A STUDY ON THE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMP N 2 BANGKINANG BARAT OF KAMPAR REGENCY
| Main Author: | Fitri Syusilawati, |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2012
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uin-suska.ac.id/9467/1/2012_2012292.pdf http://repository.uin-suska.ac.id/9467/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Based on the preliminary research at the second years students’ of SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency, the researcher found that some students at the second year of SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency still had difficulties in learning English especially in reading skill. Actually there are some phenomena that make the students unable reach the standard of the goals. They are : When the students read a text, they could not get the conclusion of the text, the students had difficulty in comprehending the texts given, the students could not answer the question correctly after reading a text, most of the students could not identify main idea because they had lack of vocabulary, the students could not identify the communicative purpose of the text given. This research is aimed to find out the students’ ability in reading. The research only have one formulation of the problem that how is students’ reading ability at the second years of SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency. The research was carried out at SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency. It was conducted from November 01th until 30th, 2011. The subject of the research was the second year students of SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency. The population of the research was 40 students. The second year of SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency is divided into 2 classrooms. The researcher used total sampling population and took all population as the sample because the population is less than 100. In collecting data, the researcher used classroom test. Test is used to find out the students’ reading ability. Students’ reading ability is categorized into very good, good, enough, less, and failed. Based on the data analysis, it can be concluded that the percentage of students’ reading ability at the second year of SMP N 2 Bangkinang Barat of Kampar Regency is categorized in “sufficient or enough level”.