AN ANALYSIS ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 BATANG ANAI PADANG PARIAMAN IN COMPREHENDING ADVERTISEMENT TEXT

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Abstract

The objective of this research was to describe the ability of the second year students’ ability of SMPN 1 Batang Anai Padang Pariaman in comprehending advertisement text. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The population of this research was 145 students, and the researcher took 29 students as sample by using cluster random sampling technique. For collecting data, she used reading test as instrument. There were some steps that researcher used in analyzing the data: presenting the raw score of each sample, calculating mean and standard deviation, calculating and categorizing the precentages of the students who had high, moderate, and low ability. The result of data analysis showed that the students’ ability to comprehend advertisement text was moderate. It was proved by the fact that most students (79.31%) had moderate ability. Specifically, their ability in comprehending the product of advertisement text on sales was moderate (96.55%), their ability in comprehending the price of advertisement text on sales was moderate (86.21), their ability in comprehending the purpose of advertisement text on sale was moderate (100%), their ability in comprehending the qualification of advertisement text on job vacancies was moderate (44.83%), their ability in comprehending the schedule of advertisement text on job vacancies was moderate (93.10%), and their ability in comprehending the purpose of advertisement text on job vacancies was moderate (95.55%). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the ability of the second year students of SMPN 1 Batang Anai Padang Pariaman was moderate. In relation to this conclusion,  the teacher are suggested to employ teaching techniques that can drive students to be able to comprehend component of advertisement text in reading comprehension. The students are suggested to learn more about advertisement text and to do more exercises about advertisement text.

Key words: Comprehending, advertisement text.