A Descriptive Study on the Seventh Grade students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement at SMP SUNAN GIRI CLURING in the 2013/2014 Academic Year

Abstract

In this research, the researcher wanted to describe about the students’
reading comprehension achievement. This research design was applied on
descriptive quantitative research. The respondent was the seventh class
students at SMP Sunan Giri CLuring in 2013/2014 Academic Year. The total
respondent was 22 students from one class determined through population. The primary data was a reading comprehension test as an achievement test
in the form of multiple choices. The result was analyzed statistically in
percentage then descriptively which presented the students’ scores for their
achievement in Literal Reading Comprehension, and Inferential Reading
Comprehension. The secondary data was taken from the documentation
and interview. The results of the research showed that the seventh class students’ achievement in reading comprehension is good (73,4%). The details are good
(75,4%) for Literal Reading comprehension. And was fair (67,2%) for Inferential
Reading comprehension. The students get the lowest achievement for Inferential Reading
Comprehension and the highest achievement for Literal Reading
Comprehension. The students need to improve their vocabulary in order to
make them easier in reading comprehension especially for Inferential
Reading Comprehension.