AN ANALYSIS OF COMPREHENSIBILITY OF READING TEXT IN TEXTBOOK “BAHASA INGGRIS FOR GRADE XII SMA/MA” (A STUDY CONDUCTED AT SMA N 1 MOTOLING TIMUR)

Authors

  • Sitti S. Kontu Universitas Negeri Manado
  • Elizabeth Z. Oroh Universitas Negeri Manado
  • Jim R. Tuna Universitas Negeri Manado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36582/jotell.v1i8.4380

Keywords:

Analysis, Comprehensibility, Reading, Texts, Students’ Textbook

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the comprehensibility of reading texts in textbook “Bahasa Inggris for Grade XII SMA/MA”. This research design using quantitative method that involved 25 participants of 12TH  grade students SMA N 1 Motoling Timur in academic year 2021/2022. The author used cloze test consisted of 8 texts to measure the comprehensibility of reading texts in textbook. Where the “exact words/ real words from texts were missing” used as evaluation method, than the score calculated by using percentage formula, after collect all score from students answers to got the  comprehensibility of reading texts in textbook and the result come out under 50% that’s mean the text was not comprehensible.

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Published

2022-06-15

How to Cite

Kontu, S. S., Oroh, E. Z., & Tuna, J. R. (2022). AN ANALYSIS OF COMPREHENSIBILITY OF READING TEXT IN TEXTBOOK “BAHASA INGGRIS FOR GRADE XII SMA/MA” (A STUDY CONDUCTED AT SMA N 1 MOTOLING TIMUR). JoTELL : Journal of Teaching English, Linguistics, and Literature, 1(8), 979-988. https://doi.org/10.36582/jotell.v1i8.4380