The aim of this study was: to find out the seventh grade students’
attitude toward English reading. This research was conducted on the seventh
grade students of Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Adimulyo in academic
year 2014/ 2015. The research method was descriptive. To get the sample, the
writer used random sampling. To collect the data the writer used some instruments
such are classroom observation, interview, and the questionnaire. After the data
collected, the writer would like to crosscheck the data using those instruments and
the informal interview against the students. The result of the study showed that
most of the seventh grade student of SMP Negeri 1 Adimulyo giving positive
attitude toward English along one year study. For Obsevation, the students gave
their attitude to positive indicators were 65% - 80% and for negative indicators
were 15% and 35%. For questionnaire, over 30 items the representative attitudes
were 11% to negative, 42,78% to neutral, and 46,22% to positive. The
representative respondents gave their responses to questionnaire about 8,90% to
negative, 44,05% to neutral, and 47,05% to positive. The conclusion that, even if
most of the seventh grade students gave positive attitude, there were the students
who gave neutral statements, and the last but no least were negative responses,
too.