TEACHING READING THROUGH STORY MAP IN UNDERSTANDING NARRATIVE TEXTS

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Abstract

This paper aims to give describe reading and story map, and also how to teach reading through story map in understanding narrative texts especially for senior high school students. Based on the review of related literature definition of reading is a receptive language process. Story map is a kind of graphic organizer that used to show the main point of a story. The purpose of reading is to make students able to get the information and knowledge in reading text. There are four techniques of reading are skimming technique, scanning technique, extensive reading, and intensive reading. And then the advantages of story map are to help students easy to understand the contents of a story that is used as a reading text. The procedure of teaching reading through story map in understanding narrative texts consists of pre-teaching activities, whilst-teaching activities, and post-teaching activities. Pre-teaching activities the activity done at the beginning of the study, in whilst-teaching activities the teacher instructs and asks them to do some activities, and post teaching activities is necessary as the follow up on what students have studied.

Keywords: Teaching Reading, Story Map, Narrative Texts