TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING READING OF NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 2 JATIROTO Technique For Teaching Reading Of Narrative Text To The Eighth Grade Students At SMP N 2 Jatiroto In 2015/ 2016 Academic Year.

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TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING READING OF NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 2 JATIROTO

IN 2015/ 2016 ACADEMIC YEAR

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TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING READING OF NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 2 JATIROTO

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TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING READING OF NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 2 JATIROTO

IN 2015/ 2016 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research paper is to describe technique for teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year. The writer focuses on teaching reading of narrative text at the second semester conducted by the teacher. The purpose of this research are to know the techniques for teaching reading of narrative text used by the teacher and to know the problems faced by the teacher in teaching reading of narrative text at the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year. The data are taken from all elements of teaching reading committed by the teacher and the students and other sources such as field note, syllabus, textbook, and lesson plan. The methods of collecting data are observation, interview, and documentation. The result of the research shows that the techniques for teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto are translation activity and question-answer exercises. The problems of teaching reading of narrative text are limited vocabulary of the students, limited media use, and limited of time.

Keywords: technique for teaching, reading narrative text

Abstrak

Skripsi ini bermaksud untuk menggambarkan hasil kegiatan belajar mengajar siswa kelas 8 di SMP N 2 Jatiroto pada tahun ajaran 2015/ 2016. Penulis fokus pada pengajaran reading teks naratif di semester 2 yang dilakukan oleh guru. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui teknik – teknik pengajaran reading teks naratif yang dilakukan oleh guru dan untuk mengetahui masalah yang ditemui oleh guru dalam pengajaran reading teks naratif kelas 8 di SMP N 2

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Jatiroto pada tahun ajaran 2015/ 2016. Data diambil dari semua elemen – elemen dalam pengajaran reading yang dilakukan oleh guru dan siswa dan data lain seperti catatan, silabus, buku pelajaran, dan RPP. Metode pengumpulan data adalah observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan teknik – teknik mengajar reading teks naratif yang digunakan guru dalam pengajaran kelas 8 di SMP N 2 Jatiroto adalah aktivitas menerjemahkan dan latihan tanya jawab. Masalah dalam pengajaran reading teks naratif adalah kurangnya kosakata siswa, penggunaan media yang terbatas, dan terbatasnya waktu.

Kata Kunci _{teknik pengajaran, membaca teks naratif}

1. INTRODUCTION

There are four major English skills which have relationship among and the others, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In the teaching and learning process, the teacher must give emphasis on those four skills. Actually

those four skills are important and those four skills also increase the student’s

ability to communicate. From the four skills, reading is one of language skills which needed to be taught in the classroom.

According to Fauziati (2015: 113), students need to read texts in English either for their careers, for study or pleasure. Reading texts also provide opportunities for the students to learn vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and even good models for English writing (Fauziati, 2015: 113). According to Harmer (2005) in Fauziati, (2010: 32) last but not least, reading text can introduce interesting topics and stimulate discussion.

Commonly, the students have the problem with their ability to communicate in English. They do not understand the meaning of narrative text which has long texts. They are silent and passive in the teaching and learning process. However, it is essential for the students to be active in learning process so they are able to develop their ability.

The teacher should find the best technique to teach reading skill. The teacher also should apply appropriate technique to motivate the students. As we know that

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the students are difficult in reading the long texts so they are passive in the teaching - learning process. This is one of problems faced by the teacher in the classroom.

This problem happens to the students of the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Jatiroto. The students have difficulties in reading narrative texts. They are afraid to read narrative texts because they do not understand the meaning and they make wrong understanding in translating sentences in narratives. They have a tendency to be silent and they just read with soft voice. Therefore, in anticipating and solving these problems, the teacher should apply appropriate technique for teaching reading.

Based on this previous explanation, the writer is interested in conducting a research in teaching reading entitled Technique for Teaching Reading of Narrative Text to the Eighth Grade Students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year. The writer formulates the problem of study as follows:

1) What techniques are used by the teacher in teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year?

2) What are the problems faced by the teacher in applying the technique for teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year?

The writer finds other studies conducted on technique for teaching reading by other researchers. The first study was done by Wulandari (UMS, 2010) entitled “Improving Students’ Reading Competence through ACTIVE (An Action Research at the Second Grade of SMP 1 Al Islam Kartasura) . The score from the students after learning through ACTIVE is increase than before use this technique. It is good for the students at SMP 1 Al Islam Kartasura.

The second study was done by Aulia (UMS, 2012) entitled “The Effectiveness of Using Pre-questioning in the Reading Comprehension Achievement for the Seventh Grade Students of MTs Negeri Plupuh Sragen in 2011/ 2012 Academic Year”. The result of this research shows that, firstly, the implementation of pre-questioning on the reading comprehension achievement is helpful for the students.

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The students who use pre-questioning on reading achievement are better than students who do not use the pre-questioning on reading achievement. Secondly, the effectiveness in using pre-questioning on reading comprehension achievement is effective.

The third study was done by Puspitasari (UMS, 2011) “A Descriptive Study on Teaching Learning Process of Reading to the First Students of SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu in 2010/2011 Academic Year”. The result of the research shows that the English teacher in SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu adopts two approaches in teaching reading, namely bottom-up approach and top-down approach.

In this research, the writer uses descriptive research. The writer is considering the problem and the techniques which are suitable in teaching reading in Junior High School.

The problems faced by the teacher on teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year are as follows:

1) Limited Vocabulary of the Students 2) Limited Media Used

3) Limited Time

2. RESEARCH METHOD

The type of this research is descriptive research. The sources of data of this study are all elements of teaching-learning process committed by the teacher and the students and other sources such as field note, syllabus, textbook, and lesson plan. There are three kinds of the method of collecting data: observation, interview, and analyzing documents. The writer interviews one of English teacher who teaches reading at the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year. After collecting data, the writer analyzing the data. There are the steps in analyzing data:

a. Data Reduction b. Data Display c. Verification

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5 3. FINDING AND DISCUSSION

In the research finding, the writer describes the techniques used and problems faced on teaching reading narrative text for the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 academic year.

Based on the observation and interview the writer finds the techniques for teaching reading of narrative text used by the teacher at the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Jatiroto. There are two techniques for teaching reading used; translation activity in (Grammar Translation Method) and question and answer exercise in (Direct Method). In this part, the writer presents the discussion of the analysis of this study. In this research, the writer analyses the techniques used on teaching reading of narrative text and the problems faced by the teacher on teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 academic year.

3.1 The Technique for Teaching Reading of Narrative Text to the Eighth Grade Students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year

The teacher of SMP N 2 Jatiroto uses translation activity in (Grammar Translation Method) and question and answer exercise in (Direct Method) for

teaching reading. The media used are the worksheet “English Students’ Worksheet for Junior High School”, textbook “Practice Your English

Competence”, and English dictionary. The material given is narrative text.

3.1a Translation Activity

The teacher uses translation activity to teach the students class VIII B. Translation is a way to help the students understand the context of the text that they read. In addition, translation also increases vocabulary activity. After the teacher translate the text, the teacher discus to make the students find their problems about the material given by the teacher. The students can ask the teacher to solve their problem. The writer concludes the teacher can apply translation activity in Grammar Translation Method for teaching narrative text but there are many students are limited of vocabulary. The student use English dictionary to help them.

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6 3.1b Question-answer Exercise

The teacher just uses Indonesian as mother tongue for teaching reading of narrative text. This activity is done because the students are less in mastering vocabulary so they cannot understand what the teacher says in English. The technique used is question-answer

3.2 The Problems Faced by the Teacher on Teaching Reading of Narrative Text to the Eighth Grade Students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year.

From the observation in the classroom when the teaching reading and interviewing the teacher, the writer found some problems faced by the teacher on teaching reading of narrative text at SMP N 2 Jatiroto.

3.2a Limited Vocabulary of the Students

A lot of students are silent and passive in the teaching-learning process. They do not understand the meaning of the text so the students are not interested in learning the text. In fact, the teacher explained the material using Indonesian because a lot of the students couldn’t understand the meaning of English words spoken by the teacher. The factor that causes limited vocabulary of the students was that the students did not practice English everyday in their daily activity. The students only spend their time to play with their friends.

3.2b Limited Media Used

Based on the observation, the teacher just used the worksheet, material, and dictionary when she was teaching. On the other hand, the school provided the English textbook. The book is Practice Your English Competence for SMP/ MTs Class VIII.

3.2c Limited Time

The teacher just got the time 2 x 40 minutes in one meeting. In fact, the time is not optimal because the teacher must finish the teaching-learning process earlier. The teacher also teaches the students of ninth grade preparing national examination. In the second meeting the teacher cannot finish the question-answer process in the classroom.

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7 4. CONCLUSION

Based on the research finding and discussion in this study, the writer draws conclusions as follows:

The techniques for teaching reading of narrative text used by the teacher of the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2016/ 2017 Academic Year are translation activity and question and answer exercise. There are some findings during applying the teaching methods as follows:

1) The reading materials given by the teacher of SMP N 2 Jatiroto is genre. The text is narrative text, and

2) The teaching media are worksheet “English Students’ Worksheet for Junior

High School”, and English dictionary.

During implementing the teaching reading, the teacher faces some problems as follows:

1) Limited vocabulary of the students

The effect is the teacher more uses Indonesian than English. 2) Limited media used

The teacher just used worksheet and dictionary during the process of teaching-learning in the class. On the other hand the school provided the English textbook entitle Practice Your English Competence for SMP/ MTs Class VIII.

3) Limited time

The teacher cannot use the time optimally because she also gives lesson to the ninth grade students preparing national examination.

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the students are difficult in reading the long texts so they are passive in the teaching - learning process. This is one of problems faced by the teacher in the classroom.

1) What techniques are used by the teacher in teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year?

2) What are the problems faced by the teacher in applying the technique for teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year?

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In this research, the writer uses descriptive research. The writer is considering the problem and the techniques which are suitable in teaching reading in Junior High School.

The problems faced by the teacher on teaching reading of narrative text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year are as follows:

1) Limited Vocabulary of the Students 2) Limited Media Used

3) Limited Time

2. RESEARCH METHOD

a. Data Reduction b. Data Display c. Verification

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5 3. FINDING AND DISCUSSION

In the research finding, the writer describes the techniques used and problems faced on teaching reading narrative text for the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 academic year.

3.1 The Technique for Teaching Reading of Narrative Text to the Eighth Grade Students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year

The teacher of SMP N 2 Jatiroto uses translation activity in (Grammar Translation Method) and question and answer exercise in (Direct Method) for teaching reading. The media used are the worksheet “English Students’ Worksheet for Junior High School”, textbook “Practice Your English Competence”, and English dictionary. The material given is narrative text.

3.1a Translation Activity

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6 3.1b Question-answer Exercise

3.2 The Problems Faced by the Teacher on Teaching Reading of Narrative Text to the Eighth Grade Students at SMP N 2 Jatiroto in 2015/ 2016 Academic Year.

3.2a Limited Vocabulary of the Students

3.2b Limited Media Used

3.2c Limited Time

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7 4. CONCLUSION

Based on the research finding and discussion in this study, the writer draws conclusions as follows:

1) The reading materials given by the teacher of SMP N 2 Jatiroto is genre. The text is narrative text, and

2) The teaching media are worksheet “English Students’ Worksheet for Junior High School”, and English dictionary.