

Nevertheless, it does not mean that the competitive activity should be taken as a mere amusing activity just to finish the class time, neither be regarded as a marginal activity filling in odd moments when the teacher and class have nothing better to do. Without the pressure of doing it absolutely rightly or not, but with the enthusiasm for winning the game, as well as practicing the language.

English teacher must give them tasks which they are able to do, rather than humiliating risk.Ĭarrier (1980: 6) Concerns that game is very useful in a class because they provide an opportunity for students to use their language in a less formal situation. Students must be encouraged to respond the text and situation with their own thoughts and experience, rather than just answering question and doing abstract activities. It is important for considering their classmates as the motivation in deep learning of improving teaching learning process of reading. Peer approvals maybe considerably more important for the students than the attention of the teacher which for younger children are so crucial. Teaching reading for Junior High School students must be differed from children in elementary school because of their different characteristic of psychological background. Furthermore, reading constantly involves guessing, predicting, checking and comprehending. Thus, reading is not passive but rather an active process, involving the reader in experience interaction with the text. Reading is the most emphasized in English teaching and learning process, quite simply without solid reading second language readers cannot perform at levels they must succeed in reading. On the other hand, if they have good ability in reading, they will have a better chance to success in their study. If their reading is poor they are very likely to fail in their study or at least they will have difficulty in making progress. Reading is also something crucial and indispensable for the students, because the success of their study defends on the greater of their ability to read. The reading skill becomes very important in education field, students need to be exercised and trained in order to have a good reading skill. Reading is important for everybody in order to cope with new knowledge in the changing world of technological age.

It is kind of activity to comprehend the writers idea or the way the writer communicates with the reader by way of the written or printed words. Reading is one of the complex ways in learning English. in every subject, students learning activities involve reading. Furthermore, the teaching of the language starts from the kindergarten.Įnglish as a subject matter in school covers the four basic language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. For that reason in Indonesia, English as the foreign language that is taught at the formal schools. No one will be able to communicate internationally without using English since almost of scientific books are written English. People use the language to express their emotions, feelings, and ideas. It means that the single people assert the truth by having speaking the word or phrase that is used to change something.Įnglish is an International language, almost people from all over the world use English for their communication that is why English is very important language.

Unlike with Ormrod (1995:115) as the behaviorist who often defines language as a learned behavior involving a stimulus and a response. It is shown that the people express their idea, thought, wish and opinion by uttering the particular word or phrase in particular occasion. Language can be defined as verbal, physical, biologically innate, and a basic form of communication. We use language to express inner thoughts and emotions, make sense of complex and abstract thought, to learn to communicate with others, to fulfill our wants and needs, as well asto establish rules and maintain our culture. It is therefore, the writer believe that the language is very important part in human life to communicate with other people. We need language not only for communication but also for getting science and technology in advance. It means that it is difficult to us to communicate without language. We also cannot express our thought, ideas or opinion if we do not know the language that is spoken. However, we cannot understand what other people say if we do not know the language they use and speak. Language is considered as a tool of communication and it cannot be separated from the community because people can communicate with each other by using language as a mean to communicate.
