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INTRODUCTION
problem, the purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation
of the study, definition of the key term and organization of the study.
science and as a means of communication with other nations in the world. In here,
reading is one of the four English skills that must be taught to the students of
Junior High School. In teaching and learning English, there are many methods to
teach students the materials or potencies of the students. The students who learn
English will be successful if the learning sources or method are relevant with the
students need. In reading class for example, the are some difficulties aspect, such
they read a text and they may face some difficulties in finding the appropriate
method for the English class especially reading class for the teacher.
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combining information from a text and their own background knowledge to build
meaning. Based on the explanation, the writer concludes that reading is a process
to convey the text or information. In reading, the reader will know what they read
and challenged to response the ideas of the author. In order to make the text or
information that comes from the author can be understood and comprehend easily
by the reader. Based on Burt and Adams (2003: 33) reading is essentially the
tool for people of many societies, allowing them to access information which
Reading is one of many ways to open our mind and get knowledge
because reading very important for students. Reading can not be separated from
Based on the interview with English teacher at SMPN 1 Boyolangu, the writer
known that the English teacher usually teaching reading in the classroom using
total physical response (TPR). When the English teacher teaching reading using
total physical response (TPR), the English teacher has some problems included
the students felt that reading is difficult lesson because they difficulty to
understand the meaning and content when they read a text. The students still
confused when they met the same vocabulary in different text. The English
teacher say that the teaching of reading needed long of time allotment in the
The result of observation and preliminary test showed that the teaching
of reading is the limited of time allotment in the classroom, the students still
confused when met new vocabulary difficult, the students have difficulty to
understand the meaning, and content a text. The students bored when they met
Research (CAR) to improve students reading ability using task based learning.
Task based learning as with content based instruction and a task based approach
based learning is useful for moving the focus of the learning process from the
teacher to the students. Task based learning has the advantage of the getting the
student to use her skills. Task based learning aims at motivating language use and
capabilities. In task based learning, the tasks are essential to the learning activity,
it is based on the principle that learners may study more efficiently when their
minds are focused the text without their using the languages.
language to achieve a specific outcome. The activity reflects real life and learners
focus on meaning, they are free to use any language they want.
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ability, for example motivation to learn language especially for reading ability, so
they can enrich knowledge, vocabulary literary, good pronunciation for reading
ability ,tasks provide a natural opportunity for revision and recycling, then give
formulated as: “How can task based learning (TBL) improve students’ reading
In line with the formulation of the research problem above, the purpose
of the study is “To know task based learning (TBL) can improve students’ reading
English teacher, student, school, writer and next researcher. These contributions
The result of this study can add new experience for the students in
learning process especially in reading, it is hoped that the research can be one of
improvement.
The result of the study can give the additional information to conduct
(TBL) from a reading text given to seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Boyolangu.
And the researcher only focuses in improving students’ reading ability with task
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based learning (TBL) on the students’ reading ability. This research only
Some words that are used in this study become key words. In order to
have a better understanding and to avoid misinterpretation about the terms used in
a. Reading is useful for language acquisition. Provided that students more or less
understand what they read, the more they read, the better they get at it,
(Harmer, 2007: 99). Reading is an active process, and intrinsic part of the
based learning, the tasks are essential to the learning activity. Task based
learning is based on the principle that learners may study more efficiently
when their minds are focused the text without their using the languages.
outcome.
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study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of the key terms and
literature dealing with reading, teaching reading, reading ability, testing reading,
theory of teaching and learning, task based learning (TBL) and some previous
studies.
research findings and the discussion. The research findings are based on the data
obtained during the teaching of reading ability using task based learning (TBL),
conclusion and the suggestion based on the research findings and discussion in
chapter IV.