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DIFFICULTIES IN COMPREHENDING ENGLISH NARRATIVE TEXT OF THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 TANJUNG BATU

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Difficulties in Comprehending English Narrative Text of the Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Tanjung Batu ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to find out: (1) the students’ achievement in reading narrative text, (2) the difficulties faced by the ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Tanjung Batu in comprehending English narrative text, (3) the factors causing the difficulties faced by the ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Tanjung Batu in comprehending English narrative text. Seventy students were chosen as the sample using purposive sampling. The data were collected through questionnaires and reading test. The scale from Arikunto and Sudjono was used to analyzed the obtained data of reading test and the formula of percentage from Sudjono was used to analyze the data of questionnaire. The result showed that the students had difficulties in comprehending English narrative text such as the difficulties in understanding the vocabulary, the generic structure, the setting, the character, the plot and finding the information in narrative text. From all the difficulties, understanding the character in narrative text is the most difficult elements. In addition, there were factors that cause students’ difficulty in reading narrative text. They were, the students’ limited time in learning English, the students’ low interest in learning English and reading narrative text, the students did not understand the meaning of narrative text especially inconnecting the meaning of each vocabulary, most of the students said that there was nobody who could speak English in their home and the last was the students say narrative text is complicated and they have difficulty in understanding the V2. Keyword:Difficulties, Narrative text, Reading.

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T516342021

Publisher

Palembang : Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Sriwijaya., 2020

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xii, 84 hlm. : ilus. ; 28 cm

Language

English

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372.407

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Reading
English Education Study Program

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