A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 BANGUN PURBA IN IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS OF THE PARAGRAPHS IN READING TEXTS

Abstract

Reading is one of the skills that students should master in learning English. Toget the information from the English paragraph, the learners have to able to read theparagraph effectively and efficiently. Thisis a descriptive research. This research wasintended to analyze the ability of the second year students of SMAN 1 Bangun Purba inidentifying main ideas of the paragraphs in reading texts. The writer collect the data bygiving the students multiple choices test which consists of 20 items with 20 different shortparagraphs. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the students’ ability inidentifying main ideas of the paragraphs in reading texts is in “good” level.

Keywords : Descriptive Research, Reading Skill, Main Idea