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1 TYPES AND MICRO SKILLS OF READING COMPREHENSION TEST OF NATIONAL EXAMINATION FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL YEAR : A CONTENT ANALYSIS MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATION Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Getting Master Degree of Language Study of English Written by: ENDAH SUCIATI NIM. S GRADUATE PROGRAM OF LANGUAGE STUDY OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2016 i

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6 MOTTO Do not put off doing a job because nobody knows whether we can meet tomorrow or not. Do the best, be good, then you will be the best vi

7 DEDICATION This thesis paper is proudly and wholeheartedly to: My beloved husband and children (Bonny Oktaf Purwanto, SH, Firman, Feraldo and Fayza) My beloved mother (Sutriyah) vii

8 ACKNOWEDGMENT Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Alhamdulillahirabil alamin, praise and gratitude to the most gracious and the most merciful, Allah SWT for blessing the writer in performing this thesis, under the title of Types and Micro Skills of Reading Comprehension Test of National Examination for Junior High School Year : A Content Analysis. This is one of the requirements for getting the post graduate of language department at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The writer realizes that this would never be possible without other people help the writer would like to express her graduate and appreciation to: 1. Prof. Dr. Khudzaifah Dimyati, SH, M.Hum, the Director of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, 2. Prof. Dr. Markhamah, M.Hum, the Head of Language Study Department, 3. Prof. Dr. Endang Fauziati and Mauly Halwat, M.Hum, Ph.D as advisors of this thesis who have guided and advises during the arrangement of research paper from the beginning until the end, 4. Bonny Oktaf Purwanto, SH, the writer s beloved husband who always gives all love, attention, support and prayer. He is the best husband in whole world for him. 5. Firman, Feraldo, Fayza, the writer s beloved children who always give all love, attention, and support. viii

9 6. Sutriyah, the writer s beloved mother who always gives all love, motivation, the happiness, and advice. She is the best mother in whole world for her. 7. The headmaster, English teacher, and all employees of SMP Batik Surakarta for giving the permission, service, and time during the research. 8. All friends in Magister of Language Study in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Finally, the writer realizes that this research paper still has a lot of weaknesses, therefore the writer thanks to the readers, if they give suggestion and criticism to make the thesis better. May Allah bless and always guide us. Aamiin ix

10 Types and Micro Skills of Reading Comprehension Test of National Examination For Junior High School Year : A Content Analysis Endah Suciati School of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah, Surakarta endahsuciati.smpbatik@gmail.com. No. HP ABSTRAK Artikel ini menginvestigasi keterampilan mikro terhadap pemahaman bacaan pada Soal Ujian Nasional. Fokus pada artikel ini adalah isi dari soal kompetensi membaca yang ada di system ujian national di Indonesia, atau yang lebih dikenal dengan Ujian Akhir National (UAN). Tujuan pada artikel ini adalah untuk mencari tahu tentang: (1) Tipe soal dan keterampilan mikro yang muncul pada bacaan bahasa inggris (reading text) yang ada di Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris pada tahun 2010 hingga 2014, (2) Frekuensi tipe dan keterampilan mikro soal bacaan yang muncul di Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris pada tahun 2010 hingga 2014, (3) Tipe soal bacaan bahasa inggris (reading) yang dominan keterampilan mikro muncul di Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris pada tahun 2010 hingga Penulis disini menggunakan artikel descriptif kualitatif sebagai metode design artikel dan menggunakan studi dokumen sebagai teknik yang penulis gunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Dokumen utama yang digunakan adalah Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris pada tahun Penulis menganalisa data dokumen Ujian Nasional setiap tahunnya dan membedakan data yang diperoleh menjadi dua, kompetensi bacaan (reading) dan kompetensi menulis (writing). Dalam kasus ini penulis hanya menganalisis materi pada kompetensi bacaan saja.temuan dari artikel ini adalah: (1) Jenis pemahaman membaca di UAN adalah Gagasan utama, Kemampuan Semantic, fungsi Komunikatif dari tujuan teks, deixis, dan penarikan kesimpulan. (2) Hasil frekuensi tipe dan keterampilan mikro soal bacaan yang ada di UAN menunjukkan bahwa persentase rata-rata setiap jenis adalah: Gagasan Utama (34,74%), tentang Semantic (20,04%), deixis (11,60%), fungsi komunikatif dari tujuan sebuah teks (10,80 %) dan penarikan kesimpulan (23,45%). (3) Tipe soal bacaan bahasa inggris yang sering muncul / dominan keterampilan mikro di Ujian Nasional Bahasa inggris adalah Gagasan Utama. Kata kunci: Analisis Isi, Ujian Nasional, dan Pemahaman Bacaan x

11 ABSTRACT Endah Suciati, S , 2016: Types and Micro Skills of Reading Comprehension Test of National Examination for Junior High School Year : A Content Analysis. The current study is to observe the dominant micro skills of reading comprehension used in National Examination. The focus of the study is the content of reading comprehension material in Indonesian National testing system for English that is called as National Examination/Ujian Akhir National (UAN). The objectives of the research are to analyze the items material in English National Examination in order to find out: 1) The types and micro skills of reading comprehension in English National Examination (UAN) year 2010 till 2014, 2) The frequency of micro skills reading comprehension material in English National Examination (UAN) year 2010 till 2014, 3) The dominant micro skills of reading comprehension in English National Examination (UAN) year 2010 till The researcher used qualitative descriptive as the method design and used study document or documentation as the data collection technique. The document of English National Examination (UAN) year became the main data of the research. The researcher analyzed the data for each year of UAN document and differentiated the data obtained to reading comprehension and writing skill. In this case, the researcher only examined the reading comprehension material. The findings of the study are: (1) Types and micro skills of reading comprehension in UAN are Main idea, Semantic, Communicative function of goals, deixis, and drawing conclusion. (2) The result of the frequency of micro skills reading test questions shows that the average percentage of each types are: Main idea (34.74%), Semantic material (20.04%), Deixis Reference (11.60%), Communicative function of goal (10.80%) and drawing conclusion (23.45%). (3) The dominant micro skills of reading comprehension is about Main Idea material and then Drawing conclusion material. Key word: Content Analysis, National Examination, and Reading Comprehension xi

12 TABLE OF CONTENT COVER... i APPROVAL... ii NOTE OF ADVISOR... iii PRONOUNCEMENT... iv MOTTO... vi DEDICATION... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... viii ABSTRACT... x TABLE OF CONTENTS... xi LIST OF TABLES... xiv LIST OF FIGURES... xv LIST OF APPENDICES... xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study... 1 B. Limitation of Study C. Problem of Study D. Objectives of Study E. Benefits of the Study F. Theoretical Review G. Theoretical Framework H. Research Paper Organization CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Previous Study B. Underlying Theory xii

13 1. Testing Reading Micro Skills of Reading Comprehension National Examination Types of Reading Comprehension Test C. Theoretical Framework CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Type of Research B. Data and Data Source C. Technique of Collecting Data D. Data Validity E. Technique of Analyzing Data CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. Research Finding Types of Reading Test in English National Examination a. Main Idea or Theme b. Semantics (Vocabulary Test) c. Communicative Function of Goal d. Deixis Reference e. Drawing Conclusion of the Text Frequency of Reading Text Type in National Examination a. The Frequency of Reading Test in UAN 2010/ b. The Frequency of Reading Test in UAN 2011/ c. The Frequency of Reading Test in UAN 2012/ d. The Frequency of Reading Test in UAN 2013/ e. The Frequency of Reading Test in UAN 2014/ B. Discussion CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION, SUGGESTION AND IMPLICATION A. Conclusion B. Pedagogical Implications xiii

14 C. Suggestion BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES xiv

15 LIST OF TABLE Table 4.1: Frequency of each Type of Reading Test in UAN Table 4.2 Frequency of each Type of Reading Test in UAN Table 4.3 Frequency of each Type of Reading Test in UAN Table 4.4 Frequency of each Type of Reading Test in UAN Table 4.5 Frequency of each Type of Reading Test in UAN Table 4.6 Overall Data of Reading Question Type in English UAN Table 4.7 The Differences Findings of Current Study and Previous Study Table 4.8 The Compatibility of Findings of Current Study with Underlying Theory xv

16 LIST OF FIGURE Figure 4.1 Overall Data of Reading Question Type in UAN Figure 4.2 Dominant Micro Skills of Reading Test Type xvi