Reading is the basic skill that is closely related

to other skills such as writing, speaking and

listening. Students are required to read lots and
understand the reading material in order to achieve
better result in learning process. Reading
comprehension also can improve vocabulary and
writing skill. According to Nuttall (2018), there
are four aspects of reading comprehension which the
students should comprehend a text well, such as
determining the main idea, finding specific
information (scanning), making inference, and
understanding the meaning of words or detail
information which are considered as students
difficulties in understanding the text. These
aspects are regarded as difficulties that the
students encounter in comprehending the text.
According to Grabe & Stoller (2013), reading can be
taught as a way to draw information from text and
to form an interpretation of that information. It
means reading is also a gateway for students to get
information and knowledge in educational process. A
student who loves reading and spends a lot of time
in reading activity also has ability to write well.
By reading, students can improve their vocabulary
and writing skill. On the contrary, a student who
has low reading ability will find difficulty in
learning process. Moreover, the students will feel
ashamed in adapting themselves with their school
environment. Conversely, a good teacher must be
more skilled in mastering grammar and vocabulary
understanding. The importance of teaching reading
is to build the ability and knowledge of students
to understand the material of reading text.

Reading is a fundamental skill that is closely

related to other skills such as writing, speaking,
and listening. In order to achieve better results
in the learning process, students are required to
read a lot and understand the reading material.
Reading comprehension can also improve vocabulary
and writing skills. According to Nuttall (2018),
there are four aspects of reading comprehension
that students should comprehend well, such as
determining the main idea, finding specific
information (scanning), making inferences, and
understanding the meaning of words or detailed
information. These aspects are considered the
difficulties that students encounter in
understanding the text. According to Grabe &
Stoller (2013), reading can be taught as a way to
draw information from text and to form an
interpretation of that information. This means that
reading is also a gateway for students to gain
knowledge in the educational process. Students who
love reading and spend a lot of time reading also
have the ability to write well. By reading,
students can improve their vocabulary and writing
skills. Conversely, a student with low reading
ability will find difficulty in the learning
process and may feel ashamed of adapting to their
school environment. A good teacher must be skilled
in mastering grammar and vocabulary understanding.
The importance of teaching reading is to build
students' ability and knowledge to understand the
material of reading text.

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Success in reading is critical to the success in school and reading
problems will influence every facet of a child’s academic
achievement. Therefore, early reading is so important. Children who
learn to read early go on to develop exceptional reading skills and
achieve greater academic success in school. When kids fall behind in
reading, they also lag in other subject areas, and will struggle with
schoolwork. They become discouraged, lose motivation, fall further
behind, and it becomes a vicious cycle downwards.
Picture story books in improving reading comprehension skills
are expected to make it easier for students to learn, can make
learning activities more fun, students are more enthusiastic
and active to participate in learning activities

Storybook is a book used for students to improve reading comprehension through

pictures and color. The purpose of this research is to find out whether a storybook
effective or not on students' reading comprehension. This research also aims to know
students' opinions on storybooks for reading comprehension. This research was pre-
experimental to evaluate the influence of a variable on one group by pre-test and post-
test design. The population and sample of this research were 23 students on first-grade
students of SMPN 2 Padang Panjang. This research used two instruments; reading
comprehension test and student's opinion on storybooks for the reading
comprehension questionnaire. The result shows that a storybook is effective on
students’ reading comprehension. The mean score on the pre-test was 48.22 and the
mean score on the post-test was 83.66. The significant value of this research is 0.00.
The Sig. (2-tailed) determines there is a significant difference from pre-test to post-
test. Supported by students’ opinion on storybooks for reading comprehension
questionnaire interpreted as strongly agree with the mean score total is 3.24. The
mean score between 3,20 up to 4,00 indicated that a storybook is very good for
reading comprehension. The totals mean score was 3.37 that can be interpreted as
very good.

Storybook is a book that is a colorful picture to support the story of the pleasure of
reading. According to Chavarro (2012), a storybook is a colorful picture story that
encourages students to understand the literature by imaginary through the image.
Heinsbergen (2013) proposed four storytelling benefits for students in reading; it
builds
vocabulary, inspires visual thinking, increases engagement, and deliver fun. Thus, a
storybook is a book intended for children and that colorful picture. It makes the
students
comprehend their reading properly by imaginary on each page of the story.