AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN COMPREHENDING SPOOF TEXT AT SMAN 2 TILATANG KAMANG KAB.AGAM

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Abstract

The background of the problem in this study was the second year students of SMAN 2 TilatangKamangKab.Agamhad difficulties in comprehending spoof text. This study was aimed to describe the students’ ability in comprehending generic structure of spoof text. This research was aimed to describe the second year students’ ability in comprehending spoof text at SMAN 2 TilatangKamangKab.Agam. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The total population members was 109 students. The researcher used stratified cluster random sampling technique to take sample.The instrument used to get the data was reading test. The researcher tried out the test to the students out of sample. The researcher found the reliability of the test by using split-hal method. It was found that the coefficient correlation was very high (0.94). It means that the test was reliable. Then, the test was valid in term of content validity.Based on the result of this research, it was found that the ability of the second year student of SMAN 2 TilatangKamangKab.Agam to comprehend spoof text was moderate. It was proved by the fact that 32 students (60.38%) had moderate ability. Specifically, the ability of the students to comprehend orientation was moderate. It was proved by the fact 39 students (73.59%) had moderate ability. The ability of students to comprehend event was moderate. It was due to the fact that 36 students (67.92%) had moderate ability. The last, the ability of students to comprehend twist was moderate. It was proved by the fact that 29 students (54.72%) had moderate ability.Based on findings that have already discussed previously, it could be concluded that the ability of second year students of SMAN 2 Tilatang Kamang Kab.Agam was moderate.

Key words: Analysis, Comprehending, Spoof Text, Students’ Ability