ABSTRACT

The title of this paper is “an analysis of students’ ability in reading passage through group work of students at language program of Man 2 Pekanbaru”.
This research was carried out at MAN 2 Model pekanbaru. It is a descriptive research, the writer took one class (II language program) consisting of 30 students, as population of this research. In collecting data, the writer used test to find out the students’ ability in reading passage through group work. To analyze the data the writer used the formula as follows:

P = ∑fx x 100 %
N

The result shows that the students’ ability in reading passage through group work is categories Fair (59). So, its find that the students’ ability in reading passage of Man 2 Model pekanbaru is enough.

A B S T R A C T

Isabella, Paramita. 2008. Student’s Learning Achievement with Traditional Assessment and Portfolio Assessment. A Thesis. English Study Program of Language and Arts Department. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University. The First Advisor, Drs. Yon Adlis, M.Pd. The Second Advisor, Drs. Marzul Hidayat, M.A.

Traditionally, assessment is held at the conclusion of a unit of study. Certain grade is used to decide the understanding degree of the students to the subject. Traditional assessment includes multiple-choice questions and asking students to respond the questions with short answers.
Portfolio assessment is a purposeful collection of student work that tells the story of the student’s effort, progress, or achievement in given areas. Portfolio can be viewed as a systematic and organized collection of evidence used by the teacher and student to monitor the growth of student’s knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a specific content area. The indicators of portfolio assessment are daily test result, structured tasks, anecdotal record, and report of the student’s activity out of school.
The purposes of this research are to describe the student’s learning achievement with traditional assessment and portfolio assessment, and then find out the difference between the student’s learning achievement with traditional assessment and portfolio assessment.
The design of this research is ex post facto. The population is the 1st class of students of SMP 4 Jambi. In selecting the sample is used clustered random sampling. The students of class 1A and 1B of SMP 4 Jambi are chosen as the sample. The data collection is done by observation and collecting the documentation. T-test is used to analysis the difference between the students’ learning achievement with traditional assessment and portfolio assessment

Jika dilihat dari sudut pandang siswa, keefektifan dalam pembelajaran listening bergantung pada konsentrasi mereka selama proses belajar mengajar, penguasaan kosakata, dan pronunciation. Seperti pada reading, agar pembelajaran listening lebih efektif maka siswa harus terlebih dahulu mengetahui kebutuhannya, sehingga mereka tahu apa yang harus mereka dengarkan.