Keterbacaan Teks Berita di Kompas.com sebagai Alternatif Bahan Ajar Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia (Readability of News Texts on Kompas.com as an Alternative Teaching Material for Indonesian Language Subjects)

Abstract

The aim of this research is to describe the readability of news texts on Kompas.com as teaching material for class 8 Indonesian SMP/MTs. This research is a literature study. The data in this research are 30 Kompas.com news texts collected using documentation techniques. Readability level was measured using Fry charts. Steps to analyze data include data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Checking the validity of the data was carried out by theoretical triangulation. The results showed that two texts were at the 7th grade reader level, five texts were at the 8th grade reader level, six texts were at the 9th grade level, eleven texts were at the 10th grade reader level, five texts were at the 11th grade reader level, and one text was at the 11th grade level. reader class level 12. The results of this research can be used as an alternative teaching material in schools for Indonesian language subjects, especially news text material for grade 8 SMP/MTs.