An Analysis of Students’ Reading Comprehension at the First Grade of SMAN 2 IV Koto in Academic Year 2017/2018
ABSTRACT Pepy Kurnia Shabrina, 2313.022. An Analysis of Students’ Reading Comprehension at the First Grade of SMAN 2 IV KOTO in Academic Years 2016/2017. Thesis, State Islamic Institute Bukittinggi (IAIN) The research was done because the researcher found several problems faced by first grade students of SMAN 2 IV KOTO in reading comprehension of text. Based on preliminary observation, the researcher found there some problems first, the students are lack of vocabulary. Second, the students are difficult to comprehend the text. Third, students are difficult to answer the question from the text. The design of this research is a descriptive research with descriptive quantitative research. The researcher used total sampling because the population less than one hundred. The sample is the first grade students of SMAN 2 IV KOTO consist of 32 students. The research was conducted in November 21st to January 12st 2018. The research data were collected by using short answer test that contains with 20 items. The result of analysis shows that the students’ reading comprehension in analyzing genre of the text was “very poor” with total score was 36.40. Furthermore, the result of the six indicators that researcher used to measure student reading comprehension of the text such as; first, finding the topic of the text is at good level with the mean’s score was 75. Second, students’ comprehension in finding main idea of topic is at very poor level. It is prove from their means’ score the data calculate shows that the means’ score is 29,69. Third, students’ comprehension in identify genre of the text also at very poor level. It is also show from their means’ score that only 28.12. Fourth, students’ comprehension in finding purpose of the text genre is at very poor level it can show from their means’ score which is only 5.2. Fifth, students’ comprehension in finding language of feature of the text is at very poor level again because their means’ score only 37.5. Furthermore, the last is students’ comprehension to finding generic of structure also at very poor level. It can show from their means’ score which is only 45.63. Therefore, the researcher can conclude that students’ comprehension of text at first grade of SMAN 2 IV KOTO is at very poor level. Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Text ABSTRAK Pepy Kurnia Shabrina, 2313.022. Analisa Pemahaman Membaca Siswa dalam Teks di Kelas 1 di SMAN 2 IV KOTO Pada tahun Akademik 2017/2018. Skripsi, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi (IAIN) Penelitian ini dilakukan karena peneliti menemukan beberapa permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh siswa kelas satu SMAN 2 IV KOTO dalam pemahaman membaca terhadap teks. Berdasarkan pengamatan pendahuluan, pertama, siswa kurang dalam kosakata. Kedua, siswa kesulitan dalam memahami teks. Ketiga, siswa kesulitan menjawab pertanyaan dari teks. Rancangan penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Sampelnya adalah siswa kelas satu di SMAN 2 IV KOTO yang terdiri dari 32 siswa. Peneliti menggunakan sampel jenuh untuk mengetahui kemampuan membaca siswa dalam teks karena populasi kurang dari 100 orang. Penelitian dilakukan pada tanggal 21 November sampai tanggal 12 Januari 2018. Data penelitian dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan instrument test short answer dimana tes ini terdiri dari 20 item. Hasil dari analisa data menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman membaca siswa dalam menganalisa jenis text adalah very poor dengan rata-rata keseluruhan 36,40. Dan hasil dari enam indikator yg peneliti gunakan untuk mengukur pemahaman membaca siswa dalam teks antara lain: pertama, menemukan topik teks adalah good level dimana rata-rata nya adalah 75. Kedua, kemampuan siswa dalam menenukan ide utama adalah very poor level karena data menunjukkan rata-rata 29,69. Ketiga pemahaman siswa dalam mengidentifikasi jenis teks juga berada di very poor level dimana skor rata-ratanya 28,12. Keempat, pemahaman siswa dalam menemukan tujuan teks berada di very poor level diamana rata-ratanya hanya 5,2. Kelima, pemahaman siswa dalam menemukan fitur bahasa sekali lagi berada di level very poor dimana rata-ratanya hanya 37,5. Kemudian, yang terakhir kemampuan siswa dalam menemukan struktur generik juga berada di level very poor, dimana skor rata-ratanya hanya 45,63. Jadi, peneliti bisa menyimpulkan pemahaman membaca siswa kelas satu SMAN 2 IV KOTO terhadap teks berada di level very poor. Kata Kunci: Pemahaman Membaca, Teks