A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE TENTH GRADE AT SMA N I TAMBANG IN UNDERSTANDING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT.

Elvita, Reni and Marwa, Marwa (2015) A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE TENTH GRADE AT SMA N I TAMBANG IN UNDERSTANDING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. Lectura: Jurnal Pendidikan, 6 (2). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2549-063X

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Abstract

In SMA N 1 TAMBANG, the researcher found Based on the result of observation the fact shows that most of the students have low ability in descriptive text, especially at the tenth grade students. It perhaps, caused by several factors such as, some students do not know generic of structure, some students do not really understand about information of given paragraphs, some students do not fully know the meaning of vocabulary, some students have problem in the background knowledge of the text given, and some students get bored they have to as look up a dictionary in frequent. This research was conducted to know the students ability in understanding descriptive text and what factor influence their ability. Survey design was method used in this research. There was quantitative descriptive statistic. The result showed that the ability of the at tenth grade SMA N 1 TAMBANG in understanding descriptive text. The average of mean score of the students’ ability in understanding descriptive text is 56.5. It could be identified that the students’ ability in understanding descriptive text is categorized into less. It is hoped that the finding of the present study will be useful for the teaching of English, especially in understanding descriptive text. Key Words: Ability, descriptive, and text

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