Abstract:
A STUDY ON THE ABILITY IN COMPREHENDING NARRATIVE TEXTS BY THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 17 PEKANBARU
Gusti Dwi Putri. S
Erni
Maisrul
English Study Program
Language and Arts Department
Teachers’ Trainning and Education Faculty
Riau University
Abstract
This research was descriptive research. The specific objective of this research is to find out the ability of the third year students of SMPN 17 Pekanbaru in comprehending narrative texts. The research was conducted in the academic year 2012 / 2013 at the third year students of SMPN 17 Pekanbaru. It is in Pembangunan Street. The data collected from October to December 2012. Before the test was given to the students, it had been tried out to the 35 students at SMPN 17 Pekanbaru in X.3 class at different time to prove that the test is reliable and valid. After the test was tried out, the real test was given to the students. The subjects of this research were 35 students of class X.2 at SMPN 17 Pekanbaru. After collecting the data, the writer analyzed the result to find out the ability of the third year students of SMPN 17 Pekanbaru in comprehending narrative texts. From the result of the data analyzing, it was found that there were 24 students from 35 students were at good level. The mean score of the students’ ability in comprehending narrative texts of SMPN 17 Pekanbaru was 69.71 and the percentage of the mean score was 68.57%.
