Teaching Reading by Using Picture For Junior High School

Abstrak

This paper aims to give explanation about teaching reading by using picture, especially for junior high school students. Students are usually boring when they read. They are not motivated in reading because of the material and method are not interesting. Reading is a process of getting meaning and information or ideas in a written text. Picture is a media that can attract students attention. So that, the teachers can use picture to teach reading and motivate students to read . At first, the teacher shows the picture that is related to the text, then the teacher gives some questions about the picture. It can be useful to make students comprehend the text esily.

Keywords: Teaching reading, picture