An Analysis on the Problems Faced by Third Year Students of English Department at Bung Hatta University to Comprehend Magazine Article

Ikhsanul Ikhwan, Effendi and Fatimah, Tanjung and Lailatul, Husna (2017) An Analysis on the Problems Faced by Third Year Students of English Department at Bung Hatta University to Comprehend Magazine Article. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to find out the problems faced by third year students of English Department at Bung Hatta University in comprehending magazine article. In this research, the population was the third year students of English Department at Bung Hatta University. The number of population members were 47 students. They were distributed into two classes, class A and class B. Because the population of this research was quite small, the researcher applied simple random sampling technique to select the sample. The sample of try out test of this research was selected randomly by the researcher. The size of the sample for try out test was 11 students. The researcher did try out test to get representative ability of the population. The size of the sample for real test was 36 students. The instrument used to collected the data was reading test in the form of multiple choices. To get the reliability of the test, the researcher used Split-Half Method and Pearson Product Moment formula. The researcher found the reliability of the test, that was (0.91). It means the test was valid and reliable (See Appendix 5). The result of this research revealed that in general the third year students of English Department at Bung Hatta University had problems in comprehending magazine article. It was indicated by the number of percentage of the students (63.89%) who had problems and (36.11%) who had no problems in comprehending magazine article (See Appendix 14). In detail, 12 students (33.33%) had problems and 24 students (66.67%) had no problems in comprehending Headline in magazine article (See Appendix 15). In identifying Subhead of magazine article, 20 students (55.56%) had problems and 16 students (44.44%) had no problems (See Appendix 16). Next, 29 students (80.56%) had problems and 7 students (19.44%) had no problems in comprehending Caption in magazine article (See Appendix 17). Last, 26 students (72.22%) had problems and 10 students (27.78%) had no problems in comprehending Pull Quote/Call Out in magazine article (See Appendix 18). The findings of the research lead the researcher to make conclusion that the third year students of English Department at Bung Hatta University had problems in comprehending magazine article. Dealing with this conclusion, the researcher suggests to English teacher to apply appropriate strategies and guide the students to find the Head/ Headline, Subhead, Caption and Pull Quote/ Call Out in the magazine article. For students, the researcher suggests to practice more and improve their own reading ability. They can read more articles in other magazines they like and try to find that elements of magazine article

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