Institusion
Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Author
Fiesta, Ariska
Muhammad, Candra
Satria, Agust
Subject
411.52 Spelling/Ejaan dan Ucapan
Datestamp
2022-04-19 07:18:26
Abstract :
The objective of this study was to analyze students' comprehension in
reading descriptive text at the eighth grade of SMPN 5 Tanjungpinang. This
research design is qualitative descriptive research with purposive sa mpling
techniques to get the research subject. The research subject was an eighth grade A
(VIII.A) student of SMPN 5 Tanjungpinang in the academic year 2021/2022,
consisting of 40 students. Researcher obtained the data using a multiple-choice
test of 20 questions from 7 texts. Researcher used assessments of students'
comprehension categorized by Jihad and Harris. To analyze the data, the
researcher collects and counts the score , and then the scores obtained by each
student are displayed in table form and graphics to make it easier to understand.
The result of this study shows is that students' comprehension in reading
descriptive text falls into the category of good. This is supported by facts based on
the acquisition of the mean score obtained from 40 students, which is 82.75 at
eighth grade A. Based on percentages in the frequency distribution, students?
comprehension in reading descriptive text at eighth-graders obtained percentage
32.5% in the excellent category, 40% in the good category, 15% in the fairl y good
category, 12.5% in the fair category, and 0% in the poor category