Descriptive study on the implementation of teaching Reading to the tenth grade students of senior High school of assalaam Surakarta In 2012/2013 academic year

The objective of this study is to descriptive study on the implementation of the \nteaching reading to the tenth grade students of Senior High School of Assalaam Surakarta in 2012 / \n2013 Academic Year. The writer focuses the study on some dimensions, they are: 1) \nCurriculum, including about Competence-Standard of English Lesson for SMA, \nBasic Competence, syllabus, and material, 2) Method of teaching, that consists of \nstudent’s role and teacher’s role, 3) Learning media, 4) Evaluation system, and 5) \nEnvironment. The last is the strengths and the weaknesses of the teaching reading \nskills implementation. \nIn this study, the writer uses descriptive qualitative researchas the proper \nmethod to describe the implementation of the current curriculum in English teaching \nsince the descriptive research aims at providing as accurately as possible of what \ncurrent practice is; how learners do learn; how teachers do teach; what classroom \nlooks like; at particular moment in particular place. This research called qualitative \nreseacrh because it was relying on the collection of qualitative data. \nThe result of the observation in teaching learning process of English the writer \nfinds that the process of teaching and learning is task-based instructions. The teacher \ngives more explanation, so the teacher becomes the counselor. There are three steps \nof teaching and learning activities, namely; opening, study session (the explanation), \nand closing, 2) To support this curriculum in the teaching learning process, the \nteacher uses some learning media, they are; flash card, internet, tape recorder, and \ntelevision. Therefore, the writer concludes that the implementation of the material is \nstill less, many examples of the material does not transfer maximally, 3) The writer \nfinds that the students tend to be active in the class, when the teacher starts the \nteaching learning process, the students are just listening to the teacher’s explanation \nabout the material. Based on the research finding, there are strengths on the teaching \nreading. The first it had good procedural steps on teaching learning process. The \nsecond, the teacher applies an interesting system in order to attract the student’s \nattention. And the weaknesses are the first, the teacher is more focus on the written \nform, then the teacher holds the remedial test for all of the students without any \nexception. So that the students get bored and not interested, that makes the students \nlazy to learn and participate. Hence, it is necessary that the teachers always rehearse how to manage themselves prior to teaching in the class.