AN ANALYSIS ON THE ABILITY OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY IN COMPREHENDING RELATIONSHIP OF IDEAS THROUGH TRANSITIONAL WORDS

ASMARNI, ASMARNI and Khairul, Khairul and Ernati, Ernati (2015) AN ANALYSIS ON THE ABILITY OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY IN COMPREHENDING RELATIONSHIP OF IDEAS THROUGH TRANSITIONAL WORDS. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to describe the ability of the third year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University in comprehending relationship of Ideas through transitional words. The design of this research was descriptive. The number of population members was 83 students, and the number of sample of was 24 students. The researcher used simple random sampling in choosing sample. The instrument used in this research was reading test in the form of multiple choices, and the reliability index of the test was 0.85. The result of the data analysis showed the students had moderate ability in comprehending relationship of ideas through transitional words. In fact 4 students (16.66 %) had high ability, 17 students (70.83 %) had moderate ability and 3 students (12.50 %) had low ability. Specifically, the result of the research showed that: (1) 4 student (16.66 %) had high ability, 14 students (58.33 %) had moderate ability, and 6 students (25.00 %) had low ability in comprehending the relationship of ideas through comparison and contrast; (2) 7 students (29.16 %) had high ability, 12 students (50.00 %) had moderate ability, and 5 students (20.83 %) had low ability in comprehending the relationship of ideas through enumeration; (3) 4 students (16.66 %) had high ability, 15 students (62.50 %) had moderate ability, and 5 students (20.83 %) had low ability in comprehending the relationship of ideas through addition; (4) 3 students (12.50 %) had high ability, 15 students (62.50 %) had moderate ability, and 6 students (25.66 %) had low ability in comprehending the relationship of ideas through cause and effect. Based on the result of this research, English teachers are suggested to improve their teaching learning process and give more exercises on understanding the relationship of ideas through transitional words. The students are expected to learn more about transitional word and do more exercises on it to improve their ability

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