THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXTUAL MEANING MASTERY ON READING EXPOSITION

TEXT AT THE XI GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA

NEGERI 1 MUARASIPONGI

By :
LISA DELVIANTI
NPM: 0901020066











FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA
INGGRIS UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH
TAPANULI SELATAN PADANGSIDIMPUAN
2013
Problem :
The lack of students
reading exposition
text

Fact :
majority (> 70%) of XI
grade students of SMA
Negeri 1 Muara Sipongi
have mark 60 in English
subject, while their
minimal target is 75
Effort:
Contextual meaning
mastery
A.BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH
B. Identification of the problem
Students
Reading
exposition
text
Internal
factors
External
Factor
Students contextual meaning
mastery, motivation, intelligence,
cognition, pronunciation ability,
grammar/structure mastery,
vocabulary mastery, etc.
teaching methods, school
facilities, students
environments, students
background family, etc
C. LIMITATION OF THE PROBLEM

D. FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM

To what extent is the contextual meaning mastery at the XI grade
students of SMA Negeri 1 Muara Sipongi?
To what extent is students reading exposition text at the XI grade
students of SMA Negeri 1 Muara Sipongi?
Whether there is a significant influence between contextual meaning
mastery and reading exposition text at the XI grade students of SMA
Negeri 1 Muara Sipongi?
Contextual
Meaning Mastery
Reading
Exposition Text
Byram and
Grundy
Savignon
Context is thus as complex a concept as culture,
the latter being notoriously difficult to define.
Culture in language teaching and learning is usually
defined pragmatically as a/the culture associated
with a language being learnt.
Use of authentic language data has underscored the
importance of contextsetting, roles, genre, and so
onin interpreting the meaning of a text
contextual meaning is the making inference or
meaning of the text based on the context situation.
1. Contextual Meaning Mastery
E. THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION

2. Reading Exposition
Reading is making meaning from print and from
visual information
Exposition is writing that informs or explains
Reading exposition text is making meaning from print
and from visual information in form of writing that
inform or explains.
Judi Moreilon
Caroll. At.al
F. Conceptual Framework
Students reading exposition will improve by
contextual meaning mastery
G. Hypothesis
There is A Significant Influence of Contextual Meaning
Mastery and Reading Exposition Text at the XI Grade SMA
Negeri 1 Muara Sipongi
H. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
SMA NEGERI 1 MUARA SIPONGI
Research Method:
Descriptive Method
Population:
All of Eleventh
grade students
of SMA Negeri 1
Muara Sipongi
Which totals 160
students
Sampel: 20% from 160
= 32 students.
used
Random sampling
Instrument of the research
the instrument of the research is test. There are 20 item tests for the
each variables
Technique of collecting data
the data in this research is collected by using an instrument. The
instrument is a kind of test
Technique of data analysis
uses statistical processes. They are descriptive analysis and inferential
analysis. Descriptive analysis is used to describe, or summarize the data.
And then, inferential by using t test





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