STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN COMPREHENDING ENGLISH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT: A CASE STUDY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 11 MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018
| Main Author: | FITRIA, LAILI |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2017
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.unram.ac.id/3578/1/jurnal%20laily.pdf http://eprints.unram.ac.id/3578/ |
Daftar Isi:
- The thesis is entitled “Students Difficulties in Comprehending English Descriptive Text: A Case Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 11 Mataram”. This study is focused on finding out the students’ difficulties in comprehending English descriptive text come out from reading comprehension elements; determining topic, finding main idea, making inference, finding vocabulary, and finding reference. This research used quantitative and qualitative method to collect the data from class VIIIF consisting of 22 students’selected usingpurposive sampling. To analyze the data this research used three kinds of instrument: test, questionnaire, and interview. The result showed that students’ mean score in reading achievement is 31.32, which is categorized “unsatisfactory” level and the students’ most difficulties in comprehending English descriptive text is making inference about (25.52%), finding main idea (19.85%), finding reference (19.08), finding vocabulary about (18.05%), and determining topic about (17.53%). The result of questionnaire and interview of students’ in SMPN 11 Mataram had bad/negative perception toward comprehending English Descriptive text. They said that descriptive text is difficult to be understood because they cannot translate English words into Bahasa Indonesian and it is difficult to understand the meaning of words in the reading text.