AESTHETIC STANCE IN READING POEMS: A PORTRAIT OFudEFL LEARNERS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISHudLANGUAGE TEACHING DEPARTMENT

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Ranita Verawati Habibah (14121310342) AESTHETIC STANCE IN READINGudPOEMS: A PORTRAIT OF EFL LEARNERS’ READINGudCOMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DEPARTMENTudThis study was explored the issue on how EFL learners explore aestheticudstance in reading poems. The study was motivated by Rosenblatt (1983, p. 33), whoudsays that text must be read and interpreted by the individual in which the reading willudbe influenced by the individual’s experience and stance (as cited in Sanders, 2012).udMeaning construction during the reading process of a literary text is important andudcan take place in the role of reader stance. It means that, the study of aesthetic stanceudis important role in develop students' language skills.udThis study aims (1) to investigate how EFL learners approach the poem andud(2) to clarify how EFL learners explore their stance in reading poems in an attempt toudreach comprehension.udThis study is qualitative research, exactly descriptive qualitative. The primaryudsources of data are conducted through interview in order to explore EFL learners’udaesthetic stance in reading poems. The secondary sources of data are conductedudthrough document analysis.udThe results of study reveals that EFL learners tend to use different activities inudeach strategy. There are (1) in pre-reading phase, EFL learners activate theirudschemata when reading poems. The strategies that EFL learners used in this phase areudspecify a purpose for reading, take the steps, preview the text and predict the contentudof the text or section of the text, and (2) in while reading phase, EFL learners connectudtheir background knowledge which tend to general view. Meanwhile, in after readingudphase, the stance more explored when respondents make a sense with the text. Theyudmake a bigger connection than previous phase. It can be concluded that in afterudreading phase, their stance more explored by relating to what the connection did inudpre-reading phase and while reading phase.udKeywords: Aesthetic Stance, Reading poems, Reading Comprehension