A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY IN UNDERSTANDING REPORT TEXT BETWEEEN SCIENCE STUDENTS AND SOCIAL STUDENTS AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 5 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

This research is aimed to know the reading ability in understanding report text between science students and social students at the eleventh grade students of SMA N 5 Purworejo in the academic year of 2012/2013. First, to describe the students’ reading ability in understanding report text between science students and social students. Second, to find out whether there is a significant difference or not between science students and social students in understanding report text. Reading is one of the language components that have to be taught to the students in learning foreign language. The mean score of the science students is 71.81 and the mean score of social students is 64.45. The result of t-test value is 3.933. The t-test value is higher than t-table. It means that the hypothesis is accepted.

Keywords: Comparative Study, Reading Ability, Report Text, Science Students and Social Students.