THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN COMPREHENDING READING TEXT AT SMPN II PRIGEN
THESIS
BY
RIO RIZKIILLAHI 08360014
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
“The Difference Between a Successful Person and Others
Is Not a Lack of Strength, Not Lack of Knowledge, But
Rather a Lack in Will “
[Vince Lombardi]
First They Ignore You. Then They Laugh at You.
Then They Fight You. Then You Win,
[Mahatma Gandhi]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, Alhamdulillah all praise to Allah the Almighty because of all Glory, Beneficent and Merciful. By Allah, the writer can finish his thesis. Peace and Blessing always to our prophet Muhammad SAW.
There were many persons who were involved in the processing of completing this thesis. Therefore, he would like to express his deepest gratitude to the following persons:
1. Riza Elfana, M.A as his first advisor, and Rina Wahyu S, S.Pd.,M.Pd as his second advisor, for their suggestions, invaluable guidance and advice during the consultation period, and their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis. 2. The gratitude also goes to headmaster and English teacher of SMP NEGERI 2 Prigen
that has given him the opportunity to do this thesis.
3. His beloved Father and Mother, Akhmad Rifa‟I S,Pd and Dra Endah Yuliati, his family
young sister and brother (Lita and Azam ), his beloved Novia who always give him
endless prayer, love and care, advices, material and spiritual support, also motivation to
reach the success.
4. His best friends Qoirul Mansur Darojad and Amar Mahruf , thanks for their togetherness,
and laugh.
5. His friends at English Department 08, especially A class, thanks for happiness and laugh.
Finally, to all of his friends in the hometown, in the campus and many people who know him thank you very much for your kindness and attention. Good luck and thank you. May Allah bless them all.
Malang, October 2012
TABLE OF CONTENT
APPROVAL..……….. i
LEGALIZATION………...……… ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION...………... iii
ACKNOWLEDGMEN.………...……… iv
ABSTRACT…………..………...... v
TABLE OF CONTENT….………...……... vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study………... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem………... 3
1.3 Purpose of the Study………... 4
1.4 Significance of Study………... 4
1.5 Scope and Limitation……….. 4
1.6 Definition of Key Terms. ………... 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Reading.………...………... 7
2.2 Reading Comprehension……….…... 8
2.2.1Kinds of Reading Comprehension………... 11
2.3 Problems In Reading Comprehension………...……….. 12
2.3.1The Difficulties in Comprehending Word or Vocabulary... 13
2.3.1.1 Context Clues………... 14
2.3.1.2Structure Clues……….………... 14
2.3.2 The Difficulties in Comprehending Sentence…………... 15
2.3.3The Difficulties in Comprehending Paragraph…………... 15
2.3.4The Difficulties in Comprehending Whole selection ………... 15
2.3.5Dyslexia………...……….………... 16
2.3.6Problems in Vision………... 16
2.4Some Factors that Influence Students‟ Reading Comprehension Achievement………... 17
2.4.1 The Internal Factor... 17
2.4.1.1 Motivation………... …... 18
2.4.1.2Interest…………... …... 18
2.4.2The External factor…………..………...…... 19
2.4.2.1Reading Material………....…... 19
2.4.2.2Teacher of Reading………... 19
2.5Some Solution for Reading Problems……...………... 23
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design………. 25
3.2 The Subject of the Study………... 26
3.3 Instruments..………... 26
3.3.1 Questionnaire……….. 27
3.3.2 Observation……… 27
3.3.3Interview……….. 28
3.4 Data Collection………... 29
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Finding………...………. 31
4.1.1 Problems Faced Ninth Grade Students in Comprehending Reading Text ………... 31
4.1.2 The Solution that used by the Students to solve Problems……….. 34
4.2 Discussion………... 35
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion………. 38
5.2 Suggestion……….. 39
5.2.1 Suggestion to The Teacher………. 39
5.2.2 Suggestion to Students………….………... 39
5.2.3 Suggestion to Further Researcher………... 39
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1 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter of this research presents background of the study, statement of theproblem, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, anddefinition of key terms. Each section is presented as follows.
1.1Background of the Study
According to Brown (2001:217), for almost six decades now, research and practice in English language teaching has identified the “ four skills “, that are listening, speaking, reading, and writing as of important paramount. The reading skill becomes very important in the educational field, students must be exercised and trained very well in order to get a good reading skill.
2 English. Thus, Indonesian students are encourage to have ability in reading in order to get information and understand about what the books tell about.
Reading is also something crucial and indispensable for the students because the success of their study depends on the greater part of their ability to read.“ The cornerstone of academic achievement and the foundation for success across the curriculum is learning to read and write proficiently ( Wilson&Trainin, 2007, p. 257). If their reading skill is poor they are very likely to fail in their study or at least they will have difficulty in making progress. On the other hand, if they have a good ability in reading, they will have a better chance to succeed in their study.
In learning reading, there are so many problems found. Many factors can influence reading understanding. It is line with Torgensen (2006), that a readers understanding of text is influenced by a broad range of factors, the factors include (a) the legibilty of the print and illustrations, (b) the interest and motivation of the readers, (c) he reading level of the text in relation to the reading ability of the reader.
3 text makes the students failed in English test. In fact, most part of the test on final examination using reading texts.
A previous research on Reading Speed and Reading Comprehension of EFL students, conducted by Tjais(2004) found out that reading comprehension test showed
average of EFL student‟s comprehension was regarded poor. On the previous study above it did not explain further about what problems commonly faced by students. That‟s why the researcher is interested in this case, therefore, this research is necessary to be done to enrich and develop the research about the problems of comprehending English text faced by students.
After doing the preliminary research, the researcher found that in SMPN II Prigen, especially in ninth grade, they got low score in reading materials. It is supported with the data of school grades from their English teacher. The result of data also shows that they have low motivation in reading.
Based on the reason and the previous study, this research is conducted
to investigate what the problem faced in comprehending reading text by ninth year of SMPN II Prigenstudents.This study is also wants to know the solution to solve the problems in comprehending reading text usually faced by students at ninth years of SMPN II Prigen.
1.2Statements of the Problem
4 2. What are the students‟solution to the problems in comprehending reading
text usually faced by students at ninth years of SMPN II Prigen ? 1.3Purpose of the study
Regarding to statement of problem above this research aims to :
1. To find the problems in comprehending reading text usually faced by students at ninth years of SMPN II Prigen.
2. To find the students‟solutions to the problems in comprehending reading text usually faced by students at ninth years of SMPN II Prigen.
1.4Significance of the study
The significance of the study would be as follows:
1. The writer hopes that the result of this study can give some information and knowledge about problems in comprehending text, especially for students who do not know the problems in their self.
2. The writer hopes that this study can be useful for the teacher and students especiallyin SMPN II Prigento solve the problem in comprehending text. 1.5Scope and Limitation
5 1.6Definitions of The Key Terms
To get definite understanding of the concepts of the study, the following definitions are given, they are :
a. Reading Problem
A problem of answering test in comprehending reading text by students.(Pety, 2010: 7). In this study it means a difficulty faced by students when they have to comprehend the meaning of reading text.
b. Comprehension
“The process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning
through interaction and involvement with written language. It consists of three elements: the reader, the text, and the activity or purpose for readingpurpose
reading” (Rand Reading Study Group in Torgensen :2006). In this study it refers to the activity in reading that was done by students in SMPN II Prigen. c. Reading text
Process of decoding a written text. When used in literary studies as a
count noun („a reading‟), it can also refer to the interpretive outcome of
decoding. A text may yield alternative readings and may be designed to do so.
(Taylor & Francis, 2006 : 27). d. Solution
“It's a mutually shared answer to a recognized problem, and the
