EXAMINING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LITERACY SKILLS AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN INDONESIA

Abstrak

The research is to investigate students' English literacy skills at Senior High School
through performance tests, uncovering English literacy problems and finding relevant
solutions to English literacy problems. This research involved 60 students representing
3 state Islamic schools in North Sumatra, Indonesia. This research applies quantitative
research methods. Data collected quantitatively through an English literacy skills test
includes listening, speaking, reading and writing. There are four results of this research,
namely; (1) condition of literacy skills listening, speaking, reading and writing of
students in general based on the results of the literacy skills test (performance test) is
ability 42 (70%) students' listening literacy was categorized as accurate, 16 (26%) were
less accurate and 2 (4%) were inaccurate. In speaking ability (speaking) as many as 36
(60%) students as accurate, 22 (36%) students less accurate and 2 (4%) were inaccurate.
25 (42%) have accurate reading ability, 31 (52%) less accurate, and 4 (6%) inaccurate.
Meanwhile inside 15 (25%) writing skills were accurate, 24 (56%) less accurate and 11
(19%) inaccurate. From the results of the interview, there are problems with English
literacy which include individual factors, economic factors, environmental factors and
school factors.