An Analysis of the Second Year Students' Ability to Comprehend Descriptive Text at SMPN 13 Sijunjung

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This research was attempted to describe the ability of the second year students of Junior High School 13 Sijunjung to comprehend descriptive text. The design of this research was descriptive. The members of population were 101. They were distributed into four classes. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique in selecting the sample. Data of the research were students’ score to comprehend descriptive text. The data were collected by using reading test as instrument. Then, they were analyzed by computing mean (M) and Standard Deviation (SD). Based on the result of data analysis, the researcher found that the ability of second year students of SMP 13 Sijunjung to comprehend descriptive text was moderate. It was indicated by the fact that there were 17 students (68%) having moderate ability in comprehending generic structure. In detail, there were 15 students (60%) having moderate ability in comprehending identification of descriptive text, and 18 students (72%) having moderate ability in comprehending description of descriptive text. According to the finding of this study, it can be concluded that the ability of second year students of Junior High School 13 Sijunjung was moderate. Relating to this, the English teachers are suggested to consider their strategy in teaching and giving more exercises to improve students’ ability to comprehend descriptive text. For students, they are suggested to study harder and do more exercise of understanding generic structure of descriptive text.

Key words: ability, comprehend, descriptive text