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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………i
STATE OF AUTHORIZATION………………………………………………….ii
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………………iv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................1
1.1. Background of the Study..............................................................................1
1.2. Research Questions .......................................................................................4
1.3. Purposes of the Study...................................................................................5
1.4. Significance of the Study ..............................................................................5
1.5. Definition of Terms .......................................................................................6
1.6. The Organization of Thesis ...........................................................................7

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................8
2.1. The Schema Theory ......................................................................................8
2.2. Types of Schema ...........................................................................................9
2.2.1. Linguistic schema ................................................................................ 10
2.2.2. Formal Schema .................................................................................... 10
2.2.3. Content Schema ................................................................................... 11

2.3. The Role of Content Schema in Reading Comprehension .........................12
2.4. Schema Activation Strategies .....................................................................15
2.4.1. Pre-questioning .................................................................................... 16
2.4.2. Using Analogies and Questioning ....................................................... 16
2.4.3. Using Visual Aids ................................................................................ 17
2.4.4. Story Telling Demonstration ............................................................... 18
2.5. Reading Process ..........................................................................................18
2.6. Three Reading Phases .................................................................................20
2.6.1. Pre reading activities………………………………………………

20

2.6.2. Whilst Reading Activities .................................................................... 21
2.6.3. Post Reading Activities ........................................................................ 21
2.7. Related Previous Research Findings ...........................................................22

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ..................................................25
3.1. The Research Design ..................................................................................25
3.2. The Research Site .......................................................................................26
3.3. Participants ..................................................................................................27

3.4. The Data Collection Methods .....................................................................28
3.4.1. Classroom Observation ........................................................................ 28
3.4.2. Interviews ............................................................................................. 35
3.5. The Research Procedures ............................................................................42
3.5.1. The Preliminary Study ......................................................................... 42
3.5.2. The Main Study ................................................................................... 43
3.6. The Issue of Validity ...................................................................................43
3.7. Data Analysis ..............................................................................................44

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS……………………………....46
4.1. The Teachers’ strategies to activate students’ content schema in teaching
reading comprehension. .............................................................................46
4.2.The Students responses on the Activating Students’ Content Schema ........53

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ......................................56
5.1. Conclusions .................................................................................................56
5.2. Suggestions .................................................................................................57

BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................59

APPENDICES