Reading is often determined in straightforward statements for instance as stated by (Urquhart & Weir, 1998: 22) “Reading is the process of receiving and interpreting information encoded in language form via the medium of print”. Meanwhile, according to (Grabe, 2009) the definition of reading leads into the process itself such as reading is an interactive process which means there is an interaction between reader and writer when reader actively construct the writer’s intention in the text.
Nevertheless, (Grabe, 2009) also define reading as a process to learn to make decision about how to react through the text. (Richard & Patricia, 2009) stated that learning to read in either first or second language is not about to strengthen phonemes into words and words into sentence or phrases yet learning to read remains learning to meaningfully understand to take apart in a community. Carter and McCarthy (2006) stated that text is a stretch of language either in speech or writing and text is semantically and pragmatically coherent into real world context
In order to get maximal advantage in reading to learn, learners need to comprise with either extensive and intensive reading. Extensive reading allows learners to read any text chose by themselves for pleasure, while intensive reading is usually done directed and the text was …show more content…
According to (Stahl, 1990) vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension are both related to each other. According to the National Reading Panel (NRP), (2000), assumed that the ability to read an comprehend the reading text is crucial for learners to learn new language especially when the reading text comes into academic settings. Confirmed by (Chall, 1987) that vocabulary knowledge can help learners to comprehend a reading text, while reading comprehension can administered to vocabulary