comprehension, students‟ ability in inferring word meaning from context
contribution to their achievement on reading comprehension and hypothesis testing.
1. The Result of Inferring Word Meaning from Context Test
The researcher gave inferring word meaning from context test to 40 students of the first year students at SMA Negeri 1 Kibang, East Lampung. As it was
mentioned, the test consisted of 30 items and it was administered in 60 minutes
From the result of inferring word meaning from context test, it was obtained that the highest score was 90 and the lowest score was 33.3 and the average was 64.27
see Appendix 12. The researcher categorized the students who got score from 80 to 100 into excellent performance, from 60 to 79 into good performance, from 50
to 59 into average, and under 50 into poor performance.
Table 5. Inferring Word Meaning from Context Score
Interval Score Category
Frequency Percentage
80 – 100
Excellent 14
35 60
– 79 Good
9 22.5
50 – 59
Average 7
17.5 – 49
Poor 10
25
It was found that, 35 students have excellent performance, 22.5 students have good performance, 17.5 students have average performance and 25 students
have poor performance. From the table, it can be seen that almost the students have good performance in inferring word meaning from context.
2. The Result of Reading Comprehension Test
For reading comprehension test, the researcher gave the test to 40 students of the first year students at SMA Negeri 1 Kibang, East Lampung. As it was mentioned,
the test consisted of 30 items and it was administered in 60 minutes
From the result of reading comprehension test, it was obtained that the highest score was 93.3 and the lowest score was 46.7 and the average was 70.08 see
Appendix 13. The researcher categorized the students who got score from 80 to 100 into excellent performance, from 60 to 79 into good performance, from 50 to
59 into average, and under 50 into poor performance.
Table 6. Reading Comprehension Score
Interval Score Category
Frequency Percentage
80 – 100
Excellent 13
32.5 60
– 79 Good
15 37.5
50 – 59
Average 11
27.5 – 49
Poor 1
2.5
It was found that, 32.5 students have excellent performance, 37.5 students have good performance, 27.5 students have average performance and 2.5
students have poor performance. From the table, it can be seen that almost the students have excellent performance in reading comprehension.
Furthermore, based on the students‟ reading comprehension score, the researcher also gained the students‟ score for each reading skills. As stated in the previous
discussion that the test consisted of 30 items in which the researcher provided 6 items of each reading skills; Main Idea, Supporting Detail, Inference, Reference,
and Vocabulary. The scores were provided in the table as follows:
Table 7. Reading Skills Score
Correct Answer
Main Idea Supporting
Detail Inference
Reference Vocabulary
F F
F F
F
1 2.5
1 4
10 2
5 12.5
2 5
10 25
2 5
3 11
27.5 5
12.5 7
17.5 9
22.5 7
17.5 4
10 25
9 22.5
12 30
8 20
12 30
5 7
17.5 9
22.5 11
27.5 3
7.5 8
20 6
7 17.5
17 42.5
8 20
5 12.5
11 27.5
F : Frequency
: Percentage
