VISUAL REPRESENTATION AND COMPREHENSION: THE EXPLORATION OF MULTIMODAL TEXT TO ENERGIZE READING OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS' AT STATE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 5 OF PALEMBANG

Abstract

Reading is a critical English ability for students to attain develop master to examine English, it is crucial to the destiny of students who want to be better degrees of studying. This study was aimed at finding out the exploration of multimodal text to energize reading with visual representation and comprehension. This study used a qualitative descriptive method. The data in this study were, observation, documentation and questionnaire. Based on the result of questionnaire in graph of pie, it was found that 53% of students answered fully agree and 39% of 35 students answered agree, so it can be concluded a students to give the positive perception about multimodal text as a media to energize their reading, and it can be conclude that the tenth grade students of State Vocational High School 5 of Palembang has positive perception. So students can enjoy and explore the multimodal text with their own choices.