Reading Comprehension of Twelfth Grader on Literary Text

Abstract

This thesis entitled Reading Comprehension of Twelfth Grader on Literary Text has been carried out to find out the comprehension level of the students in poetry and short story and make comparisons. The students, studying at grade 12 in community and private colleges of Morang district were the sources of data for this study. They were examined by tests based on four different types, each bearing 50 full marks. Two texts were seen and two were unseen. Altogether 60 students were taken as the sample population to administer the test. From the analysis of the data obtained, it is found that the comprehension level of grade 12 students were better in poetry than in short story. The overall comprehension level of male students is better in poetry than female. The overall comprehension level in seen texts is better than in unseen texts, their performance as better in the objectives types of test than subjective types of test. This dissertation consists of five chapters. Each chapter is divided into different sub-chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter. It includes general background, statement of the problem, rationale of the research, objectives of the research, research questions, significance of the study and delimitations. The second chapter deals with the review of the related literature, theoretical framework and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with the methodology. It includes design of the study, sources of data, population sample, tools for data collection, sampling procedure, data collection procedure and analysis and interpretation of data. The fourth chapter deals with results and discussion. The fifth chapter deals with findings and recommendations. References and appendices are presented at the end of this chapter.