The Highend Teen English Magazine As A Resource In Teaching Reading Comprehension

Abstract

Reading skill is important as the other three language skills in mastering English. Reading is very important in our life since through reading students can get information from this globalization era. The ability to read is very complicated because not all people have this certain ability. For students who want to learn English, reading is one of other ways to improve their knowledge because it contains many aspects such as grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. 

      Statement of the Problems in this study are; What techniques do teachers use in teaching reading comprehension using the Highend teen English magazine’s articles, What problems are faced by the teachers and What are the solutions of the problems for the second year students of SMP 28 Semarang? 

      This research was conducted at SMP 28 Semarang. The writer chose 2 English teachers and 40 students of second year SMP 28 Semarang as the population of research. The object of this study was teaching reading using the Highend Teen English magazine; the writer did observation to find out the problems faced by the students in teaching reading using the Highend Teen English magazine, so through this study the researcher can make best solution to solve the problems. The instruments of collecting the data in this research were observation, questionnaires and checklist.

The result of the research was SMP 28 Semarang has applied the ways was teaching reading comprehension using the Highend Teen English magazine. The ways used in teaching reading comprehension using the Highend Teen English Magazine were : the opening,  then  the teaching and learning process : the ways in teaching and learning reading comprehension using the Highend Teen English Magazine. and the closing.

The problems faced by the teachers in teaching reading comprehension using Highend Teen English magazine are:  a) The media is rather expensive, b) Very limited magazine, c) Unfamiliar words, d) Mostly the texts are too long,  e) Teacher must be well – prepared, f) Some students did not pay attention in teaching-learning process, g) The class was very crowded when teacher was teaching about reading comprehension, h) The teacher didn’t give more attention to some students who do not master the material yet.

Teachers’ ways to solve their problems are : a) Highend Teen must be cheaper than the price right now and teacher must have special cost for it, b) Teacher can manage his time out of his job time, he can go to that bookstore which sells the Highend Teen magazine, c) teacher must give the glossary under the text, d) Teacher  can anticipate by paraphrasing the texts, e) Teacher must be well- prepared, f) Some students must pay attention in teaching-learning process, g) The class must not be too big with many students, h) The teacher must give more attention to some students who do not master the material yet.

            And also the writer has the following suggestions related to this research: The writer expects that English teachers, students, readers, and writer can get some benefit from this research in which they can apply it well.

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