Indrapuri, AyuR.Sri2013-06-052013-06-052013-06-05http://repository.unri.ac.id:80/handle/123456789/3589A Study on the Ability of the Eighth Year Students of SMP N 9 Pekanbaru in Listening to Descriptive TextThis research was intended to know the ability of the eighth year students of SMPN 9 Pekanbaru in listening to descriptive text. Before began the research, the researcher conducted a try out test to know the test was valid and realiable . The try out test consisted of 40 items, and the number of the students that joined the test was 35. After analyzing the try out data and made necessary revision, she gave the test to the sample of this research. The sample were the eighth year students, particulary VIII.2 and VIII.7 that consisted of 69 students. This research started on February 5, 2013 and ended on April 16,2013. The writer concluded that the ability of the eighth year students in listening to descriptive text was poor to average level. It was clearly proven by the result of the data analysis shows that the mean score for all the sample was 44.57. Moreover, the detail of the data shows that no one of the students (0%) at good to excellent level, 6 students ( 8,70%) were at average to good level, 37 students (53,62%) were poor to average level, and 26 students (37,68%) were at poor level. It means that more than a half of students were at poor to average level in listening to descriptive text.en-USlistening abilitydescriptive textstudent Paper Post Degree