PEMAHAMAN MEMBACA MAHASISWA TERHADAP MATERI “NEWS ITEM TEXT” SEMESTER 4 PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS UNA DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The comprehension of SMA English material, especially in terms of reading a text, is expected to be mastered by students because this can be a picture for them whether they are ready or not to practice the teaching in school when they are taking internship 3. This expectation motivates researchers to know the extent of understanding at the fourth semester studentsof English education study program in understanding  the news item text both at the level of literal comprehension and interpretive comprehension. This research is a descriptive quantitative research which aims at describing students' comprehension in understanding the news item text. The population of this study was 32 students. Because the population was less than 100 students, all population numbers became the study sample. This research method is descriptive quantitative research. Data collection techniques used written test technique using objective questions as many as 10 items. Analysis of research data was carried out by giving scores on students’ answer sheets, calculating the average and percentage, recapitulating or making tables containing score values, categorizing data, classifying, drawing conclusion and the results obtained by students' reading comprehension. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the reading comprehension of the news item text of the 4th semester students of English education study program at the literal level is 75.39% with a sufficient category and 42% level of interpretive understanding with a poor category.

Key words : Reading Comprehension; News Item; Lecture in the Covid-19 Pandemic