Budiarti, Nuraini Indah (2014) THE READABILITY LEVEL OF ENGLISH READING TEXTS FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 JETIS BANTUL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This study focuses on the readability level of English reading tetxs for grade VIII students of SMP N 1 Jetis, Bantul in the academic year of 2014/2015. This study attempts to find out whether the English reading texts are appropriate or not in terms of the readability level for the target students. This study is categorized as descriptive quantitative research. The object of the study was three reading texts from an English textbook entitled English in Focus for Grade VIII with various length and genres as the source of the data tested to 147 students as the research sample. Fry Readability Formula (FRF) and Fog Index (FI) were used to analyze the data from the textbook. A cloze test was also used to collect the data from the research sample. The data from the cloze test were analyzed by descriptive quantitative method. The results of the study show that the average readability level of the texts is at level 7 based on FI and 6 based on FRF. The result of the cloze test shows the average of the percentage of the mean score is 58.48% which belongs to the independent reading level. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the texts are appropriate and readable for the target students.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | reading texts, readability level, smp |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2015 01:44 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/18486 |
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