Students' Strategies in Dealing with Reading Comprehension in Computer-Assisted University Entrance Exam

ABSTRACT

Name : Siti Asyifa Muharramy Rusli
NIM : 180203150
Faculty : Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
Major : Department of English Language Education
Thesis Working Title : Students’ Strategies in Dealing with Reading Comprehension in Computer-Assisted University Entrance Exam
Main Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ar. M. Ed
Co-supervisor : Dr. Nashriyah. M. A
Keywords : Students Srategies, Reading Comprehension, Computer-Assisted University Entrance Exam

UTBK-SBMPTN or Ujian Tulis Berbasis Komputer-Seleksi Bersama Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Nasional or Computer-Assisted University Entrance Exam is the most challenges exam for all of the senior high school students who want to continue their education to the university level. The test pair into two types TKA (Tes Kompetensi Akademik) and TPS (Tes Porensi Skolastik). Reading comprehension places in the TPS. This research attempts to figure out the students' strategies in dealing with reading comprehension, the strategies considered helpful, and the applicability of the strategies at this time. The study employs a qualitative research method. The researcher utilizes in-depth interviews to collect the data and selects MAN 1 Banda Aceh alumni as the study participants. Those alumni passed the Computer-Assisted University Entrance Exam in 2021, took part in an intense program from tutoring institutions or not, and emerged from the pharmacy, informatics, urban and regional planning, nursery, and architecture. This study shows that all participants have implemented various strategies in dealing with reading comprehension in Computer-Assisted University Entrance. Those strategies include; Paying Attention To The Sentences, scanning facts and data, and understanding the context. Furthermore, the researcher determines which methods have been successfully used in the various aspects of reading comprehension in the past. Only two of the five participants were able to use all of the strategies that they had learned. The other three could only apply two or three strategies. Participants showed that they could put all the strategies into practice. However, there were some challenges that they would face. In conclusion, each student has strategies for the reading comprehension. Only two of the five participants were able to use all of the strategies, and the alumni can still put the strategies into practice.