not to listen the explanation given by the teacher, they are less motivated to
learn in the classroom. This situation may affect students‟ acheivement in
learning language. So the writer chose one of methods in cooperative learning
method with numbered head together. It is seen as an active learning process,
because students will learn more through a process of constructing and
creating working in a group and sharing knowledge or information.
A good reading will improve the student‟s ability in gathering ideas to
communicate. To improve the students‟ ability, the teacher should use
appropriate method. The method should be interesting to students in teaching
learning process. One of the methods is cooperative learning method.
From the above explanation, the writer would like to specify her
research especially in teaching reading by using numbered head together.
Using numbered head together the teacher will be able to motivate the learner
and the writer is interested in doing research about strategies in reading
comprehension using numbered heads together at the third year of SMP
Negeri 2 Boyolali.
4
B. Research Problem
In the research, the researcher states the following problems:
1. What are the strategies in teaching reading comprehension using
numbered heads together at the third year of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali?
2. What are the problem faced by the students at the third year of SMP
Negeri 2 Boyolali?
3. How does the teacher solve the problem faced by the students at the third
year of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali?
C. Objective of the Study
Based on the above problem statement, the objectives of the study are
as follows:
1. To describe the strategies in reading comprehension using numbered heads
together at the third year of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali.
2. To describe the problem faced by the third year student of SMP Negeri 2
Boyolali.
3. To describe the solution made by the teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Boyolali.
D. Limitation of the Study
In this study, the researcher limited her study on the strategies in
teaching reading comprehension using Numbered Heads Together in SMP
Negeri 2 Boyolali.
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E. Benefit of the Study
In this research, there are two kinds of benefits, there are:
1. The academic benefit:
The result of this research can be used to improve the quality on teachinglearning reading.
2. The practical benefits are:
a. The result will help the teachers in increasing the students‟ reading
comprehension.
b. The result will help the students in using reading comprehension that
are appropriate for their own purposes.
c. The result will help the students in selecting reading comprehension to
be most effective for discovering, understanding, and relating the
information, so they can interpret the major concepts of reading
passage.
F. Research Paper Organization
In this research, the writer constructs the research paper into five
chapters. Chapter I is Introduction, consists of background of the study,
problem statement, objective of the studey, limitation of the study, benefit of
the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter II is review of related literature that consists of the the
previous study, notion of Reading Comprehension, Teaching Reading
Comprehension Cooperative Learning, and Numbered Heads Together .
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Chapter III discusses research method. It covers type of research,
subject of the study, object of the study, data and data source, the method of
collecting data and technique for analyzing data.
Chapter IV discusses the research finding and discussion. In this
chapter, the writer describes the strategies in reading comprehension using
numbered heads together, the problem faced by the teacher, and describe the
solution made by the teacher. Discussions are concerned with the research
findings.
Chapter V is the last chapter which deals with conclussion and
suggestion.