A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE TENTH GRADE AT SMA N I TAMBANG IN UNDERSTANDING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

• Main Author: Marwa Marwa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Lancang Kuning 2017-07-01
• Series: Lectura: Jurnal Pendidikan
• Online Access: https://ejurnal.unilak.ac.id/index.php/lectura/article/view/843
• ISSN: 2086-4876; 2549-063X

In SMA N 1 TAMBANG, the researcher found Based on the result of observation the<br />fact shows that most of the students have low ability in descriptive text, especially at the tenth<br />grade students. It perhaps, caused by several factors such as, some students do not know generic<br />of structure, some students do not really understand about information of given paragraphs, some<br />students do not fully know the meaning of vocabulary, some students have problem in the<br />background knowledge of the text given, and some students get bored they have to as look up a<br />dictionary in frequent. This research was conducted to know the students ability in understanding<br />descriptive text and what factor influence their ability. Survey design was method used in this<br />research. There was quantitative descriptive statistic. The result showed that the ability of the at<br />tenth grade SMA N 1 TAMBANG in understanding descriptive text. The average of mean score<br />of the students’ ability in understanding descriptive text is 56.5. It could be identified that the<br />students’ ability in understanding descriptive text is categorized into less. It is hoped that the<br />finding of the present study will be useful for the teaching of English, especially in<br />understanding descriptive text.<br />Key Words: Ability, descriptive, and text