An analysis of students’ reading comprehension nn explanation text at grade XI SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan

Pulungan, Nona Tari (2018) An analysis of students’ reading comprehension nn explanation text at grade XI SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The objectives of this research were to know students’ reading comprehension in explanation text at grade XI SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan. Most of students can not read well caused some factors. That was impact in reading comprehension of students when analyzing a text. In this research, the researcher chose explanation text as the test that give to the students in analyze topic, general statement, series of sequence paragraph and concluding paragraph. The research was conducted by descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. The source of the data in this research was students at grade XI MIA-1 SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan as the primary source and English teacher as the secondary source. There were two instruments in collecting with the data; test and interview. Data was processed and analyzed by qualitative process. The test that analyzed by mean score was just as a supporting analysis. After done the research, it was known that the students’ reading comprehension at grade XI SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan can be categorized into poor with the mean score 58.66% and the students easy to determined general statement in explanation text. Then, the students’ dominant aspect that can not understand in explanation text was determined the concluding paragraph.

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