AN ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN PREVIEWING EXPOSITORY TEXT AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

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This study was aimed to describe about the the third year students’ problems at English Department of Bung Hatta University in previewing expository text. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The population of this research was the third year students of English Department at Bung Hatta University in academic 2012/ 2013. The data of this research were the students’ scores on problems in previewing expository text. To collect the data, the writer used reading test in the form of multiple choice. The writer tried out the test first because the test was non standard test. The result of the try out test showed the coefficient correlation was 0.84. The result of analyzing the data showed that the third year students had problems in previewing expository text. There were 15 out of 24 students who had problems, and 9 out of 24 students who had no problems. Specifically, there were 17 students who had problem in previewing key sentences, 13 students who had problem in scanning names or numbers. Next, there were 14 students who had problem in previewing trigger words. Based on the finding, it could be concluded that the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University had problems in previewing expository text.

Key words: Previewing, Expository Text, Students’ Problems