THE EFFECT OF STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE TEACHERS’ TOP-DOWN APPROACH IN TEACHING READING AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS NEGERI KEBUMEN 2 IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

Teaching English in Indonesia was started since elementary school. Based on this fact, English is important language nevertheless student skill found difficulties in learning English. Teacher can use method in teaching English to convey the lesson. Top-Down is one of method that could be used for teaching reading. This research is a quantitative experimental research. The number of population is 149 students, and the researcher took 80 students as the sample by using purposive sampling. The sample consisted of two classes. VII I as a control group (40students) and VII J as a experimental group (40 students). the result of the t _{value =} 2.11 higher than t _table= 1.990 with df = 78 at significance level 5%, From the result, the value is higher than t-table (2.11>1.990), itindicated that proposed hypothesis is verified. The null hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted.

Key word: teaching, reading, students’ perception, Top-Down approach