Students Constraints in Reading Descriptive Text at The Third Year Students of SMPN 6 Bandar Lampung

Anisa Nurul Hilya, Cucu Sutarsyah, Mahpul Mahpul

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti masalah dan perbedaan kemampuan antara siswa yang memiliki nilai tinggi dan siswa yang memiliki nilai rendah dalam membaca teks deskriptif. Penelitan ini termasuk ke dalam penelitian kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 20 siswa dari Kelas IX A SMP N 6 Bandar Lampung, dan mereka dibagi menjadi dua kelompok berdasarkan nilai mereka. Siswa yang memperoleh nilai di atas KKM adalah anggota Grup A dan yang memperoleh nilai di bawah KKM adalah anggota Grup B. Tes membaca dan wawancara digunakan sebagai instrumen penelitian. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hanya ada 1 siswa yang mendapatkan nilai di atas KKM; sementera 19 siswa lainnya mendapatkan nilai di bawah KKM. Di samping itu, perbedaan keterampilan dalam pemahaman membaca antara siswa Grup A dan B secara signifikan tidak berbeda dan masalah yang mereka hadapi juga relatif sama.

The aim of the research was to investigate the constraints and ability of the students having high and low level in reading comprehension. This research was qualitative research. The subjects were 20 students of Class IX A of SMP N 6 Bandar Lampung, and they were divided into two groups based on their score. The students getting score above the standard score were grouped in Grup A; and those getting score under the standard score were grouped in Grup B. To gain the data, the study applied the reading test and interview. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The finding revealed that there was only one student getting high score above the standard score, while 19 other students got score under the standard score. Furthermore, the reading comprehension ability between the students of Group A and B was not significantly different and their constraints were relatively similar.

Keywords: constraints, descriptive text, reading comprehension


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