Students' Reading Comprehension Ability in New Normal Situation at Senior High School In Padang

Ainun Qholbi; Fitrawati Fitrawati

doi:10.24036/jelt.v11i3.118942

Students' Reading Comprehension Ability in New Normal Situation at Senior High School In Padang

Ainun Qholbi⁽¹⁾, Fitrawati Fitrawati⁽²⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2022 Ainun Qholbi

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v11i3.118942

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Language : en

Abstract

Normalization has been carried out as a new step in reducing Covid-19 cases. Researchers want to see students' reading comprehension in New Normal situations. This study aims to analyze students' understanding in reading comprehension texts at SMAN 10 Padang. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The subject of this research is the tenth grade of SMAN 10 Padang while the object of this research is students' understanding in reading comprehension texts. The author uses a simple random sampling technique to take a sample, there are 53 students as a sample of this study. To collect data, the author uses tests and questionnaires. The test was conducted to determine students' understanding in reading comprehension texts and a questionnaire was used to determine the factors that influence students' understanding in reading comprehension texts. Based on the data analysis, the writer found that the average result of students' understanding in reading comprehension texts was 60.90. The result of data analysis is that their understanding of reading comprehension is categorized into an average level. Meanwhile, the percentage result of the questionnaire given about reading strategies is 66.4% in the strong category. The writer also found that there are factors that influence students' understanding in reading comprehension texts, namely bottom-up reading strategies, top-down reading strategies and student grades.

Keywords

Keywords: New Normal, Reading Comprehension Ability, Reading Strategy

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