THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA KARTIKA 1-5 PADANG TO COMPREHEND HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT

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Abstract

              This study was designed to describe the second year students’ ability of SMA Kartika 1-5 Padang to comprehend hortatory exposition text. To be more specific it was aimed to describe the students’ ability to comprehend the contents or messages in hortatory exposition text.This research used descriptive method. The population of this research was the second year students at SMA Kartika 1-5 Padang. The members of the population were 386 students. The researcher took 85 students as the sample. In selecting the sample, the researcher used stratified cluster random sampling technique since the population grouped into two class and they were in two strata (IPA and IPS). To collect the data the researcher used reading test. The result of the data analysis showed that the ability of the second year students of SMA Kartika 1-5 Padang to comprehend generic structure of hortatory exposition text was moderate. Based on the findings above, the ability of the second year students of SMA Kartika 1-5 Padang to comprehend generic structure of hortatory exposition text was moderate. Based on this conclusion it is suggested to the English teacher to give more exercise for students to improve their ability to comprehend generic structure of hortatory exposition text. Besides that, are suggested to the students should learn more about generic structure of hortatory exposition text and do some exercises in relating to generic structure of hortatory exposition text.

Key words: Hortatory Exposition Text, Generic Structure,