A Study On The Ability Of The Second Year Students Of SMAN 1 Kasikan Tapung Hulu, Kampar In Comprehending Narrative Text

Abstract

This was a descriptive research. The specific objective of this research was to find out the ability of the second year students of SMAN 1 Kasikan Tapung Hulu, Kampar in comprehending Narrative Text. The research was conducted in the academic year of 2012 / 2013 at SMAN 1 Kasikan Hulu, Kampar. It is located on jalan kampung lama No.10 Desa Kasikan Kecamatan Tapung Hulu Kabupaten Kampar. The data of this research was collected from on April 2013. In this study, the researcher took the sample by using cluster sampling. Before the test was administered to the students, the researcher did a try out to the 40 students of XI.1 class to find out the validity and reliability of the test. After validating the instrument, the real test was administered to the students. The subjects of this research were 40 students of XI.1. After collecting the data, the researcher analyzed the result to find out the ability of the second year students of SMAN 1 Kasikan Tapung Hulu, Kampar in comprehending Narrative Texts. The ability of the students was analyzed trough five components: finding factual information, reference, generic structure, language feature and social purpose.