| dc.description.abstract | Reading is one of the ways to achieve new information. In order to achieve
correct information, students need to comprehend a text. According to King (2007)
cited in (Charlemagne, 2015), there are different levels of comprehension which refer
to literal comprehension and inferential comprehension. Both of them have important
roles in comprehending the text. Literal comprehension deals with explicit information
stated in the text and inferential comprehension involves deep understanding of the
context.
Since reading comprehension is important, teachers need to provide media or
strategy which can help students comprehend the text. Media, in teaching learning
process, can be defined as grafis tool photographic, or electronic; to capture, process,
rearrange visual or verbal information (Arsyad 2011:3 cited in Harahap & Siregar).
Media consisting of photographs is suitable for teaching reading to children because
they have some clues in the photographs and attract children’s attention. Unger (2009)
stated that fotonovela is potential to be an effective education tool because they are
attractive, engaging, and using role model to demonstrate and communicate the
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