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TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................... ii

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LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................... iv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCT

A. Background of the Problem ............................................................................................. 1

B. Identification of the Problem ........................................................................................... 3
C. Limitation of the Problem ................................................................................................ 4
D. Formulation of the Problem ............................................................................................. 4
E. Purpose of the Research ................................................................................................... 4
F. Significance of the Research ............................................................................................ 4
G. Definition of Key Terms .................................................................................................. 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Definition of Reading ....................................................................................................... 6

B. Definition of Reading Comprehension ............................................................................ 7
C. The Reading Processes ..................................................................................................... 8
D. Teaching Reading............................................................................................................. 9
E. Principles for Teaching Reading ......................................................................................10
F. Assessing of Reading .......................................................................................................11
G. Explanation Text ..............................................................................................................12
a. Generic Structure of Explanation Text ......................................................................13
b. Grammatical Features of Explanation Text ...............................................................15
H. Review of Related Finding ..............................................................................................15
I. Conceptual Framework ....................................................................................................19

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design ...............................................................................................................21

B. Population ........................................................................................................................21
C. Sample ..............................................................................................................................22
D. Instrumentation ................................................................................................................22
E. Techniques of The Collecting Data ..................................................................................23
F. Techniques of The Analyzing Data ..................................................................................23

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Figure 1. Conceptual framework .................................................................................................20

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Table 1. Reading Rubric .............................................................................................................12

Table 2. Tsunami ..........................................................................................................................14

Table 3. The Total Number of Population ...................................................................................21

Table 4. Indicator reading comprehension explanation text ........................................................22

Table 5. Criteria of Reading Comprehension Explanation Text ..................................................24