A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON LITERAL READING
COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR
STUDENTS OF SLTP II JEMBER IN THE 2000/2001
ACADEMIC YEAR
Presented as One of the Requirements to Obtain Sl Degree
at tht English Education ProJram of the Language and Art Department of The faculty of Teacher Training and Education of
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DEDICATION
This thesis is dedifated to:
I. l\1y
beloved father, Hard,io Sunjoto, and
my
beloved mother, Marhamah.
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always in good condition. / love you 1 ery much
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My beloved sister, Suesthi R a hayu Ningsih, an(J
my beloved brother, Edy Budi Pra o;;etyo.
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3. All of the big family of my mother and
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4. My Almamater .Jembt't' University.
A DESCRIPTIVE STVDY ON LITERAL Rl:. ADING ( 'OMPREIIENSION ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS 01 SLTP 2 .fEMBER
IN 1 HE 2000/200 I ACADEMI C YEAR
THESIS
Proposed for being defended to exammers team for a requinment to timsb the debl'fee
Of S I at Language and Art Education Dcpartm l:nt, ｅｮｧｬｩ ｾ ｨ＠ EducatiOn Program
Faculty of Teacher Trammg and Educallon, Jem ber University
By
Name SRI ENDAH LESTARl Identification Number: 9402 1 072J 4
Class Level 1994
Place ofBirth . Kec11ri
Date of Birth .Tun· 27, ＱＹＷ ｾ＠
Department Language and Art Education Program En).!l lsh Educ ,uion
Aprroved by
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Drs. ffi1mbang Suharjito, M. -.- Ed
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APPROVAL
Approved and received by the examination committee of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education on :
Day : Saturday
Data : October 28,2000
Place : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Jember University
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NIP : 1 30 0 48 961The members:
1. Dra. Wiwiek Eko B.M.Pd' NIP: 131 660 844
2. Ora. Zakiyah Tasnim, MA NTP: 131 660 789
The secretary
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)ACKNO\VLEDGEM ENTS
First of all, I would like to express my thanks to Allah SWT for His leading
and blessing so that I can finish writmg the thesis. My speci,tl gratitudl! is .-tlso due to:
I. The ｄ･｡ｾ＠ of The Teacher Trainmg and Education of Jember
University
2. My consultants, Ora Zak1vah Tasmm \.1A and Drs. Bambang SuharJito
M.Ed., who have spent the1r much timL for guidmg me during the thesis
writing.
3. The headmaster, the teachers, the starr.,, and thl· second year students of
SL TP 11 Jember for the facilities and the 111ne given to me.
4. All of my friends of English Education Program who have encouraged me to
finish this thesis.
5. All of my friends m the way of Allah SWT who alv.ays "'istighol wa
istiqomah" to reach the winning of Islam . I am sure this activity makes our
life meaningful.
I hope the readers will find the value in this thesis. l accept the responsibility
for any weakness, which may remain .
Jember, October 2000 The writer
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The Classification of the Score l ,eve I 1 27 1 The Student's Literal Reading Comprehension Ability 1 31 1
The Classification Student's Literal Readmg ( o mprehen sion Abll1ty 33 , 2
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1.2 Problem of The Research ... .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .
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Operational Definition . .... .. .. .. .. . .. ... .. ... .. .. .. ... .... 0 0 . . . 0 0 .. . . .. . . . .
Objectives of The Research ... . .. ... .... ... o o . . . . .
1.4.1 The Main Objecti\ e of the Rcseach ... ..
1.4.2 The Specific Objecti ve of the Resea rch ... ... ... .... .. ... ..
1.5 Significances of The Study.. .. ... .. ... ... ... .
1.5. 1 For the Teacher . . . . .. .. ... . . 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .
1.5.2 Forthe Students ... ... 0 0 . . . .
1.5.3 For Other Researchers.... ... . ... .. ... .... 0 0 . . . .. . . CHAPTER IJ. REVlE\V OF RELATED ｌｉｔｬ､ｾａｔｬ ｊ ｒｊＺ＠ .. .... ... ... ... ... ..
2. 1 Reading Comprehension .. . ... .. . .... .. ... . ... .... .
2. J. I Some Factors Affecung Readmg Comprehension ... .... oo . . o o o o . . .
2.2 Level of Reading Comprehension ... 0 0 0 0 oo . . . o o . 0 0 . . . .. . . o o o o
2.3 Literal Reading ComprehensiOn ... 0 0 . . • . . . . oo . . . 0 0 . .. . . . .
2.3. 1 Recognizing Literal Word Mean ing ... ... .. 2.3.2 Recognizing Literal Sentence Mt.:aning .... ... ... .. .. 2.3.3 Recognizing Stated Main Idea ... ... ..
0 0 11 Ill IV v VI Vll V lll X 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 II 13 14 15 16 2.4 The Reading Comprehens10n Materials of the Second Class of Junior H1gh
School Based on the l994 Eng I ish Curriculum. .... .. .. ... 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . 18
CDAPTER ill. RESEARCH METHODS ... . ... ... .... .. ... 21
3. l Research Design .. .. ... .... .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. 21
3.2 Area Determination Method ... .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ... ... ... . ... 2 1 3.3 Respondent Determination Method .. .... ... . .. .. .. .. ... ... ... . 22
3.4 Data Collection Method ... .. ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .. ... . 23
3.4.1 Test ... ... .... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 23
3.4.2 1ntervievJ ... ... .... ... .. .... . ... ... .... .. ... 24
3.4.3 Observation ... .. ... ... ... ... . ... ... .. ... 25
3.4.4 Documentation .... . ... . . 3. 5 Data Analysis ... . ... ... .
CHAPTER 1 V. RESEARCH R£StiL T AND DISCUSSION ... ... ... . 4. I Supporting Data... . .. ... ... . .. ... .. . ... ... ... .. 4. L.l The Result of ｄｯ｣ｵｭｾｮｴ｡ｴ ｩ ｯｮ＠ ... .. ... ... ..
4.1.2 The Results of Intervi ew ... .. .. .. .
4.2 Primary Data ... ... . ... . ... .. ··· ··· 4.2 .1 Results ofT est.. ... ... ..
4 .2.2 Data Analysis ... .. ... .
4 .3 Discussion ... . ··· ··· · ··· ···
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGEST IONS ... ... . 5.1 Conclusion ... ... . ... .. ... .. .. ... .. 5.2 Suggestion ... .. ... ... .. ... .
BffiLIOGRAPHY Appendices
1 The Research Matrix 2 Research Instruments 3 List of Respondents 4 Reading Test 5 Answer Key
6 Test Items Numbers
7 Permit Letter of Jember University 8 Permit Letter of SLTP 2 Jcm ber
9 The Consultant Sheet
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ldiLIK PERPUSTAKAAfl
ABSTRACT
Sri Endah Lestari, October 2000, A Descnptive Study on Literal Reading Comprehension Ability of the Second Year Students of SL TP 2 Jember in the
2000/2001 Academic Year.
Thesis, English program, Language and Art Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jember University.
Consultants: 1. Ora. Zakiyah Tasnim ,MA. 2. Drs. Bambang Suharjito, M.Ed.
Teaching English in junior high school is mamly aimed at making the students be able to communicate in English. Unfortunately, most of school graduates are still poor in comprehending reading passage. Th1s problem in this research was: to what extent is the literal reading comprehension ability of the second year students of SL TP 2 Jember in the 2000/2001 academic year?The respondents taken were 47 students. The technique used was proportional . random sampling. Tne methods used to collect the secondary data were interview , documentation and observation while test was used to collect the primary data. The result of test were analysed descriptive quantitaively. It can be concluded that the second year students of SL TP 2 Jember 1n the 2000/2001
academic year still had difficult in their reading ability, it is shown by that result of the literal reading comprehension ability was enough classification ( 58.04 %). The most difficult of literal reading comprehension ability was in literal sentence ability (50.85 %) , while the easiest one was the stated main idea a,bility (83.83
%). And then, literal word meaning was 54,68 % or poor classification . Finally, it is suggested that the students should be tra1ned their reading ability, especially on literal sentence meaning 1n order to develop the1r read ing comprehension ability.
The key words: literal reading comprehension ability.
