THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT TESTED BY CLOZE TEST AT MA. MIFTAHUL ULUM KALISAT JEMBER IN THE 2011/2012 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research was descriptive research in the Tenth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement tested by cloze test at MA Miftahul Ulum Kalisat Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year. The problem of the research was “How is the tenth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement tested by cloze test at MA Miftahul Ulum Kalisat Jember in the 2011/2012 academic year?”. The specific objectives was to describe the tenth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement tested by cloze test at MA Miftahul Ulum Kalisat Jember in the 2011/2012 academic year. In determining the respondents, the proportional random sampling by lottery was applied. The number of the respondents was 24 students (20% of the population) taken proportionally from 120 students that were divided into three classes. To collect the data, test and observation were used. The reading test was used to collect the main data dealing with the students reading comprehension achievement tested by cloze test in the form of scores. Observation was used to obtain the supporting data. The collected main data was analyzed quantitatively and by using percentage formula. Then the result of data analysis was described to answer the result problem. Generally, the result show that the tenth grade students at MA Miftahul Ulum Kalisat Jember in the 2011/2012 academic year was good, the highest score 90-95 were achieved by 5 students or 20,8 % out of total 24 respondents. Specifically, based on the observation, the result of the teaching reading comprehension to the tenth grade students at MA Miftahul Ulum Kalisat in the 2011/2012 academic year was the teacher taught based on the lesson plan, he also used direct method or lecturing to test reading comprehension using cloze test. And for the result of their reading comprehension achievement tested by cloze test were consist of: 20.8% “Excellent”, 8.3% “Very Good”, 45.8% “Good”, 12.5% “Fair” and 12.5% “Poor”