A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON LITERAL READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SLTP II JEMBER IN THE 2000/2001 ACADEMIC YEAR
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON LITERAL READING
COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR
STUDENTS OF SLTP II JEMBER IN THE 2000/2001
ACADEMIC YEAR
Presented as One of the Requirements
to
Obtain Sl Degree
at tht English Education ProJram of the Language and Art Department
of The faculty of Teacher Training and Education of
BY ;
NIM : 9402107214
LANGUAGE AND ART DEPARTEMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
JEMBER UNIVERSITY
October 2000
\lOTTO
Meaning:
Allah will raise up to suitable rank and degree those
you who believe and wlro have knowledge.
I I)
( ａｬＭｍｴｾｪ｡､ｨＺ＠
..
II
Ｈｾ＠
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedifated to:
I. l\1y beloved father, Hard,io Sunjoto, and
my beloved mother, Marhamah.
You have done a lot of things for my fumre, tha11l1s for your everything
for me. Actually, I can not say ill words nhout your kindness. I hope you are
always in good condition. / love you 1 ery much
2. My beloved sister, Suesthi Ra hayu Ningsih, an(J
my beloved brother, Edy Budi Prao;; etyo.
I love you so much. /!tope you are always fisabilillah and
always to be the good childrerL
3. All of the big family of my mother and my father.
Thank for your affection for me. I do love you.
4. My Almamater .Jembt't' University.
Ill
A DESCRIPTIVE STVDY ON LITERAL Rl:. ADING ( 'OMPREIIENSION
ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS 01 SLTP 2 .fEMBER
IN 1 HE 2000/200 I ACADEMI C YEAR
THESIS
Proposed for being defended to exammers team for a requinment to timsb the debl'fee
Of S I at Language and Art Education Dcpartm l:nt, ｅｮｧｬｩ
ｾ ｨ＠ EducatiOn Program
Faculty of Teacher Trammg and Educallon, Jem ber University
By
Name
SRI ENDAH LESTARl
Identification Number: 9402 1072J 4
Class Level
1994
. Kec11ri
Place ofBirth
Date of Birth
.Tun· 27, ＱＹＷ ｾ＠
Department
Language and Art Education
Program
En).!l lsh Educ,uion
Aprroved by
The
ｳ･＼Ｇｯｮ｣ｬＡｃｾｵｴ｡Ｌ＠
t)
Dra./zak1 a
im !v1A
NIP. 131 660 789
,
l . ｴｾ＠
Drs. ffi1mbang Suharjito,
M. Ed
-.NIP. 13 I 832 333
IV
APPROVAL
Approved and received by the examination committee of the Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education on:
Day
: Saturday
Data : October 28,2000
Place : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Jember University
The secretary
-
/
'
;-
1/V
--
ｲｾ＠
"
(rof. Dr. Simanhadi WP
Drs. Bambang Suharjito, M . Ed
NJP: 131 83'2 333
NIP: 130 0 48 961
1. Dra. Wiwiek Eko B.M.Pd'
NIP: 131 660 844
Ｎｴ Ｑｖｾｌ＠
2. Ora. Zakiyah Tasnim, MA
NTP: 131 660 789
Ｈｾ＠
The members:
v
)
ACKNO\VLEDGEM ENTS
First of all, I would like to express my thanks to Allah SWT for His leading
and blessing so that I can finish writmg the thesis. My speci,tl gratitudl! is .-tlso due to:
I. The
ｄ･｡ｾ＠
of The Teacher
Trainmg and Education of Jember
University
2. My consultants, Ora Zak1vah Tasmm \.1A and Drs. Bambang SuharJito
M.Ed., who have spent the1r much timL for guidmg me during the thesis
writing.
3. The headmaster, the teachers, the starr.,, and thl· second year students of
SL TP 11 Jember for the facilities and the 111ne given to me.
4. All of my friends of English Education Program who have encouraged me to
finish this thesis.
5.
All of my friends m the way of Allah SWT who alv.ays "'istighol wa
istiqomah" to reach the winning of Islam . I am sure this activity makes our
life meaningful.
I hope the readers will find the value in this thesis. l accept the responsibility
for any weakness, which may remain.
Jember, October 2000
The writer
V1
List of Table
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Ｑ ＭＧ ｨ｟ ･＠__N_a_m__es__o_f_T_a_b__les
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The Classification of the Score l ,eve I
The Student's Literal Reading Comprehension Ability
The Classification Student's Literal Readmg ( omprehen sion Abll1ty
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VII
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ............................................... ........... ....... .. .. ............. ............................ .
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MO'fTO .......... ............. ...... .......... .......... .. ..... .... ..... .... .. .... ..... ........... .. .... ............. ..
Ill
DEDICATION
IV
CONSULTANT APPROVAL ..............
v
APPVOV AL OF EXAMINERS TEAM ...... .......... .... .. ...
VI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS............. .. ... ..... .... ....... ......... .... ... ........ ..................... .
Vll
LIST OF T A.BLE .... .............. .. ..... ..
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............. ....... .... ........... .. ................. ............ ............... . Vlll
X
ABSTAAC ......................
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ........ .. .............. ...... ........ ......
1. 1
Background .. .. ....
1.2
Problem of The Research ..... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ......... .. ............................ .. .
2
1.2.1 The Main Problem........ ................ .. .. ..................... ..
2
1.2.2 The Specific Problem ... .. .. .. ..... .... .. .................
2
Operational Definition ..... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. ... .. .. .. ............. ....
1.3
4
Objectives
of
The
Research
...................
.
..
.........
....
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1.4
4
1.4.1 The Main Objecti\ e of the Rcseach ......................................... ..
4
1.4.2 The Specific Objecti ve of the Resea rch ...... .......... ... .... .. ........ ..
1.5
Significances of The Study.. .. ............... .. .......... ................ .............. .
5
5
1.5. 1 For the Teacher . . . . .. .. ........ .
5
1.5.2 Forthe Students .......................... ...........................
5
1.5.3 For Other Researchers.... .......... . ............. .. .......... ....
CHAPTER IJ. REVlE\V OF RELATED ｌｉｔｬ､ｾａ
ｊ ｒｊＺ＠
.. .... ..... ... ..... ....... ..
6
Reading Comprehension .. . ... .. . .... ..
............ . ..................... .... .
6
2. 1
8
2. J. I
Some Factors Affecung Readmg Comprehension ...... ....
II
Level of Reading Comprehension .....
2.2
Literal Reading ComprehensiOn .......
13
2.3
14
2.3. 1
Recognizing Literal Word Mean ing ...................... ............. ..
15
2.3.2
Recognizing Literal Sentence Mt.:aning .... ..................... ....... .. ..
16
2.3.3
Recognizing Stated Main Idea ........................................ ... ..
The
Reading
Comprehens10n
Materials
of
the
Second
Class
of
Junior
H1gh
2.4
School Based on the l994 Eng Iish Curriculum. .... .. .. ...
18
CDAPTER ill. RESEARCH METHODS ... . ............ ................ .... .. .........
21
3. l
Research Design .. .. ...... .... .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. ...
21
3.2
Area Determination Method ... .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ..... ................. ...... ....
21
3.3
Respondent Determination Method .. .... ........... . .. .. .. .. ..... ..... ........ . 22
3.4
Data Collection Method ... .. ... ......... ...... .... .......... ............... ..... .. ........ .
23
3.4.1
Test ............ ..... .... .. ......... ..... .............. ... ............ ... ... ....... ..
23
3.4.2
1ntervievJ .............. ... .... ..... .. .... . ............ ......... .... .. ...............
24
3.4.3
Observation ...... .. ...... ........... ...... ............. . ....... ..... .. ................
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Documentation .... . ... ..
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CHAPTER 1V. RESEARCH R£StiL T AND DISCUSSION ........... ..... ....... .
........ .. ............ ..... ....... ..
4. I
Supporting Data............... . .. ... ... . ..
4. L.l The Result of ｄｯ｣ｵｭｾｮｴ｡
ｩ ｯｮ＠
.......... .. .......... ............................. ..
4.1.2 The Results of Intervi ew .......... .. .. .. .
Primary Data ..................................... ... . .............. . ............. .. ····· ·········
4.2
4.2 .1 Results ofTest.. ........ ....................... ..
4.2.2 Data Analysis ............ .. ................ .
Discussion ............................................... . ·············· ·············· · ········· ·····
4.3
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ... ............................. .
5.1
Conclusion ............................ ............ . ... .. ........................ .. .. .......... ..
5.2
Suggestion ......................................... .. ..... .............. .. ............................ .
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29
29
29
33
35
35
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BffiLIOGRAPHY
Appendices
1
The Research Matrix
2
Research Instruments
3
List of Respondents
4
Reading Test
5
Answer Key
6
Test Items Numbers
7
Permit Letter of Jember University
Permit Letter of SLTP 2 Jcm ber
8
9
The Consultant Sheet
ldiLIK PERPUSTAKAAfl
IX
ABSTRACT
Sri Endah Lestari, October 2000, A Descnptive Study on Literal Reading
Comprehension Ability of the Second Year Students of SLTP 2 Jember in the
2000/2001 Academic Year.
Thesis, English program, Language and Art Department, Faculty of Teacher
Training and Education, Jember University.
Consultants: 1. Ora. Zakiyah Tasnim ,MA.
2. Drs. Bambang Suharjito, M.Ed.
Teaching English in junior high school is mamly aimed at making the
students be able to communicate in English. Unfortunately, most of school
graduates are still poor in comprehending reading passage. Th1s problem in this
research was: to what extent is the literal reading comprehension ability of the
second year students of SL TP 2 Jember in the 2000/2001 academic year?The
respondents taken were 47 students. The technique used was proportional .
random sampling. Tne methods used to collect the secondary data were
interview , documentation and observation while test was used to collect the
primary data. The result of test were analysed descriptive quantitaively. It can be
concluded that the second year students of SLTP 2 Jember 1n the 2000/2001
academic year still had difficult in their reading ability, it is shown by that result
of the literal reading comprehension ability was enough classification ( 58.04 %).
The most difficult of literal reading comprehension ability was in literal sentence
ability (50.85 %) , while the easiest one was the stated main idea a,bility (83.83
%). And then, literal word meaning was 54,68 % or poor classification . Finally, it
is suggested that the students should be tra1ned their reading ability, especially
on literal sentence meaning 1n order to develop the1r read ing comprehension
ability.
The key words: literal reading comprehension ability.
X
COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR
STUDENTS OF SLTP II JEMBER IN THE 2000/2001
ACADEMIC YEAR
Presented as One of the Requirements
to
Obtain Sl Degree
at tht English Education ProJram of the Language and Art Department
of The faculty of Teacher Training and Education of
BY ;
NIM : 9402107214
LANGUAGE AND ART DEPARTEMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
JEMBER UNIVERSITY
October 2000
\lOTTO
Meaning:
Allah will raise up to suitable rank and degree those
you who believe and wlro have knowledge.
I I)
( ａｬＭｍｴｾｪ｡､ｨＺ＠
..
II
Ｈｾ＠
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedifated to:
I. l\1y beloved father, Hard,io Sunjoto, and
my beloved mother, Marhamah.
You have done a lot of things for my fumre, tha11l1s for your everything
for me. Actually, I can not say ill words nhout your kindness. I hope you are
always in good condition. / love you 1 ery much
2. My beloved sister, Suesthi Ra hayu Ningsih, an(J
my beloved brother, Edy Budi Prao;; etyo.
I love you so much. /!tope you are always fisabilillah and
always to be the good childrerL
3. All of the big family of my mother and my father.
Thank for your affection for me. I do love you.
4. My Almamater .Jembt't' University.
Ill
A DESCRIPTIVE STVDY ON LITERAL Rl:. ADING ( 'OMPREIIENSION
ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS 01 SLTP 2 .fEMBER
IN 1 HE 2000/200 I ACADEMI C YEAR
THESIS
Proposed for being defended to exammers team for a requinment to timsb the debl'fee
Of S I at Language and Art Education Dcpartm l:nt, ｅｮｧｬｩ
ｾ ｨ＠ EducatiOn Program
Faculty of Teacher Trammg and Educallon, Jem ber University
By
Name
SRI ENDAH LESTARl
Identification Number: 9402 1072J 4
Class Level
1994
. Kec11ri
Place ofBirth
Date of Birth
.Tun· 27, ＱＹＷ ｾ＠
Department
Language and Art Education
Program
En).!l lsh Educ,uion
Aprroved by
The
ｳ･＼Ｇｯｮ｣ｬＡｃｾｵｴ｡Ｌ＠
t)
Dra./zak1 a
im !v1A
NIP. 131 660 789
,
l . ｴｾ＠
Drs. ffi1mbang Suharjito,
M. Ed
-.NIP. 13 I 832 333
IV
APPROVAL
Approved and received by the examination committee of the Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education on:
Day
: Saturday
Data : October 28,2000
Place : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Jember University
The secretary
-
/
'
;-
1/V
--
ｲｾ＠
"
(rof. Dr. Simanhadi WP
Drs. Bambang Suharjito, M . Ed
NJP: 131 83'2 333
NIP: 130 0 48 961
1. Dra. Wiwiek Eko B.M.Pd'
NIP: 131 660 844
Ｎｴ Ｑｖｾｌ＠
2. Ora. Zakiyah Tasnim, MA
NTP: 131 660 789
Ｈｾ＠
The members:
v
)
ACKNO\VLEDGEM ENTS
First of all, I would like to express my thanks to Allah SWT for His leading
and blessing so that I can finish writmg the thesis. My speci,tl gratitudl! is .-tlso due to:
I. The
ｄ･｡ｾ＠
of The Teacher
Trainmg and Education of Jember
University
2. My consultants, Ora Zak1vah Tasmm \.1A and Drs. Bambang SuharJito
M.Ed., who have spent the1r much timL for guidmg me during the thesis
writing.
3. The headmaster, the teachers, the starr.,, and thl· second year students of
SL TP 11 Jember for the facilities and the 111ne given to me.
4. All of my friends of English Education Program who have encouraged me to
finish this thesis.
5.
All of my friends m the way of Allah SWT who alv.ays "'istighol wa
istiqomah" to reach the winning of Islam . I am sure this activity makes our
life meaningful.
I hope the readers will find the value in this thesis. l accept the responsibility
for any weakness, which may remain.
Jember, October 2000
The writer
V1
List of Table
ｾ ｾ Ｍﾷ｟ ｯ ＴＭ
2
....)
Ｍ
Ｑ ＭＧ ｨ｟ ･＠__N_a_m__es__o_f_T_a_b__les
ｾ＠
The Classification of the Score l ,eve I
The Student's Literal Reading Comprehension Ability
The Classification Student's Literal Readmg ( omprehen sion Abll1ty
1
1
27
31
33
1
1
,
I
I
I
VII
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ............................................... ........... ....... .. .. ............. ............................ .
11
MO'fTO .......... ............. ...... .......... .......... .. ..... .... ..... .... .. .... ..... ........... .. .... ............. ..
Ill
DEDICATION
IV
CONSULTANT APPROVAL ..............
v
APPVOV AL OF EXAMINERS TEAM ...... .......... .... .. ...
VI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS............. .. ... ..... .... ....... ......... .... ... ........ ..................... .
Vll
LIST OF T A.BLE .... .............. .. ..... ..
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............. ....... .... ........... .. ................. ............ ............... . Vlll
X
ABSTAAC ......................
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ........ .. .............. ...... ........ ......
1. 1
Background .. .. ....
1.2
Problem of The Research ..... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ......... .. ............................ .. .
2
1.2.1 The Main Problem........ ................ .. .. ..................... ..
2
1.2.2 The Specific Problem ... .. .. .. ..... .... .. .................
2
Operational Definition ..... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. ... .. .. .. ............. ....
1.3
4
Objectives
of
The
Research
...................
.
..
.........
....
..............
1.4
4
1.4.1 The Main Objecti\ e of the Rcseach ......................................... ..
4
1.4.2 The Specific Objecti ve of the Resea rch ...... .......... ... .... .. ........ ..
1.5
Significances of The Study.. .. ............... .. .......... ................ .............. .
5
5
1.5. 1 For the Teacher . . . . .. .. ........ .
5
1.5.2 Forthe Students .......................... ...........................
5
1.5.3 For Other Researchers.... .......... . ............. .. .......... ....
CHAPTER IJ. REVlE\V OF RELATED ｌｉｔｬ､ｾａ
ｊ ｒｊＺ＠
.. .... ..... ... ..... ....... ..
6
Reading Comprehension .. . ... .. . .... ..
............ . ..................... .... .
6
2. 1
8
2. J. I
Some Factors Affecung Readmg Comprehension ...... ....
II
Level of Reading Comprehension .....
2.2
Literal Reading ComprehensiOn .......
13
2.3
14
2.3. 1
Recognizing Literal Word Mean ing ...................... ............. ..
15
2.3.2
Recognizing Literal Sentence Mt.:aning .... ..................... ....... .. ..
16
2.3.3
Recognizing Stated Main Idea ........................................ ... ..
The
Reading
Comprehens10n
Materials
of
the
Second
Class
of
Junior
H1gh
2.4
School Based on the l994 Eng Iish Curriculum. .... .. .. ...
18
CDAPTER ill. RESEARCH METHODS ... . ............ ................ .... .. .........
21
3. l
Research Design .. .. ...... .... .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. ...
21
3.2
Area Determination Method ... .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ..... ................. ...... ....
21
3.3
Respondent Determination Method .. .... ........... . .. .. .. .. ..... ..... ........ . 22
3.4
Data Collection Method ... .. ... ......... ...... .... .......... ............... ..... .. ........ .
23
3.4.1
Test ............ ..... .... .. ......... ..... .............. ... ............ ... ... ....... ..
23
3.4.2
1ntervievJ .............. ... .... ..... .. .... . ............ ......... .... .. ...............
24
3.4.3
Observation ...... .. ...... ........... ...... ............. . ....... ..... .. ................
25
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3.5
25
26
3.4.4
Documentation .... . ... ..
Data Analysis ............... . ...... ....
CHAPTER 1V. RESEARCH R£StiL T AND DISCUSSION ........... ..... ....... .
........ .. ............ ..... ....... ..
4. I
Supporting Data............... . .. ... ... . ..
4. L.l The Result of ｄｯ｣ｵｭｾｮｴ｡
ｩ ｯｮ＠
.......... .. .......... ............................. ..
4.1.2 The Results of Intervi ew .......... .. .. .. .
Primary Data ..................................... ... . .............. . ............. .. ····· ·········
4.2
4.2 .1 Results ofTest.. ........ ....................... ..
4.2.2 Data Analysis ............ .. ................ .
Discussion ............................................... . ·············· ·············· · ········· ·····
4.3
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ... ............................. .
5.1
Conclusion ............................ ............ . ... .. ........................ .. .. .......... ..
5.2
Suggestion ......................................... .. ..... .............. .. ............................ .
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28
29
29
29
33
35
35
35
BffiLIOGRAPHY
Appendices
1
The Research Matrix
2
Research Instruments
3
List of Respondents
4
Reading Test
5
Answer Key
6
Test Items Numbers
7
Permit Letter of Jember University
Permit Letter of SLTP 2 Jcm ber
8
9
The Consultant Sheet
ldiLIK PERPUSTAKAAfl
IX
ABSTRACT
Sri Endah Lestari, October 2000, A Descnptive Study on Literal Reading
Comprehension Ability of the Second Year Students of SLTP 2 Jember in the
2000/2001 Academic Year.
Thesis, English program, Language and Art Department, Faculty of Teacher
Training and Education, Jember University.
Consultants: 1. Ora. Zakiyah Tasnim ,MA.
2. Drs. Bambang Suharjito, M.Ed.
Teaching English in junior high school is mamly aimed at making the
students be able to communicate in English. Unfortunately, most of school
graduates are still poor in comprehending reading passage. Th1s problem in this
research was: to what extent is the literal reading comprehension ability of the
second year students of SL TP 2 Jember in the 2000/2001 academic year?The
respondents taken were 47 students. The technique used was proportional .
random sampling. Tne methods used to collect the secondary data were
interview , documentation and observation while test was used to collect the
primary data. The result of test were analysed descriptive quantitaively. It can be
concluded that the second year students of SLTP 2 Jember 1n the 2000/2001
academic year still had difficult in their reading ability, it is shown by that result
of the literal reading comprehension ability was enough classification ( 58.04 %).
The most difficult of literal reading comprehension ability was in literal sentence
ability (50.85 %) , while the easiest one was the stated main idea a,bility (83.83
%). And then, literal word meaning was 54,68 % or poor classification . Finally, it
is suggested that the students should be tra1ned their reading ability, especially
on literal sentence meaning 1n order to develop the1r read ing comprehension
ability.
The key words: literal reading comprehension ability.
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