improving reading skill by using herringbone technique in recount text for senior high school

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Abstract

Reading is an important language skill possessed by students who learn English class. Since reading is one of the language skills that have to be mastered by the students in senior high school. So, reading should be taught to the students in senior high school. However, in understanding the reading text is not easy, because the students are not able to determine the main idea in each paragraph and eventually became lazy and frustrated students in reading. Students have difficulty in understanding the reading text because students are not able to connect the main idea of each paragraph and make inferences from the text they read, so they do not know the purpose of reading the text read. Herringbone strategy recommended helping students in determining the important details in the reading recount text. By using herringbone strategy the teacher can provide insight to construct a visual representation of the student in determining the details of which are used to draw conclusions and observations.

               Key words: English Class, Reading Recount Text, Herringbone Technique