STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN COMPREHENDING LANGUAGE FEATURES OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

Reading is one of the four abilities needed for learner to learn English as a second or foreign language. For those who learn English as a second language, descriptive text is a common material that they learn in reading. Meanwhile, in this research, the researcher focuses on investigating the language features. The research used a descriptive design and a quantitative approach. The population of this research was ELSP students Batch 2019 of Lambung Mangkurat University of Banjarmasin. A grammar test was used as the instrument in this research. Data analysis of this research was using Microsoft  Excel to describe students’ ability in comprehending language features of descriptive text. Based on the research findings, the result shows that the students almost comprehend all of the language features especially present tense. It has the highest number of percentage students’ correct answers. It is hoped this study will inform the students about language features in descriptive text. For other researchers, the result of this research can be used as the preliminary study to the other researchers to conduct further research about the students’ ability in comprehending language features in descriptive text.