Abstract:
A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS
OF SMA PGRI PEKANBARU IN COMPREHENDING SPOOF TEXTS
By
Yunita A.M, E. Gultom and Supriusman
Student of English Language Education Department
Faculty of Teacher’s Training and Education
Riau University
ABSTRACT:
This descriptive research was aimed at knowing the ability of the second year
students of SMA PGRI Pekanbaru in comprehending spoof texts. In other words, it is
intended to investigate a variety of educational problems. This study consists of one
variable. A set of test is given to get the students’ scores. There are 20 items in the
test, and the duration is 60 minutes in which the students needed to answer the
questions. Before the test is given to the sample of the research, it has been tried out
to class XI social 3 of SMA PGRI Pekanbaru to make sure that it is valid and reliable.
The sample was selected by using cluster sampling. The result of this research
showed that the ability of the second year students SMA PGRI Pekanbaru in
comprehending spoof texts falls into mediocre level. The possible factor that affect
the condition is faced difficulties in terms of determining specific information.
Therefore, the students really need to focus on and pay more attention to terms of
determining specific information without ignoring the other aspects of spoof texts.
