A Study On The Ability Of The First Year Students Of SMAN 15 Pekanbaru In Reading Comprehension
The purpose of this study is to find out the ability of the first
year students of SMAN 15 Pekanbaru in reading comprehension. This research
focuses on students’ reading comprehension in terms of finding main ideas,
factual information, the meaning of vocabulary, identifying references and finding
generic structure, finding social function and finding conclusion,.The data were
collected by using reading comprehension test in the format multiple choice. The
test contained 25 items. The try out was conducted to check the validity and
reliability of the test. Based on the research, it was found out that first: the ability
of the first year students in reading comprehension is in the mediocre level with
the mean score of 55.6. Second, the students’ mean score in finding the main idea
is in mediocre level with the mean score of 55.56, finding the factual information
is in mediocre level with mean score of 48.95, in finding meaning vocabulary is in
good level with mean score of 39.95, in finding references is in mediocre level
with the mean score of 66.66, in finding social function level with the mean score
of 50.87, generic structure in the good level with mean score 63.17, as a
conclusion, the highest score obtained by students is in finding generic structure
with the mean score of 68.5. It is categorized into good level, and the lowest score
that the students got is in finding vocabulary, with the mean score of 39.9 which
categorized into poor level. The results of this study suggest that the students
learn more about reading comprehension.
Keywords : Study, Ability, Reading Comprehension.
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