Analisis Kemampuan Membaca Cepat Pada Mahasiswa Tingkat II Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang Universitas Riau Tahun Ajaran 2014/2015

Abstract

Abtract: Speed reading is a blend of speed reading with understanding the
content of reading. This study aims to determine the level of reading speed, reading
comprehension, effective speed reading, and speed reading constraints in Japanese.
This study used quantitative research methods. Reading speed is calculated based wpm
(words per minute). texts are used to measure the student reading speed were about the
Japanese language proficiency test (nihongo ryoku shiken) N4 (level 4). Samples of this
study were the students of level 2 of Japanese Study Program,FKIP University of Riau
academic year 2014/2015 academic year consisted of 29 people. The results of the study
are the average of speed of reading students in the amount at 155 wpm (words per
minute), which means speed reading of students categorized slow readersas,
understanding of reading students gained an average value at 55.86, which means the
ability of understanding of students categorized as sufficient and effective students
speed reading amounted to 106 wpm (words per minute), which means that the reader
has not been effective. It was caused by several factors, including the ability of reading
is still stammering, reading strategies only read text, there were kanji and katakana on
reading, and did not understand the meaning of the word in texts.

Keywords: reading, speed, comprehension, effective, dokkai, N4