Abstract
This study aimed at finding out the influence of visualization on students’ reading comprehension ability. Quantitative approach was employed in carrying out this research. The data were collected through test as it was the main instrument of this study. The data analysis was carried out using manual statistics calculation to find out the mean score before and after the treatment. From the result, it was obtained that the most effect that visualization has is on the inferring; second, it is on details; then it is followed by main idea. The smallest influence is made on vocabulary. Thus, it can be concluded that visualization while reading can help students a lot in terms of inferring, details, and main idea.
Highlights
English is viewed as a critical subject in academic life since it is utilized to exchange information during learning process, to help in the advances of science and innovation, and to build up worldwide relationship
The data obtained were analyzed using tabulation to find out the mean score of both group in all reading micro-skills such as main idea (5 questions), details (5 questions), vocabulary (5 questions), and inferences (5 questions)
In conclusion, it can be stated that among four sub-skills that were analyzed for its relation to the visualization, ‘inferring’ has the highest effect, followed by ‘details’, ‘’main idea, and ‘vocabulary’
Summary
English is viewed as a critical subject in academic life since it is utilized to exchange information during learning process, to help in the advances of science and innovation, and to build up worldwide relationship. Nation (2004) expresses that reading is a functioning procedure concerning the fact that in learning English as a second language reading is a functioning intellectual procedure of cooperating with printed materials and monitoring perception to develop meaning. It implies that in reading, a reader ought to be dynamic to get an unmistakable message from the content, not exclusively to read it with no comprehension. It suggests that as the students read a text, they know the significance word by word as well as the author’s thought in the content
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