language. In reading texts in English, EFL English as Foreign Language learners must deal with the unfamiliar vocabulary, grammar structures, and cultural
references which maybe different from their own language. So, comprehending texts written in a foreign language is a significant challenge for students. In
reading class the challenge for a foreign language teacher is to provide appropriate reading technique to improve students’ reading comprehension skills.
Paraphrasing is one of reading techniques. An essential step in paraphrasing is understanding the text well. It requires the students to read and
reread the text carefully. In paraphrasing, students try to understand the main ideas of a text and express them in their own words.
In this final project, the writer tries to use paraphrasing as a technique to measure the learners’ understanding of the main ideas of a text by writing ideas in
their own words.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
The writer have chosen topic “The Effectiveness of Paraphrasing to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills of Hortatory Exposition Text”
for these following reasons: 1 Reading is a good way to find out information, new ideas, facts, and
experiences. In addition, reading can enrich the learners’ English vocabulary. The more the learners read, the more vocabulary that they find.
2 Reading comprehension helps the learners to understand everything they read. It means that when we read a text, we try to grasp the main idea of the
text. If we do not understand what we read, then we read for nothing. 3 Based on the Base Competence of Grade XI semester 2 11.2, it is said that
the students should be able to comprehend the meaning of short functional text and essay in form of narrative, spoof dan hortatory exposition in daily
life context and for accessing science. In this study the writer focuses on hortatory exposition text.
4 The writer wants to know how far the learners can show his understanding by re-expressing the main ideas of the text in their own words. So, the writer
uses paraphrasing to measures the learners’ understanding of the main ideas of a text.
1.3 Research Question
The question of this research can be stated as follow: - Is paraphrasing effective to improve Senior High School students’
reading comprehension skills of hortatory exposition text?
1.4 Hypotheses
H1 = Paraphrasing is effective to improve Senior High School students’ reading comprehension skills of hortatory exposition text.
Ho = Paraphrasing is not effective to improve Senior High School students’ reading comprehension skills of hortatory exposition text.
1.5 Objective of the Study
The objective of this study can be stated as follows: - To investigate whether paraphrasing is significantly effective to
improve the mastery of reading comprehension skills of hortatory exposition text of Senior High School students.
1.6 Variable
