AN ANALYSIS ON LEXICAL DENSITY OF READING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH IN FOCUS TEXTBOOK FOR 8 TH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMP N 12 MALANG THESIS

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1 AN ANALYSIS ON LEXICAL DENSITY OF READING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH IN FOCUS TEXTBOOK FOR 8 TH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMP N 12 MALANG THESIS By: INFITTA NAJKHATIN SILVIA YUHANA NIM: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2014

2 AN ANALYSIS ON LEXICAL DENSITY OF READING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH IN FOCUS TEXTBOOK FOR 8 TH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMP N 12 MALANG THESIS This Thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education By: INFITTA NAJKHATIN SILVIA YUHANA NIM ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2014

3 This thesis written by Infitta Najkhatin Silvia Yuhana was approved on January 28, By: Advisor II, Advisor I, Drs. Imam Mahfud Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed

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5 MOTTO "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. (Albert Einstein) DEDICATION: I dedicated this thesis to My beloved family

6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Alhamdulillah, all praises are due to Allah SWT, who gives His blessing, guidance and merciful in my life, then finally I could finish this thesis. Furthermore, I would like to express my deepest thank to Rina Wahyu S. M.Ed and Drs. Imam Mahfud for their advices, corrections, motivations and ideas in guiding my thesis until it is finished. My gratitude also goes to all lectures of English Department in the University of Muhammadiyah Malang for knowledge that may worthwhile. Indeed, l would like to thank to my beloved Mother (alm. Winarti), Father (Antono Edy S.), Grand Mother (Mbah Putri), Sisters (Emma S. Yuhana, Ning and Erna Yuhana), Brothers (Sapta Yuhana, Govinda Asva Y. and Dwi Adi Y.), nephew and niece (Ibel, Maya, Aya and Dzeko) who always support, pray, love and be patient to me. For my beloved person (Conk) who always gives spirit, love and motivation to finish my thesis. To all my close friends at English Department and my boarding house (Novita, Anna, Diah, Ipeh, Icha, Nila, Unyuk, Wiwik, Dean, Niar, Vinda, Ayu, Via, Sandi, Uki, and Ramli) thanks for your togetherness and kindness, help and support. And for all my friends who cannot be mentioned one by one, thank you very much. Malang, January 28, 2014 The Writer, Infitta Najkhatin Silvia Yuhana

7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page APPROVAL... i LEGALIZATION... ii MOTTO... iii DEDICATION... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... iv ABSTRACT... v TABLE OF CONTENTS... vi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Statement of the Problem Purpose of the Study Significance of the Study Scope and Limitation Definitions of Key Terms... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Reading Text Genre of Text Procedure Text Narrative Text Anecdote Text Recount Text Explanation Text Spoof Text Description Text News Item... 12

8 2.4 Lexical Density Content Words Grammatical Function Words CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design Research Instrument Research Object Data Collection Data Analysis CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Findings of Lexical Density Discussions CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions Suggestions REFERENCES APPENDIXES Appendix... 30

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