AN ANALYSIS ON THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN PREVIEWING PARAGRAPHS USING PICTURES AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the students’ ability in previewing paragraphs using pictures. The researcher used descriptive method. The population of this study was the second year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The total number of  population was 108 students. To get the sample, the researcher used  cluster random sampling. The sample of this study was class A. The number of sample members of class A was 40 students. The data of this study were gathered using a reading test in previewing paragraphs using pictures in the form of multiple choices. Based on the result of this study, it was found that  the ability of the second year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University in previewing  paragraphs using pictures was moderate. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the ability of the second year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University in previewing paragraphs using pictures was moderate. In line with this conclusion, the lecturers are suggested to explain more comprehensively about the way of previewing paragraphs using pictures and give more exercises to the students to improve their ability to preview paragraph using pictures. The students are also suggested to learn and do more excercises to improve their ability in previewing expository paragraph narrative paragraph, descriptive paragraph and argumentative paragraph using pictures.

Key words: Previewing,  Paragraph, Picture.