Abstract :
Teaching as the process of knowledge transfer relies mostly on teachers? aptitude in utilizing
various strategy and approach available to conduct not only a meaningful learning
environment, but also a conducive interaction amongst learners as well as between the
students and teachers. .In English subject, Literal reading is one of the prominent challenges
for most non-native learners. Furthermore, the nowadays globalized world pushes English as
the prominent lingua franca, which in turn puts a bold emphasize on the urgency to tackle the
a forementioned issue into an applicable teaching strategy. Based on the said problem,
researcher initiated a study related to an approach named reader-response, in hope to find its
usefulness in teaching reading scenario. This study is conducted in qualitative descriptive
design by focusing on two major aims, namely the implementation and students? perspective
on the approach of reader-response. The researcher took Lecturer and 21 students? of English
education program in first semester at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo as the subject of the study. The
researcher gets the data of the research trough observation and questionnaire,the result of
observation and questionnaire shows that 82% strongly agree, 2,8% agree, 1,6% neutral,
8,6% disagree, and 0% strongly agree. Based on the acquired data, it is shown that the
implementation of reader-response approach yields a positive result in term of learning
outcome, as well as leaves positive remarks on students? perspective in learning reading
material. Hence, the reader-response approach can be the answer in tackling the problems on
teaching English, specifically on reading material.