CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
Human
as a social person has to communicate to each
other. That is why we need language as a device in
communication. There are so many languages in the world, but English by far is
the most widely used. English is widely spoken and taught throughout the world. It is
extensively used and taught as a second or
a foreign language in many countries. Even, this
language currently becomes a
primary language of a number of countries.
In Indonesia, English is taught as a foreign
language and becomes a compulsory subject focusing from junior high school
up to university levels. Even now, English has become one of the subjects in primary
school.
English
as a compulsory subject requires the four language skills, they are reading,
writing, listening, and speaking. Teaching of English, as recommended by the
Department of Education and Culture particularly at Junior High School, must
cover those skills. The skills should be taught integratedly to enable the students
to express ideas, thought, and feelings through speaking and writing, and to
get meaning, ideas, thought, even to absorb sciences and technologies through
reading and listening.
Reading
is one of the four basic language skills that must be mastered in language
learning. It is usually taught in integration with the three other language???????????????
