THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO READ A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMAN 13 PADANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Agja, Ega Fatmawati and Refnita, Lely (2022) THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO READ A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMAN 13 PADANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

Agja, Ega Fatmawati. 2022. The Eleventh Grade Students’ Ability to Read a Descriptive Text at SMAN 13 Padang in the Academic Year 2022/2023. Advisor: 1. Dr. Lely Refnita, M.Pd The purpose of this research was to describe the eleventh grade students’ ability in reading a descriptive at SMAN 13 Padang in the academic year 2022/2023. The design of this research was the descriptive research. The population of this research was all of the eleventh grade students at SMAN 13 Padang. Stratified cluster random sampling was used on this research and the number of sample was 58 students. The data were collected through a reading test. The researcher used internal consistency to know the reliability of the test. The reliability index of the test was 0.96 (high correlation). It means that the test was reliable. Then, the test was valid in terms of content because it had covered the material that the students had learnt. In general, this study revealed that the ability of the eleventh grade students at SMAN 13 Padang was low. It was discovered that 45% of students had low ability to read a descriptive text. In detail, the students’ ability to read the identification of the text was very high. It was supported that 38% students had very high ability, 10% students had high ability, 19% students had moderate ability, and 33% students had low ability. The students’ ability to read the description of the text was low. It was found that 17% students had very high ability, 17% students had high ability, 26% students had moderate ability, and 40% students had low ability Based on the results of this research, the researcher would like to give some suggestions to English teachers, students, and future researchers. English teachers are suggested to review material about descriptive text and provide some more exercises for students to practice their reading. The students are suggested to join the reading class seriously, pay attention to the teachers’ explanation, and do more exercises to improve their reading abilities. Further researchers are suggested to find out the causes of students' low reading ability in descriptive text.

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