STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN READING RECOUNT TEXT 4.3

4.1.2    Reading Difficulties Of TKJ Class

4.1.2.a Finding main and specific ideas test

Table 6. Correct and Incorrect answers of Finding main and specific ideas test

Number of items	Frequency
	X	Percentage %	Y	Percentage %
1	31	94%	2	6%
2	32	97%	1	3%
3	22	67%	11	33%
4	8	24%	25	76%
5	11	33%	22	67%
6	11	33%	22	67%
7	28	85%	5	15%
8	10	30%	23	70%
9	20	61%	13	39%
10	14	42%	19	58%
Average	19		14

From the table above, the test result described that only 19 of the students answered correctly and 14 of students answered incorrectly. It indicated that TKJ students on Finding main and specific ideas test of reading recount text had poor ability to comprehend recount text, especially in finding general and specific ideas from the text. In other words, students still had some difficulties in reading recount text. Their scores were far to qualify minimal score standard (KKM) of English subject in SMK N 3 Kota Bengkulu, which was 70, so TKJ class were under standard score. For the items number 1, 2 and 7, their correct average score were 94%, 97% and 85%. It means the class had good ability to answer those questions correctly and did not have some significant difficulties. However, for other numbers, they were fail. Moreover, for number 4, 76% of students answered incorrectly. It concluded that students had some difficulties to find specific ideas of the text.

4.1.2.b             Comprehending whole text test

Table 7. Correct and Incorrect answers of Comprehending whole text test

Number of items	Frequency
	X	Percentage %	Y	Percentage %
1	29	88%	4	12%
2	22	67%	11	33%
3	24	73%	9	27%
4	25	76%	8	24%
5	25	76%	8	24%
6	12	36%	21	64%
7	25	76%	8	24%
8	15	45%	18	55%
9	30	91%	3	9%
10	24	73%	9	27%
Average	23		10

This test aims to know students’ difficulty of understanding in the whole text. For number 2, 6 and 8, it seems that students still had some difficulties in comprehending the text. Their correct answer scores were 67%, 36% and 45%. For number 6, 64% of the student answered incorrectly. It seems that limited of background knowledge made the class still had some difficulties in understanding the whole text. In those questions, they should determine some choices and choose the correct answer from those choices. The result table described that the class had high average score and qualified the English subject minimal score standard (KKM). 23 of the students answered correctly. It means that students were success in understanding the whole text. For number 9, only 2 students answered incorrectly. It proved that students had good background knowledge of the text, so their abilities to comprehend the recount text were high.