THE COMPARISON BETWEEN NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS ON READING COMPREHENSION OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 12 PEKANBARU

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This research aims to know whether there is significant difference between
Natural and Social Science students on their reading comprehension in
comprehending analytical text at State Senior High School 12 Pekanbaru. There
are 367 students of eleven grade as population that are divided into 10 classes, the
researcher took 76 students consists of 1 class of Natural Science students and 1
class of Social Science students as samples that are taken randomly. After doing
preliminary study by asking the English teacher, the researcher found problems on
students reading comprehension, the researcher found out that some of students
didn’t pass the passing grade as in Curriculum 2013 that is 75. The design of this
research is proactive ex post facto research by using test consists of 35 multiple
choice questions as its instrument. In analyzing the data, independent sample Ttest

technique is used to measure the difference of students’ reading
comprehension means score between Natural and Social Science students. Based
on the research finding, it was found that probability level = 0.003 < 0.05. That is
concluded that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted means there is a significant
difference on students’ reading comprehension of analytical text between Natural
and Social Science students at State Senior High School 12 Pekanbaru where
Natural Science students have a better reading comprehension compared to Social
Science students.

Key words: Comparison, Natural and Social Science Students, Reading
comprehension, Analytical exposition text.

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