A m, Yunita2012-10-312012-10-312012-10-31http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/350A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAA 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.en-USSpoof textsComprehending text,ReadingArticle